GIS Specialist

Who We Are
Straughan Environmental, Inc. is a successful, rapidly growing, woman owned business that provides high quality and cost-effective consulting services to a wide variety of clients in the governmental and private sectors. Straughan is committed to advancing sustainable and resilient communities. We are experts in environmental planning, design, assessments, and policy. Our staff consists of wildlife and wetlands scientists; geomorphologists and hydrologists, civil and environmental engineers; inspectors; biologists and botanists; planners; cultural resource specialists; and GIS and CAD professionals. This combination of technical expertise and an understanding of policy make Straughan a highly competitive firm and a great place to advance your career
Job Purpose
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) provides leadership in a partnership effort to help people conserve, maintain and improve our natural resources and environment. Straughan Environmental, Inc. works with NRCS, helping to create and manage spatial data for easement programs managed by NRCS' Easement Program Division. The work performed in this role serves NRCS' mission of 'helping people help the land,' working with landowners to voluntarily put conservation on the ground and preserve the natural environment for future generations. Straughan is looking for a GIS Specialist to aid in this mission with the duties and responsibilities listed below. This position is fully remote, and the ideal candidate will reside within Maryland, Washington, DC, or Virginia.
Duties & Responsibilities

• Identifies, creates, collects, converts, integrates, and manages geospatial datasets and metadata on multiple simultaneous projects.
• Assist with technical analysis on GIS computer applications, provides technical support and promotes GIS technology.
• Analyzes technical problems and devises new approaches and alternative solutions.
• Develops or maintains GIS applications using a combination of GIS software, web-based development tools, and/or Windows development tools.
• Processes and analyzes raster and vector geospatial data in support of clients and staff including engineers, environmental scientists, and planners.
• Create and disseminate production workflow documents.
• Coordination of geospatial data across platforms (desktop, tablet, GPS receivers, etc.)
• QA/QC of cartographic outputs.

Requirements
Qualifications
Education : Bachelor's degree in Geography, GIS, or related field
Experience:

• A minimum of one year experience including experience in the preparation of GIS products, all ESRI GIS software products, in addition to open-source tools.
• In-depth knowledge of ESRI's software, including ArcGIS 10.X, ArcGIS Online, and Collector for ArcGIS.
• Experience reading legal descriptions and survey plats that are part of legal documents to develop shapefiles for easement programs.
• Knowledge of cartography, coordinate systems, map projections, and topology.
• Proficiency in basic computer applications, especially MS Office (Word, Excel, and Access.)
• Strong verbal, organizational and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently across multiple projects simultaneously and in an organized fashion.
• Ability to collaborate in a remote team environment.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience using ESRI Model Builder to create geoprocessing tools
• Experience in GIS programming with Python using ArcPy
• Working knowledge of AutoCAD and/or MicroStation
• Contributing member of a professional organization or interest in becoming active in a professional organization
• Experience as a federal government contractor

Physical Requirements
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully
perform the essential function of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with
disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position as required by applicable law.

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer
• Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds at a time

COVID-19 vaccination is preferred for all applicants.
Straughan Environmental Inc. is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.