CSO4 (Geomatics Data 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 Data Administrator. This role will have a huge impact in delivering exciting geomatics solutions to partners.

Primary Accountabilities

Geomatics Data Administrator responsibilities include:

1. Lead geographic data architecture for the provincial Spatial Data Infrastructure, ensuring optimal performance, security, and storage of geographic data.
2. Work closely with contributors and users, lead the design and development of enterprise geographic data models, including transactional and warehousing models ensuring optimal performance, integrity, and security.
3. Manage Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) processes for geographic data, including regular testing of ETL scripts for data updates.
4. Supervise a team of geomatics professionals.
5. Process GIS data for distribution via various channels, including the Spatial Data Warehouse (SDW), data for web-applications, map services, Open Data, and downloadable distribution packages.

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 of experience or an equivalent combination of training and experience may be acceptable:

1. Oracle database expertise with knowledge of geospatial data management.
2. Strong understanding of database structures, theories, principles, and practices.
3. Demonstrated experience with data workflows and Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) processes for geographic data.
4. Ability to troubleshoot basic to complex problems, and excellent interpersonal skills.
5. Knowledge of structured query language (SQL).
6. Understanding of Geographic Information Systems (Esri), geographic data, and related principles.

Working Conditions

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

What We Offer

• Career development where you have access to career guidance, tools, resources, and ongoing training for every stage of your career.
• Engaging workplace: our employees feel valued, respected, connected, and tuned in, we have forward-thinking policies and strategies.
• 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 welcomes 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). If applying from outside a government office, employees must apply correctly via the provided link.

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. External applicants and current casual employees will only be considered if there are no qualified civil service bargaining unit candidates.

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. All questions and concerns may be directed to Competitions@novascotia.ca.