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Spatial Data Technician

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University of New Hampshire

Job Description

Operating Title

Spatial Data Technician

Long Classification Title

Information Technologist III

Campus Location

Durham

Department

UNH Center for Coastal & Ocean Mapping

Summary of Position

The Spatial Data Technician/Data Processor will help support the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping’s researchers and staff on working with and visualizing geospatial data. As the Center’s staff and researchers collect and work with a wide variety of data types, this position will require an individual with a strong working knowledge of QPS’s Qimera, Blue Marble’s Global Mapper, and ESRI’s ArcMap and ArcGIS Pro software packages to assist personnel with processing and visualization of their data. The individual should also have a working knowledge of assessing, ingesting, and integrating bathymetry and backscatter datasets into large data syntheses. The position will also require knowledge of working with ESRI’s Enterprise software, including publishing map services, creating web based applications, and setting access permissions of these services. Basic familiarity with processing and analyzing bathymetry, backscatter, and water column data are required and knowledge of programing using at least one of ArcGIS model builder, Python, or MATLAB, etc. is desirable (knowledge or familiarity with two or more is preferred). Good communication skills are required as the individual will need to coordinate with staff and research faculty to both assist and advise on the proper means of processing, validating, and visualizing geospatial data. Seagoing opportunities may be available but not required.

Acceptable minimum level of education

Bachelor's

Acceptable minimum years of experience

5-7 years

Additional Job Information

UNH is a federal contractor within the meaning of the Executive Order on Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors. This position may require that you be vaccinated against COVID-19 in the future, unless you apply for and receive a religious or medical exemption. You may not test out of this requirement.

Posting Number

PS3681FY22

Other minimum qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of experience in Marine Sciences, Geospatial Sciences, or Ocean Engineering field.
  • Strong knowledge of GIS systems (desktop and enterprise) and multibeam sonar data processing
  • Ability to validate and integrate data into bathymetric syntheses
  • Strong communication/networking skills to facilitate working the staff and researchers at the Center
  • Strong familiarity with industry standard software such as ESRI’s ArcMap and ArcGIS Pro, QPS’s Qimera, and BlueMarble’s Global Mapper is required
  • At least four years practical experience working with geospatial data
  • Experience with the generation of final multibeam data products including cleaned and gridded bathymetry and backscatter products
  • Strong working knowledge using the Windows operating systems

Additional Preferred Qualifications

  • Knowledge with ESRI’s ArcGIS Enterprise, including publishing web services, setting sharing permissions, and generating Web Applications
  • Knowledge in designing and implementing ArcGIS model builder and ArcGIS python routines for processing geospatial data

Salary Information

Salary is complemented by a comprehensive benefits package which includes medical, dental, retirement, tuition, and paid time off.

Quicklink for Posting

https://jobs.usnh.edu/postings/52616

Percent Time Information (FTE)

1.00

Grade

23

EEO Statement

The University System of New Hampshire is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access/Affirmative Action employer. The University System is committed to creating an environment that values and supports diversity and inclusiveness across our campus communities and encourages applications from qualified individuals who will help us achieve this mission. The University System prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or marital status.

Institution Information

The University of New Hampshire is an R1 Carnegie classification research institution providing comprehensive, high-quality undergraduate and graduate programs of distinction. UNH is located in Durham on a 188-acre campus, 60 miles north of Boston and 8 miles from the Atlantic coast and is convenient to New Hampshire’s lakes and mountains. There is a student enrollment of 13,000 students, with a full-time faculty of over 600, offering 90 undergraduate and more than 70 graduate programs. The University actively promotes a dynamic learning environment in which qualified individuals of differing perspectives, life experiences, and cultural backgrounds pursue academic goals with mutual respect and shared inquiry.

The UNH Diversity Resource Guide with information and programming available in the seacoast area, New Hampshire, and the region can be found here: https://www.unh.edu/hr/diversity-resource-guide

Posting Date

11/21/2022

Open Until Filled

No

Closing Date

12/01/2022

Posting Open to Internal Candidates Only?

No

Interested Internal Candidates Exist?

Yes

Job Category

Salaried Staff (Exempt)

Appointment Type

Grant Funded

Equipment/Instruments

Sidescan sonar and multibeam echosounder systems

Drivers License and Physical Requirements. Please check all items that apply.

Serve as a crew member on board a commercial or an oceanographic vessel

Duty/Responsibility

Bathymetric Assemblies and Methods:
Work with the Center’s researchers and staff on processing, validating, and visualizing geospatial data.

Duty/Responsibility

Enterprise Web Services and Applications:
Work with the Center’s researchers and staff on publishing and designing web services and web applications, and helping administer the Center’s GIS server.

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