Job Title: GIS Technical Advisor Location: Winnipeg, MB (Hybrid)
Estimated Duration: 6 Months
Responsibilities
- Provide expert GIS architecture and technical input during project initiation and planning, including scope definition, assumptions, constraints, risks, and dependencies related to GIS technologies and data.
- Support the development and review of project artefacts such as technical approaches, architecture inputs, implementation strategies, and migration plans.
- Advise on options for replacing legacy enterprise/geocortex GIS systems, including assessment of platform capabilities, integration considerations, and technical feasibility.
- Advise on the design and configuration of the target GIS solution, ensuring alignment with business needs, project objectives, and enterprise standards.
- Support the definition of GIS data models, layers, metadata standards, and quality requirements for the new system.
- Provide guidance on out-of-the-box configuration versus customisation, promoting maintainable, sustainable solutions appropriate for government environments.
- Review vendor deliverables and technical designs to ensure they meet agreed GIS and spatial analysis requirements.
- Advise on approaches for migrating geospatial data from legacy GIS systems, including data cleansing, transformation, validation, and quality control.
- Identify risks associated with legacy data structures, formats, and inconsistencies, and recommend mitigation strategies.
- Support testing and validation of migrated data to ensure accuracy, completeness, and usability in the new GIS environment.
- Perform or advise on spatial analysis and mapping requirements needed to validate solution capabilities and support business use cases.
- Translate technical GIS concepts into clear guidance for project team members, decision-makers, and non-technical stakeholders.
- Contribute to the development of technical documentation, standards, and knowledge transfer materials to support transition to operations.
- Ensure GIS implementation activities align with data governance, security, and quality standards applicable in a public-sector environment.
- Support the establishment of GIS best practices, processes, and controls to reduce technical debt and operational risk.
Qualifications
- Degree or diploma in Geographic Information Systems, Geography, Geomatics, Spatial Sciences, Computer Science, Engineering, or a closely related field.
- GISP (Geographic Information Systems Professional) accreditation is preferred.
- Up to 10 years demonstrated experience as a GIS Architect or GIS Developer, with hands on involvement in GIS/SDI implementations or major system upgrades.
- Proven experience supporting large scale SDI initiatives, preferably involving replacement of legacy systems.
- Strong working knowledge of commercial and open-source GIS platforms (e.g., ESRI ArcGIS or equivalent).
- Experience designing GIS and SDI architectures using ArcGIS Enterprise within government security and privacy constraints.
- Experience designing GIS services and SDI components for high public demand and variable load.
- Strong development skills in Python including ArcGIS API for python.
- Proven experience designing and implementing metadata strategies that support SDI governance.
- Strong ability to provide clear technical advice to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Proven experience working in multi stakeholder, public sector or large enterprise environments.
- Excellent analytical, documentation, and problem-solving skills.
The pay range that the employer reasonably expects to pay for this position is between CA$100.00 and CA$110.00
Our voluntary benefits offering includes medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits.
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