Salary 

$24.00 – $27.50 Hourly

Location 

Boise, ID

Job Type

Full Time

Department

Department of Water Resources

Job Number

03700

Closing

1/28/2020 11:59 PM Mountain

Description

The Idaho Department of Water Resources has an opening for a Remote Sensing Analyst, Technical at the State Office in Boise, Idaho.

Example of Duties

  • Plan, design, develop, schedule and conduct complex remote sensing analysis projects.
  • Provide remote sensing and GIS application consultation as an agency and interagency consultant on remote sensing and GIS applications.
  • Develop technical reports which clearly interpret remote-sensing data analysis.
  • Design and develop GIS data to augment agency water resource databases using digital image processing, aerial photo and image interpretation, and GIS analysis.
  • Plans and coordinates work to develop improved techniques and procedures to solve unusual problems requiring creativity in the modification on conventional practices.
  • Provides lead work to professional and/or technical staff.
  • Prepares technical reports documenting methodologies, scope, findings, and conclusions for publication in professional journals and/or presentation at professional conferences.
  • Keeps current on remote sensing satellite mission operations and data characteristics.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Considerable knowledge of:
    • Remote sensing and GIS technology including theories, principles, analysis, data conversion, image interpretation, and digital image processing
    • Remote sensing satellite mission operations and data characteristics, sampling design and cartographic principles
  • Good knowledge of:
    • Computer programming languages such as Fortran, C, AML, or  object-orientated languages
    • Relational database management
    • Natural resource sciences
  • Experience:
    • Advanced planning, designing and implementing remote sensing and GIS applications and applied research projects
    • Preparing reports and presentations of technical material
    • Operating, applying, and programming ESRI software products, and/or ERDAS image processing software products
    • Teaching and training adults in a group setting

Supplemental Information

Desirable Qualifications:

  • Experience using remote sensing data to develop products for water resource objectives
  • Experience performing quality assessment on contracts in data acquisition or data analysis
  • Experience computing, modeling and analyzing evapotranspiration from satellite imagery
  • Bachelor’s degree or higher in geography, remote sensing, engineering, geographic information system technology, or a bachelor’s degree in natural resources with a degree specialization in GIS or remote sensing

This position acts as a lead to others and a consultant to the department and other agencies. Incumbents are involved in decision-making and project management requiring a high level of knowledge.

Agency

State of Idaho

Address

304 North 8th Street

Boise, Idaho, 83720

Website

https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/idaho