ONEIDA COUNTY
NOTICE OF VACANCY

DEPARTMENT: Planning

TITLE: Geographic Information Systems Technician II

SALARY (GRADE): $51,569 (30W) Plus Excellent Benefits

THIS IS A COMPETITIVE CIVIL SERVICE POSITION.

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE CLASS: This is a higher-level technical position requiring the production of
intermediate level Geographic Information System (GIS) products and documentation for planning efforts relating to
county and regional projects. An employee in this class will use GIS software to generate, modify, revise, or otherwise
produce maps, layouts, site plans and other technical products. The incumbent will also use GIS software to support
other GIS staff in maintaining, revising, or modifying GIS products, some of it being more technically advanced. Work
is performed under the supervision of a GIS Analyst. Supervision over others is not a function of this position. The
incumbent performs related work as required.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Candidates must meet the minimum qualifications at time of application. Either:

(A) Possession of Bachelor degree in, Urban Planning, Geography, Surveying Engineering, Mapping Science,

Civil Engineering, Environmental Science, Geomatics or a closely related field including or supplemented by
six (6) credit hours of GIS and one (1) credit hour in GPS; OR

(B) Possession of Bachelor degree in Geography, Urban Planning, Landscape Architecture, Environmental

Studies, Data Processing or a closely related field AND one (1) year of experience using GIS software and
analysis or manipulating spatially dependent information and GPS; OR

(C) Possession of Associate degree in Geography, Urban Planning, Landscape Architecture, Environmental

Studies, Data Processing, or a closely related field AND three (3) years of experience using GIS software and
analysis or manipulating spatially dependent information and GPS; OR

(D) Graduation from high school or possession of high school equivalency diploma AND four (4) years of

paraprofessional or professional level work experience using GIS software and analysis or manipulating
spatially dependent information, and GPS, two (2) years of which must have been in a professional level
capacity involving the use of full-featured GIS software capable of creating and modifying GIS data.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENT: Possession of an appropriate level, valid Driver's License at time of appointment. This license
must be maintained throughout appointment.

NOTES:
1. Candidates MUST submit with application a copy of transcripts showing degree area and date degree

conferred, if qualifying under (A), (B), or (C).
2. Degree(s) must have been awarded by a college or university accredited by a regional, national, or specialized

agency recognized as an accrediting agency by the U.S. Department of Education/U.S. Secretary of
Education. If the degree was awarded by an educational institution outside the United States and its territories,
the candidate must provide independent verification of equivalency. A list of acceptable companies who
provide this service can be found on the Internet at http://www.cs.ny.gov/jobseeker/degrees.cfm. Candidates
will be required to pay the evaluation fee.

3. Verifiable part-time experience will be pro-rated toward meeting full-time experience requirements.

HOW TO APPLY: Go to https://oneida-portal.mycivilservice.com/jobopps.

If you do not have internet access, paper applications can be picked up in the Personnel Department on 6th Floor of
the Oneida County Office Building. You may also request a paper application to be mailed to you by calling 315-798-
5726. Completed applications can be mailed or hand-delivered to the address printed on the top of the application.

APPLICATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED NO LATER THAN: March 17, 2023

**Oneida County is an equal opportunity employer**

02/15/2023