Management and Program Analyst

This position is located within the Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS Management and Administration, Operations: Geospatial Data Services. There is one position available that can be filled in either Burbank or Walla Walla, Washington or Denver, Colorado. The duties of the position include but are not limited to the following: Management and administration of the FWS ArcGIS Enterprise deployment. Publishing image services using ArcGIS Enterprise for Kubernetes. Identifies analyses of, evaluates, and draws conclusions and implements solutions for geospatial data issues and problems. Identifies needed changes and improvements in bureau geospatial data and related information technology infrastructure and makes recommendations to appropriate parties. Enhances geospatial and data management software applications by identifying opportunities for improvement, making recommendations, and designing/implementing solutions. Works with customers, stakeholders, subject matter experts, and specialists across the Service to define requirements and develop geospatial solutions to support the Mission of the Service. Stays abreast of emerging data management and geospatial technologies, while working with other team members to advise and implements new technologies for improvement and advancement of applications relevant across the Service. Designs end-to-end geospatial workflows and solutions for Service staff using cloud and on-premises environments. Provides scripting and automation support to enable efficient management of enterprise geospatial systems. Provides Service programs/regions with on-demand geospatial services consulting and support (scripting, geoprocessing, database design, ETL, and technology assistance). Assists desktop and enterprise geospatial customers with troubleshooting issues and routes requests for support to appropriate helpdesk. This includes assisting customers with GIS enterprise deployment issues and with communicating troubleshooting guidance related to platform components such as licensing, tools, storage, networking, and security. Serve as a liaison between FWS staff and IT groups within OCIO to translate requirements into solutions to meet business needs of the Service. All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement • 10/05/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Competitive candidates must also meet Time-in-Grade requirements as defined in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of specialized experience that you will be granted. An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the work schedule requirement as the service dates will be reflected. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. To qualify for this position at the GS-13 grade level: Experience: To qualify, you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Examples of specialized experience may include: experience with the ESRI Software Suite; leveraging the MS Power Suite and SharePoint; working with national, regional, and field staff to develop geospatial and data management requirements, project roadmaps, and deliverables; working with relational database management systems (RDBMS) including SQL Server, Oracle, and/or PostgreSQL; creating and managing geospatial web-based products and data as well as Extract, Transformation, and Load (ETL) protocols; geospatial, database, and data management concepts; working with IT principles, permissions, security concepts within the Microsoft cloud and desktop environments. Pay will vary based on grade level and/or duty location for which you're selected. First time hires to the Federal government normally start at the step 1 rate. Salary Tables: Denver, CO Step 1 $118,675 • Step 10 $154,280 Burbank and Walla Walla, WA Step 1 $ 106,437 • Step 10 $ 138,370 Must be a U.S. Citizen or National. Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication. Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service. Direct Deposit participation required. Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a 1 year probationary period to evaluate your fitness and whether your continuation of employment advances the public interest. This probationary period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organization goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies, in writing, that the individual's employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period, such appointments are terminated. Upon completion of your probationary period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest. 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