GIS Analyst

 Under the direct supervision from the Senior Environmental Planner (SEP), FMMP/WA/CEQA Unit, with policy direction from the Division Director and administrative direction from the Division Deputy Director of the Division of Land Resource Protection (DLRP), the Research Data Analyst II (RDA II), Geographic lnformation Systems (GIS) Analyst II, will evaluate and map agricultural land resource status using multiple data sources in the Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program (FMMP).  This will include image interpretation, mapping and digitizing, crop and field verification, and documentation of land use change in the biennial update of the Important Farmland Maps for the Farmland Conversion Report.  The incumbent is expected to have knowledge of general and geospatial data analysis, GIS software, photo interpretation, data management, Microsoft Office suite of tools, and have basic project management skills.