Job Description

State of Nevada Announces

An Open Competitive Recruitment for:

GIS ANALYST 3

APPROXIMATE ANNUAL SALARY - $73,309.68 to $109,640.88 PAY GRADE: 38

The salary range indicated in this announcement is based on the Employee/Employer retirement compensation schedule. An employer-only option is available at a reduced salary range. Generally, salaries start at the lowest level of a step 1 and increase with each year of service to the highest level of a step 10.
For more information on benefit and retirement programs, please see the sections below.

In order to receive consideration, applicants must indicate their availability for any work type, travel, and location requirements listed.



JOB INFORMATION


Work Type: A Permanent, full time vacancy


Department: Transportation


Location: Carson, Minden, Gardnerville, Genoa


Job Class Code: 06.342


RECRUITMENT INFORMATION


Announcement Number: 53277


Open to all qualified persons.


Posted 12/12/2025


Close Date: 12/30/2025


Recruiter:


JON TERRAZAS


Phone: (775)684-0116


Email: j.terrazas@admin.nv.gov


Applications accepted for another 14 Days 21 Hrs 6 Mins





The Position
GIS Analysts are responsible for designing, implementing, supporting and administering all aspects of a department's and/or division's enterprise geographic information system.
Incumbents function as first-line supervisors who train, supervise and evaluate the performance of assigned staff; assign and review work; and initiate disciplinary action.
This position is in the Information Technology unit and will provide a broad support to GIS users by helping them solve problems, improve their workflows, and find effective solutions. This role examines system and application issues, identifies the root cause, and takes steps to resolve them. It helps maintain and grow the organization's GIS resources such as data, software, equipment, and cloud tools so staff can use them efficiently. This position may serve in the supervisor's absence and is responsible for administering, maintaining, and upgrading the organization's Enterprise Geographic Information Systems (GIS) infrastructure. This includes GIS software, enterprise geo-databases, servers, services, data stores, and web applications used by divisions across the agency. This position oversees system configuration, performance tuning, security and access management, backup and recovery procedures, and the overall reliability and scalability of the Enterprise GIS environment. This position is responsible for developing and maintaining GIS data and applications, such as the statewide road network, calibrated linear referencing systems, enterprise web maps, dashboards, and other spatial data products. It oversees system configuration, performance tuning, security and access management, backup and recovery procedures, and the overall reliability and scalability of the Enterprise GIS environment. THIS RECRUITMENT MAY CLOSE WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED. APPLICANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
To see full Class Specifications visit: http://hr.nv.gov/Resources/ClassSpecs/06/6_0a-Engineering/



To Qualify:
In order to be qualified, you must meet the following requirements:
Education and Experience (Minimum Qualifications)

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in geographic information systems, geography, cartography, computer information systems, or a closely related field and three years of professional GIS experience which included GIS/GPS data collection, analysis and validation; GIS software application development; and/or cartographic design. One year of this experience must have also included one or more of the following: spatial database development and management, GIS application development, and/or GIS application server administration; OR an Associate's degree from an accredited college or university in geographic information systems, geography, cartography, computer information systems, or a closely related field and four years of professional GIS experience as described above; OR graduation from high school or equivalent education and five years of professional GIS experience as described above; OR one year of experience as a GIS Analyst II in Nevada State service; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience as described above.


Special Notes

Certification as a Geographic Information Systems Professional (GISP) from the GIS Certification Institute is equivalent to one year of work experience.




The Examination


Application Evaluation Exam


The exam will consist of an application evaluation. It is essential that applications include detailed information with time frames regarding education and experience. The most qualified applicants will be contacted by the hiring agency for interview. The hiring agency may require specific skills related testing as part of the interviewing process.







INFORMATIONAL LINKS


For more information about state employment, visit the following:

Division of Human Resource Management: http://hr.nv.gov

Public Employees Retirement System: http://www.nvpers.org

Public Employees Benefits Program: https://pebp.nv.gov/

More Benefits Information: http://nvjobs.nv.gov/Applicants/EB