GIS Sensing Specialist III
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Join the team who values your skills and expertise. Cherokee Nation System Solutions (CNSS) helps federal agencies improve productivity and find innovative solutions. Taking a personalized approach, CNSS offers a complete line of innovative services and consulting to government agencies, including call center, application modernization, data utilization, advanced analytics and IT infrastructure. Your valuable skills can help us give customers the support they deserve and the quality they expect from our team – a team of experts, like you.

Cherokee Nation System Solutions is part of Cherokee Federal – a team of tribally owned federal contracting companies focused on building solutions, solving complex challenges, and serving the nation’s mission around the globe for more than 60 federal clients. For more information, visit cherokee-federal.com.

PAY: *Estimated Starting Salary Range: $56,000 - $57,300 annually

BENEFITS:
Cherokee Nations Systems Solutions, LLC offers a competitive benefit package for regular full-time employees, including:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life Insurance
• 401(k) with 100% match up to 6%
• Paid time off (provided in accordance with applicable law)

SUMMARY OF GIS SENSING SPECIALIST III:
The GIS Specialist III shall provide classifications of remotely sensed imagery and spatial analysis outputs and related technical support to client research staff, cooperators, and partners.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF GIS SENSING SPECIALIST III:

• Assume a leadership role in preparing for and facilitating meetings with partners.
• Development of new spatial data from remotely sensed data (e.g., satellite imagery, elevation data, and aerial photography). Generate approximately 2–3 classifications per month.
• Conduct spatial analyses (e.g., developing statistics based on spatial location of features, developing new datasets though compilation of existing data, exploring patterns in spatial data, etc.) of available geospatial datasets to support ecological monitoring. Develop/conduct approximately 4–6 spatial analyses per month.
• Assist with GIS geodatabase, design, develop, and maintenance to support project-level and regional-level restoration monitoring and assessment efforts, as needed.
• As needed, perform review of scientific literature relevant to remote sensing, GIS analyses, and ecology-specific to habitats being mapped or analyzed.
• Maintain adequate documentation on all activities.
• Document the status and timekeeping of all projects and products in project tracking database as per established procedure.
• Document technical and procedural methodologies for creating and maintaining datasets and performing analyses.
• Produce FGDC compliant metadata for all deliverables
• Participate in meetings if/when needed.

Schedule and Deliverables:
Will need to access government servers to complete the deliverables.

Will report to CNSS Program Manager and may coordinate daily work with client representative (Task Order Manager).

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE OF GIS SENSING SPECIALIST III:

• Bachelor’s degree in Geography, Environmental Science with an emphasis on geographic information systems or remote sensing.
• At least 3–6 years of experience working in a research setting
• A Master’s degree could substitute for required experience

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES OF GIS SENSING SPECIALIST III:
Possess basic knowledge of the following:

• Remote sensing theory including: 1) spectral reflectance characteristics; 2) spectral indices; 3) land use land cover classification; 4) pixel-based classifications; 5) object-based classifications; and 6) accuracy assessment of classifications
• Common geospatial analysis techniques including: 1) site optimization; 2) buffering; 3) spatial queries and spatial joins; and 4) zonal statistics
• Light detection and ranging (lidar) data
• Geospatial datums and coordinate systems
• Data management
• Map production
• FGDC metadata standards and development
• Figure and table preparation

In addition to the above the ideal candidate shall be proficient at oral and written English-language communication.

WORK ENVIRONMENT OF GIS SENSING SPECIALIST III:
Office environment.

ABOUT THE TEAM:
Cherokee Federal is a division of Cherokee Nation Businesses, the economic engine of Cherokee Nation, the largest Native American tribe in the U.S. As a trusted partner, the Cherokee Federal team of companies manages nearly 2,000 projects of all sizes across the construction, engineering and manufacturing and mission solutions portfolios — ranging from advanced data analytics and telehealth to cybersecurity, cloud and logistics.

Since 2012, our team of companies has won $10 billion in government contracts and completed more than 5,300 federal missions. Our 9,000+ employees work in 20+ countries, 50 states and 2 U.S. territories.

Why Cherokee Federal? Visit cherokee-federal.com to learn why you should join our team!

COMPLIANCE:
Applicants selected will be subject to a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Cherokee Federal is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to prohibiting discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, union affiliation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We conform to the spirit as well as to the letter of all applicable laws and regulations governing all aspects of the relationship between the Company and its employees, including, but not limited to, recruitment, employment, promotion, transfer, training, working conditions, wages and salary administration, employee benefits, and application of policies. The policies and principles of EEO also apply to the selection and treatment of independent contractors, personnel working on our premises who are employed by temporary agencies and any other persons or firms doing business for or with the Company.

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Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $56,000.00 - $57,300.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Work Location: One location

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