CS04 (Geomatics Systems Administrator)

Closing Date: 07-Mar-25 (Applications are accepted until 11:59 PM Atlantic Time)

About Us

At Service Nova Scotia, we impact every citizen, business, and municipality in Nova Scotia. Our mandate is to design and deliver programs and services to meet the needs of our clients and the public good through a culture of excellence. Service Nova Scotia’s vision is to be recognized as a leader in service and public protection that delivers trusted, accessible, modern programs, and contributes to Nova Scotia as a safe and desirable place to live, work, and do business.

GeoNOVA is the provincial mapping program, providing geomatics solutions for departments and agencies across provincial government. GeoNOVA’s vision is to ensure geographic information supports the Government of Nova Scotia in achieving excellence in decision making and service delivery.

About Our Opportunity

We are looking to strengthen our team with the addition of a Geomatics Systems Administrator.

Primary Accountabilities

The Systems Administrator’s main areas of focus are to:

1. Administer the provincial Geographic Information System (GIS) software agreement.
2. Provide access to approved versions of provincial Geographic Information System (GIS) software, working closely with geomatics management, other department representatives, and software vendors.
3. Lead the administration and oversight of the provincial Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) used by geomatics professionals across government and by many external clients and partners.
4. Ensure provincial SDI servers, network, software, and storage are available and accessible according to established service levels.
5. Coordinate and implement installation, upgrades, and patches for provincial SDI software including ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Portal, Geo Network, Geo ++, etc.
6. Lead the technical architecture, standards, and best practices for the provincial SDI.
7. Supervise and assign work to other professionals in a team setting.

Qualifications and Experience

To be successful in this role, you will have a bachelor’s degree in a relevant field plus a minimum of six (6) years’ experience or an equivalent combination of training and experience.

1. Understanding of Geographic Information Systems (Esri), geographic data, and related principles.
2. Understanding of technical components of a Spatial Data Infrastructure including network, storage, relational database technology, and servers and how they integrate with Geographic Information System software.
3. Understanding of Esri GIS software licensing including desktop, server, and cloud.
4. Strong interpersonal skills to maintain positive and trusted partner relationships.
5. Demonstrated experience installing ArcGIS Server/Enterprise in a production environment would be an asset.

Equivalency

Applicants relying on education and experience equivalencies must demonstrate such equivalencies in their application.

Working Conditions

1. Normal work week is 35 hours/week, 7 hours/day.
2. May be required to work overtime on occasion.
3. Majority of time spent in an office environment.
4. Travel within communities across Nova Scotia may occasionally be required.

What We Offer

1. Career development with access to career guidance, tools, resources, and ongoing training for every stage of your career.
2. Engaging workplace where employees feel valued, respected, connected, and tuned in.
3. Countless career paths.

Pay Grade: PR 17

Salary Range: $3,107.16 - $3,649.33 Bi-Weekly

Employment Equity Statement

Our goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative, at all job levels, of the citizens we serve. The Government of Nova Scotia has an Employment Equity Policy, and we welcome applications from Indigenous People, African Nova Scotians and Other Racially Visible Persons, Persons with Disabilities, and Women in occupations or positions where they are under-represented.

This is a bargaining unit position initially restricted to current civil service employees represented by the Nova Scotia Government Employees Union (NSGEU).

Failure to apply correctly means that your application will not be given first consideration as a bargaining unit applicant, and will only be included if external applications are pursued.

Offer of employment is conditional upon the completion of all applicable background checks and confirmation of credentials, the results of which must be satisfactory to the employer. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.