GIS – IT Engineer

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION:

Essential Qualifications/Experience:

·         Nationally recognized/certified university qualification in a GIS, IT, Computer or Software related discipline and a minimum of 6 years post-related experience

·         Or exceptionally, the lack of a university degree may be compensated by the demonstration of a candidate's particular abilities or experience that is/are of interest to NCI Agency, that is, at least 3 years extensive and progressive expertise in duties related to the function of the post

·         Excellent knowledge of the overall Esri ArcGIS Product Suite

·         Excellent knowledge in the installation and configuration of Esri ArcGIS Enterprise, Server, Portal and other components

·         Strong experience with design, integration and implementation of Enterprise GIS solutions

·         Experience with VMWare virtual server implementation, optimization and management

·         Proficiency with Python, ArcPy, Powershell or other scripting tools

·         Expertise in IT infrastructure and platform services (such as databases, virtualization platforms, network components) to the extent as it is required for the design and operation an enterprise system

·         Professional experience with direct customer contact and the direct interaction with customers

·         Solid experience in working in a Microsoft environment with shared data access

·         Ability to independently plan and execute assigned project tasks under guidance, taking into account policies, programme goals, priorities, funding and other planning constraints

·         Ability to receive and execute tasking in accordance with direction from NCI Agency staff

DUTIES/ROLE: 

·         Perform 2nd and 3rd level support for NATO Core GIS

·         Performs O&M of the Core GIS IT Reference and Support environments

·         Act as a technical expert and takes responsibility to monitor the enterprise incident management system, manage incident resolution, diagnose faults, determine root causes, and provide technical expertise to resolve incidents and their causes

·         Assists in the roll-out of system changes in the current Core GIS software baseline

·         Act as the technical subject matter expert to the development of future Core GIS baselines

·         Define installation and accreditation documentation for the Core GIS system

·         Assist with the Core GIS baseline User Acceptance

·         Assists the roll-out of new or upgrades of Core GIS systems

·         Assist with maintaining all Core GIS course documentation and IT in line with the latest approved Core GIS

·         Provide Core GIS system training