GIS Specialist

Harris County Engineering Department in Houston, TX is seeking a GIS Specialist. This full-time regular position involves creating maps, analyses, applications, and programs to support Geographic Information Systems users. Primary responsibilities include creating and updating GIS data within Enterprise Geodatabase, ArcGIS Online, and GIS Portal, managing GIS databases including data design, editing workflows, and quality assurance, performing spatial analysis and geoprocessing tasks, developing maps, dashboards, and applications for decision-making support, collaborating across infrastructure, permitting, planning, transportation, construction, and disaster recovery departments, researching and gathering data from external sources, and providing technical training to staff. Required qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Geography, GIS, Environmental Science, Computer Science, or related field with 2+ years of GIS-related work experience, proficiency with ESRI ArcGIS software (Pro and Online), knowledge of cartographic principles and geodatabase design, understanding of spatial data formats and coordinate systems. Preferred qualifications: Master's degree, experience with scripting (Python, SQL, Model Builder, Arcade), remote sensing and LiDAR knowledge. Position is 40 hours weekly with occasional extended hours during disaster recovery operations. Salary: commensurate with experience.