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CARTOGRAPHER
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Real Estate Division, Realty Operations Branch

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

About the Position: This is a developmental position for a Cartographer within the Real Estate Division of the Seattle District (NWS) of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). Provide cadastral and Geographic Information Support (GIS) for the USACE, Real Estate Division.

Qualifications
Who May Apply: US Citizens

Duties:
Utilize GIS and computer systems to collaborate with senior employees to plan, coordinate, and accomplish various surveying and mapping tasks.
Apply technical expertise of GIS databases to modify, construct, update, and maintain geospatial data.
Employ cartographic techniques and principles, land surveying, computer aided drafting and design (CADD), geodesy, project management, hydrology, geography, remote sensing, aerial photo interpretation, and computer science.
Assists in the drafting of real property land descriptions and exhibit maps for use in legal instruments.
Research, modify, and develop mapping products, systems, and technology.

Conditions of employment
Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
Must obtain and maintain a valid driver's license.

Basic Requirement for Cartographer:
A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in cartography, or a degree with a major that included or was supplemented by at least 30 semester hours in cartography and/or directly related science, and related mathematics. Such course work includes, but is not limited to, cartography, astronomy, geodesy, photogrammetry, physical and geological oceanography, computer science, land surveying, geophysics, physical geography, and remote sensing. The 30 semester hours must have included at least 6, but no more than 15, semester hours of college level, non-business mathematics or statistics (i.e., college level algebra, trigonometry, calculus, or scientific mathematics or statistics requiring equivalent college-level courses as prerequisites).