Seasonal Worker- Enterprise GIS & Data Management VR

Seasonal Worker – Enterprise GIS & Data Management #VR-002

The State of Connecticut, Department of Transportation (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). is accepting applications for two Seasonal Workers (E-GIS & Data Management) to serve in the Bureau of Policy & Planning. Positions are based in Newington, CT. The E‑GIS & Data Management units build and maintain tools, develop processes to collect and analyze data, manage data sustainably, implement quality assessment and control procedures, and make data available for stakeholders.

The summer workers will help manage the Department’s cloud‑based ArcSDE database architecture, digitize assets, assess data quality, publish layers, and aid in adopting a data‑driven approach across DOT’s programs and asset classes.

• Anticipated start date:
  May 2026; end date:
  September 30 2026.
• Monday‑Friday, first shift.
• 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week, seasonal.
• Location:
  
  Newington, CT.

The Summer positions in the E‑GIS Unit provide experience and involve the following duties:

• Utilizing available data management software (FME, ArcGIS Pro/Model Builder, Power Automate, etc.) to build and adjust sustainable Extract, Transform, and Load processes to break down data silos and connect authoritative systems.
• Utilizing GIS software (ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Enterprise Portal, QGIS, etc.) to develop authoritative geospatial datasets and web/desktop tools for internal stakeholders to manage, update, analyze, and make accessible critical infrastructure and business data to necessary stakeholders and partners.
• Utilizing geospatially accurate linear referencing system (LRS) data in a geospatial data management environment for QA/QC, analysis, and management purposes.
• Examining data sets and processes to identify opportunities to improve efficiency, accuracy, and completeness.
• Offering recommendations to asset data stewards for integration opportunities and championing the innovative benefits of utilizing a centralized GIS warehouse by connecting previously disparate systems.
• Supporting data owners, custodians, and stewards in building automated processes and interactive user interfaces for creating dynamic reports that support analysis and performance assessment.
• Working collaboratively across multiple disciplines and levels to provide access and tools to the Department and the public.
• In concert with the DOT business analysis team, identifying data gaps in work flows and work to develop integrated technology solutions to address those gaps.
• Gaining general knowledge of, and extracting data from, multiple sources and systems while working to identify and catalogue all appropriate data sources in the agency.
• Participating in teams reviewing the readiness of data sets for maturation of data through its lifecycle and integration into enterprise available solutions.
• Contributing to technical teams in the development, deployment and application of predictive, prescriptive, descriptive, inferential and diagnostic analytics.
• Researching, analyzing, and building a broad understanding of CTDOT Transportation operations and the challenges and policy concerns that face the agency.
• Aiding in data development efforts throughout the entire lifecycle of a data assets, including helping to build initial data inventories through digitization, populating attribute data, modifying schemas, documenting business requirements for data assets, publishing versioned editable web services, building editing web solutions, and automating QA/QC processes for data accuracy and completeness.
• Performing other related duties as required.

As one of Connecticut’s largest State agencies, DOT employs approximately 3,300 individuals statewide in five bureaus. Our mission is to improve quality of life through transportation. We maintain a significant transportation infrastructure system essential to mobility for Connecticut residents and businesses while supporting economic and community development and preserving environmental and cultural resources. The Department of Transportation is committed to cultivating a diverse staff representative of the communities we serve.

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