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Job Title: GIS Specialist

Location of the Job: Washington, DC 20554

Years of Experience: 2 to 3 Years

Job Type: Full Time Employee

Education Level: Bachelor’s degree

Job Summary:

We are a leading Commercial Real Estate Investment Company experiencing tremendous growth.​ We currently have an opportunity for a GIS Specialist in our Torrance, California Office.​

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Web development experience using HTML and JQuery
• 1-4 years experience with Oracle/Oracle Spatial and/or SDE
• Strong organizational and communication skills
• BA/BS Computer Science or equivalent work experience
• Work directly with client to gather requirements
• Evaluate, analyze and compare data sets
• Produce reports related to both geospatial and non-geospatial data
• Create and/or ensure that data contains proper metadata information
• Develop tools and scripts to shepherd data from acquisition through final deployment
• Build validation routines to ensure data accuracy and quality specifications
• Develop tools and scripts to process and prepare vector and/or raster data

Position Requirements:

• Proficient in MapInfo, ESRI ArcGIS, Google Earth, Adobe Suite
• Exceptional mapping software skills.​
• Ability to multi-task and integrate project segments.​
• Strong people skills.​
• Familiarity with basic concepts of demographics and cartography.​
• Related computer experience in mapping/​aerial software, Windows applications, spreadsheets, and graphics/​desktop publishing.​
• Minimum of 2 years experience in mapping and/​or aerial support advanced programs.​
• Bachelors degree and/​or combination of experience and other outside classes in major GIS applications.​

Salary: $14.00 – $20.00 Hourly DOE