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Washington State Department of Natural Resources Data Analyst, IT Data Management in Olympia, Washington
Forest Inventory Data Analyst, IT Data Management - Entry Full-time, Project, Represented position Anticipated Project is through June 2025 Location: Natural Resources Building- Olympia, WA
Work Hours and Partial Telework flexibility may be available and considered Salary: $5,479.00 - $7,369.00 Monthly This is a short-term position, with an anticipated start date of 2/16/2025 and an end date of 6/30/2025.
Responsibilities: Managing and stewarding tabular and spatial data sets residing in enterprise-level databases:
- Primary data steward for DNR Forest Inventory GIS data sets (vector or polygon inventory units)
- Performs spatial and tabular edits to ensure the data set is accurate and up-to-date
- Spatial editing in ArcPro to ensure GIS data sets accurately reflect on-the-ground conditions and are congruent with remotely sensed data sets. Performs topology checks to ensure data quality.
- Incorporates data from timber sale planning and UAS flights
- Fulfilling ongoing and ad hoc GIS and database requests for the forest inventory program
Technical and analytical support for DNR's Forest Inventory Program
- Designs, develops, codes, tests, and debugs custom GIS applications and tools to support a collection of forest inventory field data efforts. This work utilizes ArcPro, SQL, Python, and R software and programming languages
- Creates summaries and analyses of forest inventory data
- Provides GIS support to DNR Forest Inventory field crews including analysis of plot data and selection of plots for work planning and quality assurance.
*Required Qualifications: *
- BS in computer science, information technology, or a related field OR a college degree of a technical nature that provides quantitative skills OR four years of work experience in which the individual has learned and demonstrated quantitative capabilities which will contribute to this position. OR an equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
- Experience with using ESRI software for editing geospatial data.
- Experience in designing and implementing database schemas for tabular and spatial data sets stored in enterprise-level Oracle and PostgreSQL databases.
- Experience working with the use of SQL for database management and queries.
- Commitment to fostering and supporting an environment that honors diversity, equity, inclusion, and environmental justice practices.