GIS Administrator (Active Secret Clearance required)

Compass Point is looking to hire a GIS Administrator to join us in supporting one of our current government customers at Hurlburt Field, FL that builds virtual environment products for Special Operations Forces and provides operational intelligence to enable integrated mission planning and rehearsal for real-world combat environments. The qualifying candidate will work onsite as a full time GIS Administrator and manage multiple geodatabases in production design, testing, and development.

Significant growth and learning opportunities exist for those who demonstrate initiative, inventiveness, original thought, incisive analysis, and comprehensive synthesis. Excellent analytical, organizational, and communication skills are required.

Responsibilities

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  Creates small applications, modules, or interfaces, and work proficiency with standard programming languages, such as SQL, Python, or Java.

  
  


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  Monitors database performance and capacity and implement measures to both improve efficiencies and security of geospatial databases.

  
  


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  Be able to perform complex data manipulation, conversion, load and clean up.

  
  


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  Develops, implements, and enforces application-related database standards; establish common practices for database design, documentation, naming conventions, security, reporting, and access.

  
  


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  Configures hardware and software in coordination with other systems and software.

  
  


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  Trains a wide range of users on the ESRI ArcGIS platforms.

  
  


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  Gathers, analyzes, and reports data storage metrics.

  
  


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  Provides project management on long-term GIS requests that have broader scopes and organizational impacts.

  
  


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  Creates, edits, and maintains technical documentation and instructions for servers, databases, applications and processes.

  
  


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  Other duties as required.

  
  

Qualifications

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  Active or be able to obtain a DoD SECRET clearance

  
  


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  Bachelor’s Degree or 5 years in relational spatial databases and 5 years of experience in GIS or related field,

  
  


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  Experience with ESRIs ArcGIS suite of software with skills in geodatabase administration, portal administration and spatial database administration, and SQL programming.

  
  


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  Knowledge and experience with ESRI enterprise geodatabase administration, including maintenance and troubleshooting, versioning and replication.

  
  


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  Understanding of GIS fundamentals (coordinates, projections, spatial analysis)

  
  


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  Perform and test system design, upgrades, and maintenance according to business needs

  
  


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  Develop schemas, tables, triggers, indexes, sequences, constraints, functions and procedures

  
  


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  Create and modify SQL queries and stored procedures, implement automated processes, and perform systems upgrades and general troubleshooting.

  
  


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  Plan, design and deploy up-to-date GIS architecture to include both PostgreSQL and GIS server software and hardware.

  
  


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  Understand business requirements and develop database models accordingly

  
  


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  Provide optimal design solutions and perform capacity analysis and tuning.

  
  


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  Develop monitoring tools for system reporting

  
  


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  Use of Microsoft Office Access and Excel

  
  


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  Strong analytical / problem solving skills

  
  

Company Description

Work Where it Matters

Compass Point, an Akima company, is not just another federal IT contractor. As an Alaska Native Corporation (ANC), our mission and purpose extend beyond our exciting federal projects as we support our shareholder communities in Alaska.

At Compass Point, the work you do every day makes a difference in the lives of our 15,000 Iñupiat shareholders, a group of Alaska natives from one of the most remote and harshest environments in the United States.

For our shareholders , Compass Point provides support and employment opportunities and contributes to the survival of a culture that has thrived above the Arctic Circle for more than 10,000 years.

For our government customers , Compass Point delivers a broad range of skilled IT services, including data-centric services, software development, IT infrastructure modernization, managed IT services, and more.

As a Compass Point employee , you will be surrounded by a challenging, yet supportive work environment that is committed to innovation and diversity, two of our most important values. You will also have access to our comprehensive benefits and competitive pay in addition to growth opportunities and excellent retirement options.

We are an equal opportunity employer and comply with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. All applicants will receive consideration for employment, without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, gender or gender-identity, age, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability, pregnancy or parental status, or any other basis prohibited by law. If you are an individual with a disability, or have known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us at job-assist@akima.com or 571-353-7053 (information about job applications status is not available at this contact information).