Sr. GIS Specialist

General Description: Arora Engineers, LLC provides geospatial data and asset management, and design and construction services for MEP, fire protection and alarms, and low voltage/special systems for aviation, transportation, educational, and commercial and institutional facilities.

Overall Responsibility: We are seeking an experienced Sr. GIS Specialist responsible for the production and maintenance of geographic data and applications.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Produces and maintains geographic data and graphics for airport-related GIS, CAD, and/or BIM projects.
• Develops and manages scripts for data analysis and systems integration
• Reviews the adequacy and quality of geospatial data and makes recommendations for specific types of improvement
• Develops GIS databases following standards.
• Produces metadata.
• Performs basic data maintenance to correct data issues.
• Compiles and updates mapping/cartographic data to determine land use, elevation, and general relationships of existing physical features.
• Produces maps
• Collects, valuates, and processes GPS data.
• Participates in ongoing training and career development activities.
• Stays current with GIS, CAD, and BIM software trends.
• Experience with Esri focused GIS architecture design and implementation (i.e., installation, patching, and upgrading, migration, etc.).
• Manages geospatial projects and/or assists other GIS project managers.

Secondary Responsibilities: 

• Continuously learns about GIS, CAD, and BIM technologies.
• Ability to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues
• Represents Arora at industry events.

Desired Skills:

• Knowledge of FAA's Airport GIS Program.
• Knowledge of FAA Advisory Circulars (ACs) 150/5300-13, 16, 17, and 18 and FARs (Federal Aviation Regulations) Part 139
• Experience with GIS software systems specifically ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Pro , Enterprise Geodatabases, Space Planner, Experience Builder, Dashboards, and other ESRI extensions.
• Experience developing custom scripts for geospatial data management and analysis
• Experience working with data and applications for a commercial airport.
• Experience customizing web maps and applications using ArcGIS Online for Organizations and/or Portal for ArcGIS
• Experience with Extraction, Translation, and Load (ETL) methods and software
• Experience with GIS/Esri Architecture planning and implementation
• Experience with advanced editing techniques utilizing enterprise geodatabases with branch versioning
• Knowledge of planning, design, maintenance and production of geographic data in an airport environment.
• Familiarity with CAD data and software and the conversion process to GIS.
• Familiarity with BIM data and software and the conversion process to GIS.
• Familiarity with Safe Software’s Feature Manipulation Engine software is a plus.
• Experience managing spatial data concepts, projections systems, geo-databases, topology and relational databases.
• FAA IDLE Certification in Airport GIS is a plus.
• Experience with ArcGIS Indoors implementation and data management
• Ability to create high-quality graphic products.
• Organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently within a team environment.
• Ability to create and maintain productive relationships with employees, clients and vendors.
• Possesses appropriate paperwork to demonstrate legal right to work in United States as a full-time, regular employee.

Education/Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in geography, urban planning, geographic information systems, or related field.
• 7 years or more experience in utilizing GIS, CAD, and/or BIM systems software.
• GISP certification preferred
• OR equivalent combination of education and experience
• Ability to communicate complex technical information to non-technical audiences using strong written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.