GIS Technician I

The County of Santa Cruz is seeking a GIS Technician I.

The County of Santa Cruz offers a generous benefits package which includes annual leave, paid holidays, medical, dental, vision, and CalPERS retirement benefits!

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As a GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS) TECHNICIAN I in the Assessor’s Office, you will play a key role in maintaining one of the County’s most important mapping resources. Your responsibilities include creating and updating Assessor Parcel Maps by interpreting recorded deeds and maps and applying automated GIS tools to ensure accuracy. These parcel maps form the foundation of the County’s GIS base layer, supporting critical functions across departments. In this position, you’ll also assist the public with Assessor-related inquiries and perform related duties as needed. While this role focuses on building and maintaining the parcel map layer (rather than conducting GIS analysis), it offers the opportunity to work at the core of the County’s land records system. The list established will be used to fill the current vacancy and it may also be used to fill other vacancies during the life of the eligible list. The option for hybrid remote work schedule may be available based on the type of work and operational needs.

THE REQUIREMENTS: Any combination of education and experience, which would provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying, unless otherwise specified. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:

SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF HIGH SCHOOL OR COLLEGE LEVEL COURSE WORKS IN GEOMETRY AND COMPUTER AIDED DRAFTING

OR

ONE-YEAR EXPERIENCE REVIEWING AND PROCESSING LAND USE, TAXATION OR OTHER DOCUMENTS FOR IDENTIFICATION AND RECORDING PURPOSES UTILIZING COMPUTER AIDED DRAFTING AND GEOMETRY

SPECIAL WORKING CONDITIONS: Risk of eyestrain and repetitive motion syndrome due to long hours spent at a computer.

KNOWLEDGE: Some knowledge of the principles and practices of geometry; computer applications used to produce maps; GIS (Geographic Information System) principles; properties of maps including distance scales and legends; and source documents used to create maps.

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