Associate GIS Support Engineer

City of New York • Brooklyn, NY

1d • Onsite

About The Position

This is a Grant-funded position with a tenure through June 2029 The Office of Technology and Innovation (OTI) leverages technology to drive opportunity, improve public safety, and help government run better across New York City. From delivering affordable broadband to protecting against cybersecurity threats and building digital government services, OTI is at the forefront of how the City delivers for New Yorkers in the 21st century. Watch our welcome video to see our work in action, follow us on social media @NYCOfficeofTech, and visit oti.nyc.gov to learn more. At OTI, we offer great benefits, and the chance to work on projects that have a meaningful impact on millions of people. You'll have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology and collaborate with other passionate professionals who share your drive and commitment to making a difference through technology. The GIS team at OTI builds various spatial data solutions and products, enabling the analysis and use of Citywide spatial assets. The Associate Support Engineer will be part of an exciting team to help New York City collect spatial data and allow the 3D mapping of critical underground assets. The Associate GIS Support Engineer will specifically work on the 3D Underground Project. The 3D Underground program will include data from utilities, NYC agencies, universities, and industry partners specializing in Ground Penetrating Radars and other subsurface mapping technologies. The collection and mapping of this data will help NYC better understand its critical subsurface infrastructure, which will improve the safety of city residents and workers in the field and will contribute to dramatically improved planning for capital projects. This position will be responsible for assisting with tasks related to the architecture, provisioning, and maintenance of the SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS resources needed to support this project, from data storage to application deployment.

Requirements

• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college including or supplemented by 24 credits in the field of voice and/or data telecommunications or in a pertinent scientific, technical, electronic or related area, and four years of satisfactory fulltime experience in the performance of analytical, planning, operational, technical, or administrative duties in a voice and/or data telecommunications or closely related electronics planning, management, and/or service organization, one year of which must have been in a highly specialized capacity and 18 months must have been in an executive, managerial, or administrative capacity or in the supervision of staff performing work in the voice and/or data telecommunications field; or
• An associate degree from an accredited college including or supplemented by 12 credits in the field of voice and/or data telecommunications or in a pertinent, scientific, technical, electronic or related area and five years of experience as described in "1" above; or
• Education and/or experience equivalent to "1" above. However, all candidates must have at least a four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and one year of the specialized experience as described in "1" above and must possess the 18 months of executive, managerial, administrative or supervisory experience as described in "1" above.

Responsibilities

• Assist GIS and Data Engineering teams in developing and testing cloud-enabled solutions for underground data integration and visualization.
• Help set up, monitor, and maintain CI/CD pipelines and cloud-based deployments.
• Support the implementation of containerized applications, basic monitoring/alerting, and secure API integrations.
• Contribute to the maintenance of critical GIS infrastructure and team efforts to meet 3D Underground project milestones.
• Work collaboratively in a team-centric environment, interfacing with developers, engineers, and business stakeholders to advance project goals.
• Handle special projects and initiatives assigned for the 3D Underground project.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees