IT Data Analyst (GIS)

Job Description:

IT Data Analyst (GIS)

Description

Minimum Qualifications

• Graduation with a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in a field related to the job plus two (2) years’ related experience.
• Experience may substitute for education for up to (4) years.

Licenses and Certifications Required:
None.

Notes to Applicants

Position Overview:
GIS Services within IT Services in the Austin Water (AW) department at the City of Austin is hiring an IT Data Analyst responsible for GIS data editing, data quality, and process improvements. This position will work in a GIS team focused on customer service and operational support for a Water Utility. The IT Data Analyst should have GIS technical skills to be a technical team member in the transition to the Utility Network Data Model for water, wastewater, and reuse networks.

Critical Position:
This position has been designation as critical for the City of Austin. Critical positions are necessary and vital and support activities that impact City or department operations. Work can be done while at a designated work site or while working at an alternate work location. Critical employees may be reassigned to another area to provide essential services to support any extraordinary situations or emergency conditions.

Working with Austin Water provides a number of benefits including medical, paid leave time, a great retirement plan, training opportunities and more! Click HERE for more information.

When completing the City of Austin employment application:

• Please be sure to detail on the application all previous employment that you wish to be considered as part of your qualifications.
• A detailed, complete employment application is required. It helps us to better evaluate your qualifications and will be used to determine salary if you are selected for this position. Be sure to provide job title and employment dates for all jobs you wish to be considered.
• A resume is required but will not substitute for a complete employment application. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Please include contact information from previous employers.
• A cover letter is also required. In the cover letter candidates should describe, in concise detail, their interest in this position and highlight any prior experience that is relevant to this position.

If you are selected as a top candidate:

• Verification of your education (which may include high school graduation or GED , undergraduate and/or graduate degrees) will be required. You must provide proof of education from an accredited organization/institution and proof of your professional licenses or certifications.
• If you are in the military or a veteran, you will need to provide a copy of your DD-214 prior to confirming a start date.

Secondary Employment:

• All Austin Water employees are prohibited from accepting or engaging in any secondary employment that might conflict or interfere with an employee’s duty and responsibility to the Department.
• Austin Water must review all secondary employment.
• Employees are required to submit a Secondary Employment Application for review and approval upon being hired with Austin Water, as well as current Austin Water employees considering secondary employment.

Effective October 1, 2014, all Austin Water worksite locations are tobacco-free. Use of tobacco products and/or e-cigarettes is not permitted on any AW worksite - including construction sites, parking lot, garage or in any personal vehicle located on the premises.
Pay Range
$32.23 - $40.29
Hours
Monday - Friday
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. with some flexibility. Hybrid.
Job Close Date 01/30/2025 Type of Posting External Department Austin Water Utility Regular/Temporary Regular Grant Funded or Pooled Position Not Applicable Category Professional Location Waller Creek Center, 625 E. 10th St. Austin, TX 78701 Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with Esri’s Water Utility Geometric Network or Utility Network
• Experience working in a GIS team environment following and creating standard workflows and processes
• Experience with relational databases in a multiple user environment
• Experience with pipeline construction and/or engineer design drawings
• Experience incorporating GPS and field data collection into GIS

Duties, Functions and Responsibilities
Essential duties and functions, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include the following. Other related duties may be assigned.

Catalogs existing data sources and work with City IT partners to understand requirements for data use, analysis and quality. Profiles data from internal and external sources. Participates and sometimes lead data classification and data-mining to identify and assign data categories (e.g., Open, Confidential, Sensitive, HIPAA , etc.) to a data collection. Assists in designing reporting dashboards to translate data to an understandable format. Performs initial data exploration (binning, pivoting, summarizing and finding correlations). Fulfills ad hoc reporting requests. Provides feedback and recommendations regarding the creation of standards and patterns for data distribution and retention. Analyzes and interprets results using standard statistical tools and techniques. Contributes to management of central data stores and metadata to establish quality expectations. Contributes to development of services and solutions to drive decision-making and action.

Responsibilities - Supervisor and/or Leadership Exercised:
None.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Must possess required knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.

• Knowledge of data integration tools, data management architectures such as Data Warehouse, Data Lake, Data Hub Management, data exploration techniques (binning, pivoting, summarizing, and finding correlations).
• Knowledge of analytics, visualization and business intelligence tools.
• Knowledge of data structures, patterns and data models and related industry-standard methodologies.
• Knowledge of Source-to-Target Mapping, Extract-Transform-Load ( ETL ) processing and Change Data Capture ( CDC ) concepts.
• Knowledge of statistical software, database queries and programming languages (e.g., Java, C++, Scala, SQL , Hive, Python and R), XML , JSON and XSD’s.
• Knowledge of Big Data concepts, frameworks, products, tools, and data models and structures as well as database design tools (e.g., Visio, SQL , tec.)
• Skill in data modeling, database and data management, SQL coding, program languages, data warehousing, and relational databases skills.
• Skill in data analysis, data visualization, data mining, reporting, and data integrity skills.
• Ability to clearly communicate technical concepts with customers to increase their understanding of their operations.
• Ability to engage in opportunities to see the big picture and make decisions based on strategy and value delivered.
• Ability to articulate and solve problems or answer questions with data.
• Ability to consider and incorporate the implications of analysis into recommendations for business decisions.
• Ability to gather, assemble, correlate, and analyze facts.
• Ability to identify data trends as well as isolated events.
• Ability to turn data insights into recommendations for both clients and internal stakeholders based on context.
• Ability to adhere to required compliance to all change management policies and procedures.
• Ability to adhere to required compliance to all information security policies and procedures.

Criminal Background Investigation This position does not require a Criminal Background Investigation EEO/ADA
City of Austin is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you require reasonable accommodation during the application process or have a question regarding an essential job function, please call (512) 974-3210 or Texas Relay by dialing 7-1-1.

The City of Austin will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on race, creed, color, national origin, sex, gender identity, age, religion, veteran status, disability, or sexual orientation. In addition, the City will not discriminate in employment decisions on the basis of an individual’s AIDS , AIDS Related Complex, or HIV status; nor will the City discriminate against individuals who are perceived to be at risk of HIV infection, or who associate with individuals who are believed to be at risk.

Information For City Employees: If you are an employee within the department, are in good standing and meet both the minimum and preferred qualifications, then you will receive an initial interview.

Supplemental Questions

Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).
* This position requires a graduation with a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in a field related to the job plus two (2) years experience. Experience may substitute for education up to four (4) years. Do you meet these minimum requirements?

• Yes
• No

* How many years of experience do you have with a utility or production GIS environment?

• None
• Less than one (1) year
• One (1) to three (3) years
• Three (3) to five (5) years
• Five (5) or more years

* How many years of experience do you have with ArcGIS Desktop (ArcMap or ArcGIS Pro)?

• None
• Less than one (1) year
• One (1) to three (3) years
• Three (3) to five (5) years
• Five (5) or more years

* How many years of experience do you have with the Geometric Network or Utility Network?

• None
• Less than one (1) year
• One (1) to three (3) years
• Three (3) to five (5) years
• Five (5) or more years

* Will you require sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B visa) either now or in the future?

• Yes
• No

* Were you referred to this opportunity by an Austin Water employee? If yes, please provide the employee’s full name.
(Open Ended Question)


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