# GIS Cartographer

**Company**: GDIT
**Location**: Arlington, VA
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $124,093 - $151,800
**Category**: Data Science
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

We are seeking a GIS Cartographer to join our team at GDIT, supporting the US Air Force as a prime for their Air Force Modeling and Simulation Support Services 3.0 contract. As a GIS Cartographer, you will conduct cartographic-based requests to support AF/A35E with OTTI efforts, maintain current geographic databases, ensure maps are designed correctly, and provide ad hoc map creation and cartographic design support.

Responsibilities:

- Conduct cartographic-based requests to support AF/A35E with OTTI efforts

- Maintain current geographic databases, including shape files, hard copy maps, rasters, vectors, imagery, and geographic data

- Ensure maps are designed correctly and maintain quality assurance and quality control oversight

- Ensure cartographic principal standardization, best practices, and procedures are utilized

- Analyze the writing of cartographic standard operating procedures

- Provide ad hoc map creation and cartographic design support, as needed

Requirements:

- An active DoW Secret security clearance

- A Bachelor’s degree

- 10 years of experience with cartography, and GIS software

- Experience with and understanding of AF OTTI elements specifically, airspace, and ranges

- Experience with HAF-level coordination processes and ability to access and work at the Pentagon

- Experience with using ArcGIS, ESRI, ArcGIS. w/3D Spatial Extensions, Map Publisher plug-in, Google Earth, KML, SharePoint, Microsoft Word, Power Point, Excel, Outlook, and Adobe Suite

- Experience with Solar Glare Hazard Analysis Tool (SGHAT) and Radar Line of Sight modeling

- Knowledge of Air Force and DoW airspace databases

- Familiarity with USAF Airspace, Range, Radar, and Cyber nomenclature, SSI-TRF expertise

- The ability to travel up to 25%

Benefits:

- Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities

- Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals

- Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off

- Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

## Skills

### Required
- Cartography
- ESRI ArcGIS
- GIS Spatial Analysis
- ArcGIS
- ESRI
- Google Earth
- KML
- SharePoint
- Microsoft Word
- Power Point
- Excel
- Outlook
- Adobe Suite
- Solar Glare Hazard Analysis Tool (SGHAT)
- Radar Line of Sight modeling

### Nice to have
- Advanced (master's) geospatial degree
- Strongly driven to present error-free work products
- Able to be resourceful under pressure
- Able to prioritize, multi-task, adapt to rapidly changing schedules
- Able to meet deadlines with minimal supervision

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