GIS Technician
On-siteSunnyvale, California, United States
Job Summary
Inspect mapping datasets for defects and irregularities, perform map data edits according to applicable standards, and document evolving workflows. Observe tool behaviors to document issues and generate recommendations for enhancements while recording observations from project training. Assist with collecting metrics for level-of-effort studies and project scaling estimates. Interpret multiple map sources, recognize planimetric features in natural color photography, and manage large volumes of geo-referenced business listing data. Produce concise documentation of issues for tracking systems and follow complex procedural instructions typical of early-stage piloting.
Required Qualifications
- Ability to interpret multiple, potentially overlapping, map sources according to source interpretation guidelines and priorities.
- Working knowledge of map usage and digital mapping concepts.
- Ability to recognize common planimetric features in natural color photography.
- Ability to learn editing workflows in map editing software.
- Familiarity with common GIS editing software, including QGIS.
- Working knowledge of computer terms and concepts, especially as they apply to data sources and products that describe geo-referenced business listings.
- Ability to manage and organize large volumes of data.
- Excellent organization skills—able to design and implement ad hoc tracking systems as spreadsheets or other desktop computer tools.
- Demonstrated ability to perform open-source research with a variety of search tools and techniques.
- Ability to follow (or question) complex procedural instructions in English that may have gaps, ambiguities, contradictions or other imperfections typical of early-stage piloting.
- Ability to produce concise documentation of issues encountered during the execution of Assignments, in a format that may be dictated to support issue tracking systems and to support the analysis of issue uniqueness.
- Ability to work full-time on location or as required.
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