GIS Analyst

🇺🇸 Houston, Texas 🕑 Full-Time 💰 TBD 💻 Information Technology 🗓️ September 26th, 2026

Python Higher Ed Data Analytics

Edtech.com's Summary

University of Houston is hiring a GIS Analyst to support campus planning, operations, research, and public engagement with geospatial data, maps, dashboards, and web apps. The analyst builds and maintains datasets, runs spatial analyses for planning studies and capital projects, and helps with emergency mapping and regulatory reporting.

Collect, clean, and maintain geospatial datasets such as parcels, buildings, utilities, land use, and mobility layers using ESRI ArcGIS Pro, Enterprise, and Online.
Produce maps, web maps, and StoryMaps for planning studies, capital projects, emergency response, and campus wayfinding.
Build and manage campus basemaps, feature services, and symbology libraries with consistent standards across projects.
Perform network, proximity, suitability, density, overlay, and 3D scene and visibility analyses, summarizing results in tables, graphics, and dashboards.
Integrate CAD/BIM, survey, and remote-sensing data such as LiDAR and aerial imagery into GIS.
Automate ETL, data validation, and map production with Python/ArcPy, ModelBuilder, or FME.
Establish metadata, versioning, QA/QC checks, and data governance, and maintain a data catalog for campus stakeholders.
Configure ArcGIS dashboards, web apps, and feature editing experiences for non-technical users.
Bring a four-year job-related degree and at least 3 years of directly related experience, with education accepted in lieu of experience.
Support geospatial components of regulatory reporting and maintain continuity plans for GIS services.