GIS Analyst

Roles and responsibility:

• Provide GIS mapping and infrastructure expertise, tools and techniques, ensuring alignment of GIS-specific capabilities by implementing editing tools and mapping workflow for various permitting applications.
• Be primarily responsible for creating buildings and editing buildings subject to the various retrofit programs of LADBS.
• Utilize GIS tools to automate workflow of the Plan Check and Inspection System (PCIS) and various LADBS programs that rely on geospatial data.
• Integrate, troubleshoot, debug, configure, and reconfigure GIS map services used by PCIS, Building Information Online (BIO) viewer and future applications that will utilize GIS integration.
• Develop GIS tools using Python scripting to automate the workflow for editing the building footprint map layers.
• Create spatial and tabular queries from the various GIS data layers and LADBS’ permitting system.
• Use Python, ArcGIS and PL/SQL developer software to create/update/enhance data quality scripts.
• Responsible for the deployment and day-to-day monitoring and enhancing of the building footprint feature class and the related GIS services.
• Provide support to collect and interpret usage metrics of the geospatial data, and analyze/deliver data for geospatial platforms and web services.
• May work with third party consultants and business partners to ensure that GIS data is linked with business data; setup and configure GIS and web server environments; and see that multi-layer maps and pertinent data are delivered accurately.
• Other tasks as identified by LADBS.

Required skills:

Performance of the Geospatial Data Structure Specialists will be monitored by LADBS management. Feedback on performance will be conducted via email and Google meetings:

• The qualified candidate will have 4+ years of experience or strong knowledge, as indicated below, in the following areas:
• GIS analysis work experience using GIS applications and other map-based applications.
• Possess a solid understanding of GIS concepts, terminology, symbiology, technologies and platforms.
• Best practices in the design, installation, configuration and maintenance of enterprise GIS databases.
• Strong familiarity with GIS software such as ESRI ArcGIS 10.x, ArcView, Arc Edit, Arc Info. Creating, editing, converting, and managing GIS data; and experience with geodatabase design and creation. Possess a solid understanding and familiarity with Python scripting, running SQL queries and managing Oracle databases.
• Capable of managing location and geospatial data; evaluating data repository and data load troubleshooting; maintain and develop metadata.
• Knowledge of symbols and terminology used in civil, architectural or electronic engineering drawings is strongly desired.
• Experience with web server setup and configuration.
• Possess a basic working knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript and jQuery