Career Opportunity

GIS Principal Analyst - City Distribution Division – SFPUC - (1054) – (145224)

Recruitment: RTF0145223-01145054

Published: March 11, 2024

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About:

• Application Opening: March 11, 2024
• Application Filing Deadline: March 22, 2024
• Recruitment ID: RTF0145223-01145054

APPOINTMENT TYPE: Temporary Exempt: This position is excluded by the Charter from the competitive Civil Service examination process and shall serve at the discretion of the Appointing Officer. The duration of the appointment shall not exceed 36 months.

WHO ARE WE?
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC)
Headquartered in San Francisco, we have 2,300 employees operating across eight counties serving more than 2.7 million customers in the San Francisco Bay Area – 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.

Our Mission: To provide our customers with high quality, efficient, and reliable water, power, and wastewater services in a manner that values environmental and community interests and sustains the resources entrusted to our care.

Our Vision: We are an innovative utility leader, recognized for excellent results in service, safety, stewardship, and inclusiveness.

We are an award-winning and industry-leading utilities organization committed to our customers, community interests, and the environment. To learn more about our organization, please visit our website at https://www.sfpuc.org/.

We are proud of our infrastructure and programs, but most importantly, we value our highly qualified and dedicated workforce which ensures that this vision becomes a reality.

To learn more about working at the SFPUC, visit our career site at https://www.sfpuc.org/about-us/careers-sfpuc

City Distribution Division:

The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission’s City Distribution Division (Water Department) is responsible for directing approximately 322 employees in the operation and maintenance of the water distribution system within the City and County of San Francisco. These activities include, but are not limited to: operating and maintaining 28 pump stations, 11 reservoirs, 13 storage tanks, 19 regulators as well as other ancillary appurtenances and equipment; installing, repairing and maintaining over one thousand miles of water distribution mains including service connections and meters; four water systems comprised of the Potable, Emergency Fire Water System (EFWS), Recycled and Groundwater;  engineering and designing new main and feeder extensions; managing over 1,000 acres of city owned property and rights-of-ways; and responding to all two-alarm or greater fires to assist the Fire Department in maintaining adequate water volume and consistent pressure while fighting fires.

Role description

Project Name: GIS Implementation and Management Program

Under general direction of a senior engineer, this position provides technical leadership for the completion of major Geographic Information System (GIS) projects within the City Distribution Division.  This position manages all of CDD’s GIS systems, and serves as the top technical authority for: the geospatial business program development, solution architecture and design, large-scale enterprise systems integrations, project planning and management, development life cycle support, and technology and software assessment. The GIS manager requires skills in GIS planning, system design, and system administrations as well as possess hands-on, technical GIS skills.   This position also performs ongoing administrative functions including the following;  needs analysis, cost-benefit analysis, structured systems analysis, feasibility analysis, technology and software assessment, project planning and management, system installation, implementation and testing, technical and procedural documentation, user training, and post-implementation assessment and administration, defining GIS program goals, hiring and supervising staff, procuring software and hardware, managing GIS projects including the designing and deploying of applications, maintaining and updating CDD databases, incorporating data from various sources, publishing data into desktop and mobile applications.

Essential Functions:

• Maintain and update CDD’s GIS databases, incorporating data from various sources and publishing the data into desktop and mobile applications to ensure continuous support to current mission critical programs.
• Define, implement, maintain and manage a GIS program for CDD, including developing policies and procedures and train end users.
• Manage GIS software integration projects
• Identify GIS improvements in business processes through automation; make recommendations for new procedures and applications.
• Manage GIS software integration projects to expand end user access to GIS, by integrating the ESRI based GIS systems with other enterprise systems and making GIS data available on desktop and mobile devices.
• Define GIS system requirements; design, code, test and debug systems; train users on new applications.  Maintain an enterprise which supports multi-user editing, with defined roles which give database privileges based on organizational roles.
• Provide advice on the functionality of new programs and compatibility of modifications to ensure user needs are met.
• Evaluate software and hardware products on multiple platforms; make recommendations for GIS compatibility, based on user requirements and systems analysis.
• Incorporate data in a variety of data formats including .dwg, .kml, and ESRI geodatabases to develop products on for use on multiple platforms including ESRI’s ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Server.
• Provide GIS base mapping for CDD Engineering projects.
• Publish map services and create web maps using ESRI ArcGIS server and ArcGIS Online to be used on desktop and mobile applications.
• Design, deploy and maintain mobile GIS applications for use on phones and tablets, on both Android and IOS operating systems, for both viewing and collecting GIS data, to support field staff and mission critical programs.
• Maintain An enterprise which supports multi-user editing, with defined roles which gives database privileges based on organizational roles.
• Position performs other related duties as required.

