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An opportunity exists for a Senior Programmer Analysts - GIS to contribute to the Corporate Geographic Information Systems (GIS) infrastructure team. The infrastructure team ensures the City's GIS platform technology and geospatial data are current, resilient, and supported to meet our corporation's business needs. In this role, you will work to ensure the geospatial platform's continuous improvement. Primary duties include:
- Design, document, construct, administer, analyze, test, and troubleshoot the City's GIS platform and related technologies, including desktop, server, and cloud components.
- Design, document and automate GIS platform operational processes including administration, monitoring, diagnostics, reporting, backup/recovery, and lifecycle.
- Evaluate emerging GIS and related technology.
- Develop GIS solution architecture standards, patterns, and best practices.
- Liaise with application users, Solution Architects, Developers, and other IT service owners to provide guidance and review of solution designs; conduct quality assurance checks; and ensure compliance with standards and design patterns.
- Provide GIS end user support.
Qualifications
- A completed 2-year diploma in Computer Science, Geography, GIS, Math or Engineering.
- At least 5 years of experience with software development, system administration or support experience is required.
- Expertise in planning, designing, implementing, and administering an enterprise-level GIS deployment using ESRI ArcGIS technology (ArcGIS for Server, ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGISPRO).
- Demonstrated strength in web services (SOAP, REST, GeoRSS), HTML, JSON.
- Demonstrated strength in automation scripting via python and Windows PowerShell.
- Demonstrated experience with an enterprise relational database like MS SQL Server or Oracle.
- Demonstrated experience with Power BI.
- Experience with Azure cloud administration or solution development is an asset.
- Success in this position requires excellent communication and problem-solving skills, the ability to plan and organize complex tasks, and strong mentorship and client relations experience.
Pre-employment Requirements
- Successful applicants must provide proof of qualifications.
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