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Senior GIS Specialist

City of Springfield

Springfield, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 14 Aug 2026

💰 $81,160/yr($45,660/yr – $81,160/yr)

About the role

Posting number: 081726

Department: Emergency Communications

Job classification: Senior GIS Specialist

Posting type: Open

Categories: IT and Computers, Emergency Management, Database Administration, Geographic Information Systems

Summary

The Springfield-Greene County 911 Emergency Communications Department has recently moved to Next Generation 9-1-1 technology. With this move, GIS plays a crucial role in both location validation and emergency call routing. Having accurate and timely updates to the layers that support these functions is critical to the department's emergency response services.

The Senior GIS Specialist will be responsible for maintaining the GIS layers that support this new system as well as correcting GIS-elated location and dispatch errors as they occur. In addition to supporting these daily operations, this position will also be integrating GIS data from the surrounding counties into the Greene County database. This will ensure that automatic aid as well as transferred calls are dispatched accurately.

The job duties of this position include: maintaining core 911 GIS layers such as addresses, centerlines, fire response areas, police response areas, and emergency medical response areas that feed into the NG9-1-1 system, correcting and troubleshooting location and dispatch related errors that were encountered during operations to ensure they are handled correctly in the future, integrating surrounding county data layers into local data to ensure accurate automatic aid and call transfers. This position will also be responsible for all workflows and processes related to GIS data and the NG9-1-1 system. This will primarily include loading and refreshing data but will extend to maintaining the internal map that dispatchers utilize.

Additionally, this position will create custom maps for partner agencies, which will include utilizing various spatial analysis tool dependent on the request. This position will coordinate with the partner agencies to determine mapping needs as well as create standard layouts to provide uniform maps to all customers. Mapping products will include both digital as well as paper copies.

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Examples of duties

Experience, Education, and Training

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's Degree in Geospatial Science, Planning, Geography, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a closely related field;

AND

One year of responsible experience in GIS applications;

Associate's Degree with significant course work in the above fields;

AND

Two years of responsible experience in GIS applications.
A Master's Degree in an above related field may be substituted for one year of the required experience.
Experience can be substituted for education on a year for year basis.

PREFERRED

Experience with ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Desktop, GPS, ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Arcade, ESRI Geoprocessing Tools, or Python.

Licensing/Certification

None required.

Qualifications

For more information on essential functions and other requirements, please see the job description.

Supplemental information

Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability and Vet

The City of Springfield promotes equal employment opportunities to all without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with a disability, or other legally protected status. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.

Individuals with disabilities who believe they will need an accommodation to undergo any part of the interview, examination, or pre-employment process, should request a reasonable accommodation in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act prior to the testing or appointment. Requests should be requested by contacting City of Springf