Social/Biological/Physical Science Information Specialist (Fire Support)

The position is assigned to the Region 6 Fire and Aviation Management unit within the Pacific Northwest. The incumbent has responsibility for supporting managers and resource specialists in the use of geospatial technology and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for land, natural resources, and ecosystem management. Duties include: working with managers and resource specialists to determine type, amount, and level of information required to develop and analyze ecosystem management alternatives; assisting with developing data dictionaries, data models, and metadata for multi-disciplinary information and geospatial applications; converting geospatial information and remote sensing imagery into GIS databases; applying applicable principles to facilitate geospatial model design and analysis procedures related to natural resource and socio-economic data; manipulating and analyzing geospatial data to support resource management decisions for multiple resource, jurisdictional, and ownership units or a large geographical region; applying geographic and cartographic principles to the resolution of multi-disciplinary issues in geospatial database construction and map compilation; and conducting informal training and providing technical assistance to GIS software users in the development, storage, retrieval, and analysis of data. Salary: $61,722-$80,243/year (GS-9). Permanent, full-time. Location negotiable after selection within Pacific Northwest Region.