Geographic Information Systems Specialist

This is a remote position.

Work Arrangement: Remote
Location: Remote (United States)
Employment Type: Contract
Engagement Type: Contract

Position Summary

Dhaka Technologies Limited Company is hiring a Geographic Information Systems Specialist on behalf of a client supporting a statewide public sector system modernization program in Maryland. The role is focused on the production, quality, and maintenance of the authoritative spatial datasets that support address assignment and district boundary management. The successful candidate will build and correct base maps and thematic data, maintain spatial databases of Maryland information, assess the quality of data received from outside sources, and serve as a point of reference for business users working with those datasets. This is a long term, remote engagement with a multi year contract horizon.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct GIS program activities using GIS hardware and software to produce maps, spatial databases, and thematic data such as road centerlines, cadastre, wetlands, and historic sites.
  
• Create, adjust, correct, convert, and distribute base maps and thematic data.
  
• Digitize and maintain spatial databases of Maryland information, document procedures, validate data for accuracy and completeness, complete approved metadata forms, and produce maps of the resulting information.
  
• Support the management of geospatial data underpinning address assignment and district boundary maintenance, including street centerlines, address ranges, precincts, and census blocks.
  
• Import, convert, and reconcile GIS data received from multiple external sources, and map imported spatial files to the street file used by the production system.
  
• Support geocoding of address records and resolve unmatched or ambiguous addresses to maintain assignment accuracy.
  
• Evaluate information and data from outside sources to determine the quality and fitness of that data for production use.
  
• Provide geographic location coordinates, calculate distances and areas of features, and interpret legal descriptions and certify changes in boundary lines.
  
• Act as an internal consultant to business users during their use, development, and quality assessment of spatial databases.
  

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Geography, GIS Technology, Cartography, Computer Science, or a related field, including at least nine credit hours in coursework specifically related to GIS operation or management.
  
• Two years of professional experience in GIS, cartography, Computer Aided Design and Drafting, or a related field.
  
• Hands on experience producing and correcting base maps, thematic data, and spatial databases.
  
• Experience validating spatial data for accuracy and completeness and completing formal metadata documentation.
  
• Familiarity with address data, street centerline files, and boundary datasets.
  
• Must be authorized to work in the United States. All work must be performed from within the continental United States.
  
• Must pass a criminal history background check prior to start, renewed annually for the duration of the engagement.
  
• This is a remote position. Candidates must be available during Eastern Time business hours.
  

Preferred Qualifications

• GIS Professional (GISP) certification.
  
• Direct experience supporting redistricting or reapportionment, including precinct and district boundary construction and precinct split logic.
  
• Experience with census geography, TIGER files, and census block level data.
  
• Experience interpreting legal descriptions and certifying changes in boundary lines.
  
• Experience with spatial ETL tooling, for example FME Desktop or FME Server.
  
• Prior experience delivering GIS work on a state or local government program.
  
• Maryland residency of three years or more, which streamlines the background check process.
  

How to Apply

Qualified candidates should send a current resume to talent@dhakatech.us. Please include the position title in the subject line, along with your availability to start.