GIS Specialist

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The City of Bothell is seeking a dedicated individual to join our Employee and Technology Services Departments GIS Division as a GIS Specialist. This GIS Specialist will work collaboratively with the GIS Team and supports multiple divisions and departments while demonstrating clear communication and maintaining positive and professional interactions. The position is responsible for providing specialized advanced spatial data and analytics enterprise system design data maintenance and technical guidance utilizing various technologies and platforms.

Recruitment information:First review will take place on Monday March 9 2026 at 5:00 pm.

Default schedule will be the following: 5/8s Mon - Fri flexible with start time. This role will be onsite for up to the first four months with opportunities to work a hybrid schedule thereafter.

What will you do in this position

• Works in the GIS Services Division supporting all City Departments including Public Works Community Development Executive Parks Fire and Police.
• Works as a project lead for significant projects member of a team or independently in the design development and recommendation of critical enterprise GIS business systems and needs. This includes project management configuration testing troubleshooting maintenance and upgrade support.
• Researches configuressupportsand deploys custom tools and web GIS applications templates and maps mobile solutions maps data modeling. These may include applications such as dashboards web apps or storymaps.
• Performs advanced data statistics and analytics including spatial geo-statistical or complex business analysis of data themes to make better business decisions.
• Leverage a variety of technologies including but not limited to Esri enterprise products and tools such as ArcGIS Pro Enterprise Server and ArcGIS Online.
• Performs expert data management including geodatabase design data maintenance workflow development database optimization user accounts versioning and replication data quality control and integrity metadata development production database automation and database administration to ensure production efficiency and supported server environment.

A successful candidate in this position will:

• Show highly analytical and complex problem-solving skills attention to detail and the ability to prioritize work and adapt to shifting priorities.
• Communicate clearly and maintain positive interactions to build trust within the GIS Division and across departments with stakeholders vendors and staff at all levels.
• Be flexible in the ability to support a variety of City GIS needs in a modern and growing GIS environment.

About City of Bothell:

• The City is comprised of 13.6 square miles within both King and Snohomish Counties and is home to 51760 people (2025). This figure is projected to grow to nearly 75000 over the next 20 years in tandem with Bothells increasingly vibrant downtown and life sciences employment cluster near the I-405 corridor.
• Learn more about the Citys Organizational Valuesand the Bothells City Council 2040 Vision and Strategic Priorities.
• Learn more about the City of Bothells GIS Division here!

To read the full job description and review the minimum qualificationsclick here.

We are committed to being a safe equitable and inclusive workplace and community.

The City of Bothell is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to providing equal opportunity for all employees and applicants. Our employees are people with different strengths experiences and backgrounds who share a passion for improving peoples lives. The City of Bothell recruits hires trains promotes compensates and administers all personnel actions without regard to race color religion sex sex stereotyping pregnancy (which includes pregnancy childbirth and medical conditions related to pregnancy childbirth or breastfeeding) gender gender identity gender expression national origin age mental or physical disability ancestry medical condition marital status military or veteran status citizenship status sexual orientation genetic information or any other status protected by applicable law.

We seek to recruit and hire talented and engaged job candidates from a widely diverse range of backgrounds. We celebrate the diversity in our workplace and community and believe it makes us stronger.

If you need a reasonable accommodation to support your participation in the recruitment and selection process please send an email to

To learn more about the City of Bothells commitment to Diversity Equity and Inclusion visit the DEI at Bothell Webpage.

Why Bothell
Bothell offers a career-enriching opportunity to apply your skills and experience in a way that has a positive effect on the community. We encourage professional growth and for employees to think outside the box. We value work-life balance and provide paid vacation and sick leave benefits.

We offer ample time off including 11 paid holidays as well as 2 personal holidays. As an employee you have access to a robust benefits package that includes medical dental and vision for you and your family. We also offer life and disability insurance state pension and deferred compensation for retirement. Commute trip reduction alternative work schedules flexible work environment and hybrid work options are available when appropriate. The City of Bothell creates an environment that supports wellness practices which enhance the quality of life for City employees and encourage and incentivize participation in an employee wellness program. As a result the City is a recipient of the Association of Washington Cities WellCity Award.