GIS Analyst

Altamira Technologies has a long and successful history providing innovative solutions throughout the U.S. National Security community. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Altamira serves the defense, intelligence and homeland security communities worldwide by focusing on creating innovative solutions leveraging common standards in architecture, data and security. Altamira believes that our people and the culture of our company differentiate us from other companies.
 
We focus on recruiting talented, self-motivated employees that strive to find a way to get things done. Join our team of experts as we engineer national security!

Position Description:

Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast (SE) has a requirement to deploy and sustain Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and the GeoReadiness Explorer (GRX), which combine spatial data with tabular information, to support decision making and facilities management in the Installation and Environment (I&E) domain across the United States (US) Navy. GRX is built on data and mapping products created in GIS and maintained in the NAVFAC Maintenance and Analysis (M&A) environment. As a result, NAVFAC has a need for functional and technical project support for this Enterprise Business System, to include GIS, GRX, and the M&A environment at the installation level.

NAVFAC SE is required to ensure that all Real Property transactions (Acquisitions, Disposals, Inventories, and Capital Improvements) are entered into the Navys real property database management system, internet Navy Facilities Assets Data Store (iNFADS), and into GIS in a timely and accurate manner with proper supporting documentation, and to ensure that the Real Property Inventory is accurate and complete.  Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness (FIAR) is a top priority for NAVFAC.

Job/Labor Category Requirements:

• Provide geospatial technical support, coordination, and management of various regional projects, datasets, and programs for the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southeast (NAVFAC SE) GeoReadiness Center (GRC).
• Being the single point of contact for all Geographic Information and Services (GI&S) related issues in the Installation and Environment realm for the installation within SE Commander Navy Installation Command (CNIC) Region.
• Manage a single authoritative source of geospatial information within the Navy Region Southeast area.
• Provide a better understanding of certain variables in a given geographic location, will use varying analysis methods to arrive at results, and will provide recommendations for appropriate business strategies based on GIS analysis.
• Provide maps and data sets to clients to supplement analysis.
• Have a basic understanding of CAD/GIS conversion and other file formats and must be capable of performing a variety of tasks.
• Installation deployment and migration support (updates to regional base map, mapbooks, enterprise geodatabases, layer files, QAQC reporting)
• Maintenance of data utilizing a Data Collection Guide Functional Analysis of geospatial data including integration of various file formats into GIS
• Technological Analysis including building GIS models to improve efficiency, field data verification and new data collection
• Direct support of walk-up requests through the base or region
• Conducting GIS and GRX training

Must-have skills above and beyond the labor category:

• Bachelor’s degree in Geography, GIS, Cartography, Computer Science, or related discipline
• 1 to 3 years of experience in GIS performing data management, analysis, and cartographic representation
• Knowledgeable in the implementation of the Spatial Data Standards for Facilities, Infrastructure, and Environment (SDSFIE)
• Experience with SDE
• In-depth understanding of Raster and Vector data, Versioning, Topology, Attribute data structures, Data acquisition, Database construction, Spatial Analysis, Cartographic Representation, Geocoding, Metadata, Digitizing, Editing Attribute and Graphical Data, and Preparing hardcopy outputs
• Experience with Esri’s ArcGIS Software Applications and spatial analysis, including; geometric network, spatial and 3D analysis
• Python and/or Model Builder experience
• Experience with Updating/Publishing map services
• Experience with GPS data collection process; field data collection methods, survey techniques and knowledge of accuracy standards
• Experience with data management, technical writing, and geodatabases
• Presentation skills with the ability to interface well with clients
• Ability to train and provide technical guidance to other team members
• Experience with GIS data and CAD data integration
• Familiarity with Enterprise Geodatabase Structure
• Detail orientation with an eye towards quality
• Must be a US citizen and have a US driver’s license
• Must be willing and able to travel periodically

Standout skills:

• Current or prior Common Access Card (CAC) "Smart" ID card for active-duty military personnel, Selected Reserve, DoD civilian employees, or eligible contractor personnel
• Experience with the NAVFAC GeoReadiness program and NAVFAC Southeast installations
• Familiarity with NAVFAC GeoReadiness Explorer (GRX)
• Familiarity with Internet Naval Facilities Assets Data Store (iNFADS)
• Familiarity with Financial Inventory Audit Readines (FIAR)

Altamira is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.