GIS Analyst, Senior

Posting number: 2026-00397

Department: PU Capital Improvement Mgmt

Job classification: GIS Analyst, Senior

Posting type: Open

Categories: Water Agency, Geographic Information Systems

Summary

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Raleigh Water, a leading utility within the City of Raleigh, is responsible for providing exceptional water and wastewater services to the City of Raleigh service area, including the Towns of Garner, Rolesville, Wake Forest, Knightdale, Wendell, and Zebulon. Our GIS team plays a critical role in supporting operations, planning, and decision-making by maintaining accurate and high-quality geospatial data.

The GIS Analyst, Senior focuses on developing, improving, and standardizing GIS data editing workflows to support the accuracy, integrity, and usability of utility data across Raleigh Water’s systems. This role provides technical guidance to GIS staff, establishes best practices, and ensures efficient and consistent data management for both operational and planning needs.

The position includes supporting the editing and maintenance of utility network datasets, contributing to indoor GIS initiatives using ArcGIS Indoors, and assisting with field data collection efforts using GPS, LiDAR, and drone technologies. The Senior GIS Analyst also performs spatial analysis, creates high-quality maps and applications, and provides technical support and training for GIS and non-GIS staff.

About You:

The ideal candidate for this position is a technically skilled GIS professional who excels at improving workflows, ensuring data integrity, and solving spatial challenges efficiently. You enjoy working with GIS data and tools, guiding and mentoring others, and contributing hands-on to editing, analysis, and mapping.

You are collaborative, adaptable, and eager to stay current with GIS technologies, including ArcGIS Utility Network, ArcGIS Indoors, and field data collection tools. A background or interest in water and wastewater utility systems is preferred, and you are motivated by making GIS workflows and data management processes more effective for the organization.

About Us:
Raleigh Water provides award-winning water and wastewater services to more than 650,000 residents across seven municipalities. We manage more than 5,000 miles of water and sewer infrastructure, along with five treatment facilities, over 130 pump stations, and 100,000+ valves. Our GIS team supports this infrastructure by maintaining accurate geospatial data that powers operational decisions, mobile fieldwork, asset management systems, and analytics.

Joining our team means working in a supportive, innovative, and highly collaborative environment where your work has a direct impact on the quality of life in our community.

Examples of duties

The intent of this job description is to provide a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by employees in this job. Employees may be requested to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.

• Leads the development and implementation of GIS data editing workflows to support utility network data management, improving efficiency, consistency, and data integrity

• Provides guidance and establishes best practices for GIS data editing, attribution, and QA/QC processes

• Supports the editing, validation, and maintenance of utility network datasets

• Assists in the configuration, editing, and maintenance of ArcGIS Indoors GIS data to support vertical asset management initiatives

• Supports GIS data collection efforts using drone, LiDAR, and GPS technologies, including processing and integration of collected data

• Performs spatial analysis using GIS tools to support operational and planning needs

• Produces high-quality static and dynamic map products for internal and external stakeholders

• Provides technical support, troubleshooting, and training for GIS and non-GIS users

• This role will be required to operate a City-owned vehicle for the purpose of performing data collections

Qualifications

Education and Experience:

Bachelor's Degree in Geography Computer Science, Geographic Information Systems, Surveying, or related field; 3 to 5 years' experience in GIS data management, or a related field

OR 

Any equivalent combination of training and/or experience that provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities may be substituted

Licenses or Certifications:

• Geographic Information Systems Professional and Environmental Systems Research Institute Technical Certification
• Valid North Carol