GIS Specialist

Job Title: GIS Specialist

Location: Washington, DC

Description:
ALEX Alternative Experts is looking for a skilled GIS Specialist for an opening in Washington, DC. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing oversight creation, integration, maintenance, and management of a government agency's geospatial data for a facility. This geospatial program is not specific to a single technology but covers CADD/BIM/GIS, imagery, and other supporting technologies.

Required Qualifications:
● Meet and maintain Security Clearance eligibility requirements
● Experience performing geospatial modeling, analysis, and data manipulation
● Experience creating, updating, and maintaining databases, attributes, maps, and graphs using GIS software and related equipment
● Working with architectural and facilities drawings and designs
● Experience analyzing spatial data for geographic statistics to incorporate into documents and reports
● Experience compiling geographic data from a variety of sources including censuses, field observation, satellite imagery, aerial photographs, tabular data, databases, and existing maps
● Entering map data through use of a digitizer or by direct input of coordinate information using the principles of cartography including coordinate systems, longitude, latitude, elevation, topography, and map scales
● Experience with Trimble data collection with GPS receivers required
● Experience using Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, & Outlook)
● Excellent written & verbal communication skills
● Ability to walk long distances outdoors to enter and exit facility as well as conduct surveys
● Ability to occasionally lift and handle boxes and equipment up to 20 pounds

Preferred Qualifications:
● Experience with GIS/CADD/BIM program tools and applications like ArcGIS, Autodesk, Revit
● Comprehensive knowledge of GPS land and utility surveying
● Experience in managing and configuring data and metadata to common geospatial standards such as SDSFIE is a plus
● Certified Geographic Information System Professional (GISP) or Post-graduate GIS certification

Education Requirements:
● Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Geographic Information System, or related field
**OR**
● 3 years of additional experience in geospatial gathering, modeling and data manipulation


ALEX - Alternative Experts, LLC (ALEX) was founded in 2007, and headquartered in Dumfries, Virginia. ALEX is a woman-owned, award-winning and trusted solutions provider and partner. We provide scientific, technical and professional services, specializing in rapidly staffing and managing mission critical programs for both government and commercial organizations. We are the perfect fit for the future.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability. Applicants must be able to perform the essential functions of the job.
Reasonable accommodations will be made to allow employees to meet the essential functions of the job, unless those accommodations cause undue hardships on the employer. To request a reasonable accommodation, contact the Human Resources Department at [email protected]
Woman-Owned Small Business
VEVRAA Federal Contractor
Affirmative Action Employer
Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities are highly encouraged to apply