Nature of the work:

Essential duties require the following physical skills and work requirements: Some positions may require sufficient strength and coordination for lifting, pushing, pulling and/or carrying the weight of computer equipment. May require hand/eye coordination for semi-skilled movements, such as taking apart casings. installing parts and reconnecting computers and for per-forming data entry. May involve extensive VDT exposure.

How to qualify

Education:

An associate degree in business administration, public administration, information systems, economics, finance, computer science or a closely related field from an accredited college or university OR its equivalent in terms of total course credits/units [i.e., at least sixty (60) semester or ninety (90) quarter credits/units with a minimum of twenty (20) semester or thirty (30) quarter credits/units in one of the fields above or a closely-related field].

Experience:

Five (5) years of experience in the information systems field, including system analysis, business process design, development and implementation of business application solutions or IT project management.

Substitution:

Additional experience as described above may be substituted for the required degree on a year-for-year basis (up to a maximum of two (2) years). One (1) year is equivalent to thirty (30) semester units / forty-five (45) quarter units with a minimum of 10 semester / 15 quarter units in one of the fields above or a closely related field.

Completion of the 1010 Information Systems Trainee Program may be substituted for the required degree.

Applicants must meet the minimum qualification requirement by the final filing date unless otherwise noted.

Verification of Education and Experience:

Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point during the recruitment and selection process. Education verification information on verifying foreign education credits or degree equivalency, can be found at https://sfdhr.org/how-verify-education-requirements

Note: Falsifying one’s education, training, or work experience or attempted deception on the application may result in disqualification for this and future job opportunities with the City and County of San Francisco.

All work experience, education, training and other information substantiating how you meet the minimum qualifications must be included on your application by the filing deadline. Information submitted after the filing deadline will not be considered in determining whether you meet the minimum qualifications. Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of a completed City and County of San Francisco application. Applications completed improperly may be cause for ineligibility, disqualification or may lead to lower scores.

What else should I know?

• Information About The Hiring Process
• Conviction History
• Employee Benefits Overview  
• Equal Employment Opportunity 
• Disaster Service Worker
• ADA Accommodation
• Right to Work
• Copies of Application Documents
• Diversity Statement

HOW TO APPLY

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• Select the “Apply Now” button and follow instructions on the screen

Applicants may be contacted by email about this recruitment and, therefore, it is their responsibility to ensure that their registered email address is accurate and updated. Also, applicants must ensure that email from CCSF is not blocked on their computer by a spam filter. To prevent blocking, applicants should set up their email to accept CCSF mail from the following addresses (@sfgov.org, @sfdpw.org, @sfport.com, @flysfo.com, @sfwater.org, @sfdph.org, @asianart.org, @sfmta.com, @sfpl.org, @dcyf.org, @first5sf.org, @famsf.org, @ccsf.edu, @smartalerts.info, and @smartrecruiters.com).

Applicants will receive a confirmation email that their online application has been received in response to every announcement for which they file. Applicants should retain this confirmation email for their records. Failure to receive this email means that the online application was not submitted or received.

Job Analyst Information: If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process, please contact the job analyst, Sanly Guan, by email at sguan@sfwater.org 

The City and County of San Francisco encourages women, minorities and persons with disabilities to apply. Applicants will be considered regardless of their sex, race, age, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition (associated with cancer, a history of cancer, or genetic characteristics), HIV/AIDS status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, military and veteran status, or other protected category under the law.