Performs geospatial analysis, develops GIS programs and user-facing tools, maintains authoritative spatial databases, and supports address geocoding and district boundary assignments. The role involves importing and reconciling spatial data, producing maps and reports, validating datasets, documenting metadata, evaluating data quality, and consulting with business users. Work supports a statewide public-sector system modernization program focused on address-based record assignment.
This is a remote position.
Work Arrangement: Remote
Location: Remote (United States)
Employment Type: Contract
Engagement Type: Contract
Dhaka Technologies Limited Company is hiring a Geographic Information Systems Analyst on behalf of a client supporting a statewide public sector system modernization program in Maryland. The role combines applied geospatial analysis with light application development, supporting the geographic data foundation of a large scale system of record that assigns records to districts based on address. The successful candidate will write programs and build user facing tools against the geospatial environment, perform spatial analyses, and maintain the authoritative spatial datasets the program depends on. This is a long term, remote engagement with a multi year contract horizon.
- Write programs and develop user interfaces, menus, and macro level commands to meet user requirements, and perform spatial analyses and produce reports to customer specifications.
- Assist in the development of geographic information systems that link parcel maps or orthophotos with environmental, historic, transportation, and health data.
- Conduct GIS program activities using GIS hardware and software to produce maps, spatial databases, and thematic data such as road centerlines, cadastre, wetlands, and historic sites.
- Support the management of geospatial data underpinning address assignment and district boundary maintenance, including street centerlines, address ranges, precincts, and census blocks.
- Import, convert, and reconcile GIS data received from multiple external sources, and map imported spatial files to the street file used by the production system.
- Support geocoding of address records and resolve unmatched or ambiguous addresses to maintain assignment accuracy.
- Create, adjust, correct, convert, and distribute base maps and thematic data.
- Digitize and maintain spatial databases of Maryland information, document procedures, validate data for accuracy and completeness, and complete approved metadata forms.
- Evaluate information and data from outside sources to determine the quality and fitness of that data for production use.
- Provide geographic location coordinates, calculate distances and areas of features, and interpret legal descriptions and certify changes in boundary lines.
- Act as an internal consultant to business users during their use, development, and quality assessment of spatial databases.
- Bachelor's degree in Geography, GIS Technology, Cartography, Computer Science, or a related field, including at least nine credit hours in coursework specifically related to GIS operation or management.
- A minimum of two years of professional experience in GIS, cartography, Computer Aided Design and Drafting, or a related field.
- Programming experience sufficient to automate geoprocessing and build user facing tools, for example Python, ArcPy, SQL, or JavaScript.
- Working experience producing spatial analyses and reports to customer specification.
- Experience with address data, street centerline files, and geocoding workflows.
- Must be authorized to work in the United States. All work must be performed from within the continental United States.
- Must pass a criminal history background check prior to start, renewed annually for the duration of the engagement.
- This is a remote position. Candidates must be available during Eastern Time business hours.
- Master's degree in Geography, GIS Technology, Cartography, Computer Science, or a related field.
- GIS Professional (GISP) certification.
- Direct experience supporting redistricting or reapportionment, including precinct and district boundary construction and precinct split logic.
- Experience with census geography, TIGER files, and census block level data.
- Experience with spatial ETL tooling, for example FME Desktop or FME Server.
- Prior experience delivering GIS work on a state or local government program.
- Maryland residency of three years or more, which streamlines the background check process.
Qualified candidates should send a current resume to [email protected]. Please include the position title in the subject line, along with your availability to start.
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