About this role
Job SummaryThis is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Competitive Service Positions to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. About the Position: Serves as the Geographic Information System (GIS) manager for the Directorate of Public Works (DPW) Master Planning and Real Property Division. The incumbent will manage the installation's geospatial data, GIS web applications, and cloud-based systems, ensuring compliance.
QualificationsWho May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the Specialized requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. BASIC REQUIREMENT: Specialized experience including technical work in the areas such as: drafting, surveying construction estimating, physical science, mathematics, architecture, chemicals, electrical or mechanical systems. OR Experience in a trade or craft that work required intensive knowledge of engineering principles, techniques, methods, and precedents for example trade positions with substantial developmental, test, or design responsibilities such as: a Planner and estimator who analyzed designs for production purposes or an Instrument maker or model maker who performed design or development work on devices fabricated. OR Certified by the National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies, an organization sponsored by the National Society of Professional Engineers. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service which includes: collecting attribute data and entering data into GIS, assimilating new data holdings by digitizing/scanning existing drawings, aerial photographs and maps and using global positioning systems (GPS), converting GIS data to CAD files, PDF and other formats, and ensure all GIS layers are sync'd with real property database of records and all real property unit identification codes (RPUID) matches. Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.
Major DutiesServes as the data manager and Data Base Administrator (DBA) for the Geographic Information System (GIS) for the US Army Garrison, Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), Adelphi Laboratory Center (ALC), and Blossom Point Research Facility (BPRF).The incumbent is the garrison Subject Matter Expert (SME) and program administrator for the GIS enterprise database.Assisting customers in development of new GIS data layers.Preparing and managing contracts to develop, populate, and maintain the GIS databaseProvides customer support for the implementation of cloud-based systems as well as stand-alone CPUsDevelops GIS procedures, plans and assists with developing division processes and workflows.