GIS Specialist

Title: GIS Specialist
Contract Duration: 12+ Months
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
Work Arrangement: Remote (Candidate must be local to the Triangle region of North Carolina and come onsite on the first day to collect equipment)

Requisition Description
Short Description:
NCDIT-T GIS team is seeking a Specialist–Mid-Level to provide standard GIS support services such as analysis and data processing and provide support for the ArcGIS platform in user management, data management, metadata creation, and customer interaction.
The candidate will need to come on-site on the first day to collect equipment.
All candidates must be local to the Triangle region of North Carolina. - do not submit candidates that aren't local
Complete Description:
NCDIT-T GIS team is seeking a Specialist – Mid-Level to provide standard GIS support services such as analysis and data processing but to also provide support for the ArcGIS platform in the areas of user management, data management, metadata creation, and customer interaction.
The contractor will assist users in the creation and maintenance of new projects including but not limited to dashboard and web experiences. In the coming year, this position will be especially important in assisting the GIS Unit in bringing federally mandated ADA Compliance to all published items. The contractor would share the team's workload of supervising, auditing, and providing proper documentation to help new users do their jobs in accordance to all security policies.
The ideal candidate has good communication skills with GIS and non-GIS users and good customer service skills. They should be able to independently troubleshoot applications. They should have knowledge of ArcGIS Online and Enterprise administration, experience with ArcGIS Pro, and knowledge of Python and/or SQL. They should have a demonstrated ability to create and complete projects from initial requirements gathering to final customer acceptance. The candidate should be experienced with publishing hosted and referenced services on federated and unfederated GIS servers and with Survey123, Field Maps and Experience Builder. The candidate should demonstrate an understanding of accessibility requirements.
Key Responsibilities:

• Participate in the accessibility working group to audit GO!NC and implement WCAG-aligned updates that ensure legal compliance and improve usability for users with disabilities.
• Design Experience Builder applications tailored to department workflows that enhance GIS tool accessibility and enable intuitive geospatial data interaction.
• Maintain the GO!NC ArcGIS Online environment for 4,500+users by administering user accounts and groups, and by developing user guides and documentation to drive platform adoption.
• Publish hosted and referenced map image and feature services across various ArcGIS Enterprise deployments and ArcGIS Online.
• Conduct requirements gathering for projects and consult with business units on appropriate tools and capabilities of GIS.

Required/Desired Skills

• Survey123, Field Maps, Experience Builder – Required
• Strong oral and written communication, translation of non-GIS meetings and requests to GIS outcomes – Required
• ArcGIS Pro – Required
• ArcGIS Online Administration, Web Mapping, and Cartography – Required
• ArcGIS Enterprise Administration & Server Management – Required
• Arcade & Python Scripting – Required