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GIS Developer

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

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Location: Madison, WI
Type: Full Time
Posted: 06/15/2016
Deadline to Apply: 07/04/2016
Payrate: $59,404 - $91,166/yr
More Information: WiscJobs Posting

Job Duties:

The GIS Developer is employed within the Division of Forestry. The GIS Developer primarily develops and maintains geo-spatial applications, possibly involving integration with other applications. This position also provides systems analysis for projects ranging in size and structure. 

This position requires a strong knowledge base and experience in GIS development with the aptitude and desire for creating solutions; consulting with technical staff in other divisions and internal customers; negotiating solutions; mentoring other developers; and working on development teams to integrate complex IT solutions in a desktop, mobile and/or web environments. The customer base includes 450-500 division staff within three central office bureaus and four districts, as well as colleagues throughout DNR and external key partner groups.

A complete position description is available upon request.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

  • Knowledge and skill related to system design, application coding and troubleshooting for basic and complex applications;
  • Knowledge and skill related to integrating web technologies and mapping applications;
  • Knowledge and skill related to GIS and/or web technology, including:
    • database software and scripting languages, such as Oracle, Structured Query Language (SQL) and Toad
    •  programming languages, such as .NET, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, HTML5, PL/SQL, JQuery, and/or Python;
    • JavaScript libraries;
    • web technologies for serving software;
    • user interfaces for applications;
    • Microsoft Office products, including MS Word, Excel, Access, and Visio; and/or
    • Esri’s ArcGIS, JavaScript API, geo-databases, spatial analyst tools, and spatial statistic operations
  • Knowledge and skill needed to develop relational databases with spatial components;
  • Ability to create and maintain databases, including Oracle and MS Access
  • Skill in analyzing new and upgraded IT architecture
  • Skill using security best practices with server technologies;
  • Skill in assessing the impacts on business systems and developing alternative actions to resolve issues
  • Skill in preparing information for management and management teams
  • Ability to work with internal partners, such as business experts, business analyst and IT/GIS professionals
  • Ability to provide on-going technical perspective on a project team 
  • Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing 
  • Ability to work independently while exercising sound judgement
  • Customer service skills
  • Problem solving skills 
  • Ability to work independently while exercising sound judgment
  • Ability to work at a detailed level and perform tasks with a high level of accuracy, while keeping an eye on the big picture
  • Ability to develop and work on multiple projects

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