GIS Technician

GIS TECHNICIAN

Opening Date: February 23, 2026

Closing Date: Open until filled

Status: Full-time, Non-Exempt

Salary Range: $25.07 - $36.32 per hour

Hiring Range: $25.07 – $30.70 per hour

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Under the general supervision of the GIS Manager, support the creation, maintenance, and delivery of high-quality spatial data, maps, and analysis. This role focuses on data integrity, cartographic production, field data collection, and supporting enterprise GIS workflows that help stakeholders make informed decisions.

GIS Manager

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• Meet performance standards established with the employee's manager.
• Job attendance is required, except for authorized leave.
• Create, edit, and maintain geodatabases (file/enterprise), feature classes, domains, subtypes, and metadata.
• Perform data quality checks (topology, attribute integrity, schema alignment, projections) and resolve issues.
• Standardize, clean, and import/export data among several sources such as but not limited to: GIS, CAD, and tabular (CSV, XLSX, shape files)
• Produce publication-ready maps, web maps, and dashboards with clear symbology, labeling, and layout.
• Maintain map templates, branding style guides, and cartographic standards.
• Execute routine analyses (buffer, overlay, spatial joins, selections, geocoding).
• Compile findings into easy-to-understand reports and map products for internal and public audiences.
• Collect and verify data using GNNS/GPS data collectors and mobile apps (Arrow Gold RTK, ArcGIS Field Maps, Survey
  123).
• Support asset inventory, utility networks, right-of-way, land records, and capital projects as applicable.
• Publish, update, and manage layers, services, and apps in ArcGIS Online/Enterprise.
• Assist with departmental accounts and individual user access, including specialized training, webinars, online training.
• Utilize software tools for routine data conversions and batch updates.
• Document scripts/workflows and schedule routine tasks where appropriate.
• Respond to map/data requests, tickets, and stakeholder questions.
• Work with engineering, planning, public works, emergency management, redevelopment agency, IT, and other teams to meet GIS needs.
• Maintain process documentation, data dictionaries, SOPs, and versioning practices.
• Follow and improve data governance, naming conventions, and security standards.
• Performs other duties as assigned and required.

• Associate's or Bachelor's degree in GIS, Geography, Geomatics, Environmental Science, Urban Planning, Computer Science, or a related field; or equivalent experience.
• Proficiency with ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online (editing, symbology, layouts, geoprocessing tools).
• Solid understanding of projections/coordinate systems, cartography, geodatabases, and metadata.
• Competence with Microsoft Suite and data management (joins, field calculations, data cleanup).
• Strong attention to detail, organization, and documentation skills; ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills.

• Must possess and maintain a valid Utah Driver's License with periodic verification by the City.

• Experience with ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Field Maps, Survey
  123, Experience Builder, or Dashboards.
• Familiarity with Python/arcpy, Model Builder, for ETL and automation.
• Experience integrating CAD (DWG/DXF) with GIS; understanding of utility/asset.
• Knowledge of GNSS/GPS data collection, RTK workflows, and accuracy.
• Basic SQL for querying enterprise geodatabases (e.g., SQL Server/Postgre
  
  SQL).
• Domain experience (utilities, public works, transportation, planning, emergency management, land records).
• Esri Technical Certification(s) or GISP (not required but a plus).
• FAA Part 107 (UAS) certification (not required but a plus).

Employee(s) in this position perform in generally comfortable conditions involving intermittent sitting, standing, walking, stooping, and…