GIS Specialist - Military veterans preferred

Cambridge Systematics, Inc.

EOE AA M/F/VET/DISABILITY

Category: Modeling

Location: New York, NY,

Cambridge Systematics, Inc. (CS) is shaping the future of transportation. We are industry leaders, transportation specialists dedicated to ensuring that transportation investments can deliver the best possible results. By providing innovative policy and planning solutions, objective analyses and technology applications, we help our clients anticipate and meet future transportation needs while improving the performance of existing infrastructure and operations. Above all, we are committed to our clients' success in making transportation better for future generations.

The Analytics group works to research, develop, and apply innovative and practical decision support tools, including transportation models. The group encompasses three subgroups: Modeling; Digital Transformation; and Operations Modeling. Our practice is built on a foundation of expert skills, quality assurance, customer service, and effective teamwork. We successfully leverage a variety of planning, engineering, market research, statistical analysis, visualization, and software development and application techniques to provide insights into existing conditions and problems, forecast alternative outcomes, and explain complex traveler behavior mechanisms.

The GIS Specialist will provide on-site support with one of CS' most important clients in New York. They will work on a variety of projects related to travel demand forecasting and transportation planning. The GIS Specialist will be responsible for mapping and geospatial analysis, network editing and quality assurance, database management, and GIS programming.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Project Delivery

•Produces and delivers exceptional quality work that is thorough, polished, and reflects well on CS •Delivers all projects on-time, on-budget, and to the client's satisfaction •Possesses the technical skill necessary to deliver project assignments effectively and efficiently •Takes full ownership of all assignments, regardless of task at hand; takes a proactive approach to completing assignments •Consistently and effectively manages time and workload •Demonstrates good judgment in determining when to work independently and when to seek assistance •Provides exceptional value-added service to clients (internal and external) •Strives to develop long-lasting client relationships •Actively listens and seeks to understand client needs •Maintains chargeability expectations

Position Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• 2-4 years of applicable experience
• Strong cartographic skills to prepare maps and visualize a variety of transportation planning and model development data
• Experience in developing online applications and visualizations such as dashboards, online and story maps using ArcGIS online, Tableau
• Strong technical background to conduct statistical analysis and data manipulation in addition to graphical representation of data
• Experience in GIS database design for transportation data using geo-database, MS-Access, ArcSDE and MySQL/SQL Server
• Application of QA/QC protocols for the development and maintenance of various transportation datasets
• Experience cleaning, mining and interpreting large datasets
• Ability to provide GIS training to employees

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree
• Background in statistical analysis using tools such as R and Python

Cambridge Systematics is an equal opportunity employer. We strive to create a culture in which every voice is valued, where employees have a sense of belonging and connection with one another and to the organization, and they feel empowered to do their best work. We are committed to providing an inclusive culture within the firm and we encourage people of all backgrounds to apply to our open positions.

If you think you have what it takes but aren't sure you meet all the requirements of this job, we invite you to connect with us. We value all perspectives and life experiences and want to hear about yours.

Salary: $75k-$85k

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