Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Coordinator

The Arizona Department of Administration (ADOA), Arizona Strategic Enterprise Technology (ASET) division, is seeking a highly skilled and motivated GIS Coordinator to join our team. In this pivotal role, you will be responsible for leading and coordinating Geographic Information Systems (GIS) initiatives across the state, ensuring effective management, analysis, and integration of geospatial data. You will work closely with various stakeholders to support decision-making processes and enhance the state's geospatial capabilities. This position offers a unique opportunity to impact statewide GIS strategy and innovation. If you are a dynamic GIS professional with a passion for technology and a commitment to public service, we encourage you to apply.

The State of Arizona strives for a work culture that affords employees flexibility, autonomy, and trust. Across our many agencies, boards, and commissions, many State employees participate in the State’s Remote Work Program and are able to work remotely in their homes, in offices, and in hoteling spaces. All work, including remote work, should be performed within Arizona unless an exception is properly authorized in advance.

• Create and edit custom ETL tools (FME & Python) to batch process and speed up large-scale data conversions. In addition to improving data validation and aggregation tools to streamline data collection process
• Support undeserved municipalities, tribes, and counties with GIS application development and maintenance
• Work within other divisions in ADOA to help develop and build commercial off the self (COTS) GIS solutions to improve efficiency and automate workflows
• Be an advocate for GIS and participate in local, state, and national working groups
• Perform advance database analysis and maintenance in the day-to-day operations of the GIS and associate applications

Knowledge of:

• GIS software and familiarity with relational database design as it applies to GIS software
• ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Apps, ArcSDE, and ArcGIS for Desktop software products
• ETL tools and workflows through FME & Python
• General mapping principles, demographics analysis, and spatial analysis

Skills in:

• Effective team-building and staff management skills
• Requirement gathering and working with non-geospatial stakeholders
• Project management

Ability to:

• Troubleshooting software and hardware
• Conduct research into GIS issues and products as required
• Express ideas clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships
• Create applications and interfaces to modify and manipulate data sets
• Accommodate and account for highly complex geospatial aspects of GIS data
• Work on a team or work independently to create, support and develop
• Unique GIS applications designed to meet specific user and business needs

Bachelor’s degree plus 2-5 or more years of programming and analysis experience (or equivalent experience)
Introductory GIS Theory or basic GIS software training preferred