Senior GIS Analyst

A current resume is required, and a cover letter is preferred.

We are seeking a collaborative, team orientated, self-motivated individual to join our team.  Our ideal candidate will embody a positive attitude, a willingness to engage with diverse project teams, and understands the critical nature of electric, water, waste water and broadband services. Candidates can expect to enjoy an exceptional work life balance, regular and consistent hours, with full support from management. This is an opportunity to join a progressive team dedicated to making a difference and provide emerging technology to the utilities.

Please view our video Working at Loveland to learn more about our exceptional Loveland community and the benefits of working for the City.

Essential Functions

• Will work on project team for data model migration of four utilities to the ESRI utility model. 
• Implementation and testing of software upgrades and service packs in test environment before production upgrades.
• Plans, designs, develops, and maintains integrations between the enterprise GIS and other software applications and databases housed on a variety of platforms. This requires working as a project manager.
• Develops, supports, and maintain feature services, webmaps and apps in Portal.
• Supports administrative duties such as user/group management and permissions.
• Supports field collection operations for multiple applications.
• Creates and maintains reporting for state and federal agencies.
• Ensures system reliability by performing system and application upgrades after hours or weekends.
• Supports electric and fiber infrastructure design group.
• Supports operations control center during electric system outages and switching orders.
• Must have open communication style with vendors, contractors, and city personnel.
• Strong organizations skills are a must.

Other Job Functions

• Work with vendors and consultants to resolve application issues and future roadmap planning.
• Occasionally perform duties in the absence of the manager.
• Must be able to work in a team environment as a contributing member or in the project manager role.
• Occasionally check accuracy of work and version management.
• Create training documentation and lead training classes for field and office personnel.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education:  4 Year / Bachelors Degree in Geographic Information Systems, Geography, Computer Science or closely related field.  An equivalent combination of education and/or experience may substitute for education requirements on a year-for-year basis.

Required Experience: 4 years working experience in all phases of geodatabase administration, system implementation and application development.

Preferred Experience:

• • Experience in a water, electric, or broadband fiber utility is  highly desired. 
  • Experience administering an ArcFM geodatabase.

Certifications:  Must possess a valid driver's license.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Advanced expertise in all aspects of geodatabase design and administration including data modeling, database security, performance optimization, and versioning.
• Knowledge of electric distribution, municipal broadband fiber systems, water distribution and waste water collection systems and related utility-based business processes.
• Knowledge of maintaining services and web-based apps and dashboards.
• Working knowledge of utility best practices and real-world application.
• Support and maintain utility engineering modeling software across disciplines.
• Working experience with electric, water, and broadband fiber-based GIS tools.
• Experience with work order and asset management systems with the ability to administer the software.
• Advanced to expert working knowledge of ArcGIS Server and ability to troubleshoot components, including web adaptors and performance monitoring.
• Working knowledge of AGOL and Portal
• Working knowledge of ArcGIS Developer tooling such as web app builder, ArcGIS API for Python, and ArcGIS API for Javascript preferred.