Position: GIS Applications Developer 3 New Positions

Position: GIS Applications Developer – 3 New Positions

Location: 1400 Independence Avenue (Smithsonian Metro Stop)

Project: These newly created positions will join a brand new team formed to develop new GIS applications in a web environment for the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS).

Benefits: Increase your knowledge and skill set on this project while enjoying a comprehensive benefits package that includes a matching 401k savings plan with immediate vesting. Interested in going back for your Master's Degree? We have a generous tuition reimbursement program too!

Roles/Responsibilities: This position will be working as part of a team developing a centralized web based GIS infrastructure which will support specialized applications for different groups with in FAS. To achieve this, this position will be:

 Working with analyst for the specified agencies to understand the data (geospatial and non-geospatial) and information requirements, workflow processes, timing requirements (both performance and calendar), and providing input to the infrastructure architecture required to support product development, deployment, maintenance, operations, and training  Working as part of a team in the specification of infrastructure requirements, design, implementation, maintenance, and operations  Working as part of a team on the creation of information from existing data inputs, identifying data required that is not currently loaded, and helping identify sources and loading of the needed data.  Developing, maintenance, and training for the automated production of necessary information from different data sources and making the information consumable through various web services within required time parameters  Working as part of a team in supporting training, documentation, presentations, and maintenance and operations of the system

Requirements: Education, Skills and Abilities:  Bachelor Science in Geography, GIS or other geospatial disciplines and seven plus (7+) years of experience that includes experience with GIS applications and tools  Operating systems: Windows 7, Windows 2008/2012, Linux Red Hat  Database: Microsoft SQL Server 2012, Oracle 12c, PostgreSQL, ArcSDE  Development Tools/Components: Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2005/2008/2010/2012, (VB.Net, C#, ASP.NET), HTML5, and XML, Java, SOLR, Groovy, R, GITHUB, MATLAB, Eclipse, PyCharm, CSS  GIS Tools: ArcGIS for Desktop, ArcGIS for Server, Imagery Extension, Mosaic Datasets, ArcGIS Online and Portal, Mobile GIS for IOS and Android, SAP Business Objects and Reporting Tools and Components, Oracle Spatial, Oracle OBIEE, ENVI/IDL, Geotools, Python  Collaboration Tools: ArcGIS Online for Portal, Metacarta, GeoTagger Unstructured Document search  Web Service Technologies: ArcGIS Server REST API, ESRI Javascript API, ArcObjects  Source Control: MS Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2012  Vulnerability testing: Veracode

Project: The web GIS system is named the Global Agricultural and Disaster Assessment System (GADAS). The first phase of the common GIS platform has been deployed under the GADAS application and requirements for phase 2 of GADAS have been defined. Building from the GIS-based foundation of GADAS that is already underway, the FAS Office of Capacity Building and Development (OCBD) is developing a new GIS application, the Food Assistance and Agricultural Development Analysis System (FADAS), a system of integrated, program-specific GIS modules to augment OCBD’s analyses and reporting on all OCBD programs, in conjunction with FAS’ Agency programs. Efforts will include system platform and architecture review and recommendations; detailed platform alternative analysis (NITC compared to others; medium-term data storage requirements evaluated/documented; optimum data-processing environment/equipment evaluated (cloud, web query & on-the-fly ad hoc computational performance); ArcGIS web portal security and system administration reviewed, enhanced, documented; GADASweb graphical user interface (GUI) enhanced; detailed requirements for public-version of GADASweb, with limited datasets; development of specified multivariate geospatial statistical analysis tools and analytics display capabilities; documenting all meta-data associated with GADASweb content and developing live meta-data content viewer.

ASRC Federal InuTeq is proud to support FAS in incorporation future FAS modules into GADAS as well as all major technical system upgrades, updates, and modifications.

ASRC Federal InuTeq provides information security, enterprise architecture, software development and health IT solutions to federal government customers. Our employees embrace innovation and are committed to a culture of continuous, standards-driven process improvement and assimilation of industry best practices. ASRC Federal and its Subsidiaries are Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.