Senior Business Analyst (GIS)

Job Title: Senior Business Analyst (GIS) (Hybrid)

Location: Arlington, VA & Sterling, VA

Duration: 06 Months

Job Description:

We are seeking a motivated Senior Business Analyst highly skilled in GIS solutions to assess the organization s business processes, operational needs, and strategic priorities to identify how GIS can provide greater business value. Identify opportunities where GIS and location intelligence can improve business outcomes, operational efficiency, decision-making, and service delivery. Help develop and maintain a prioritized GIS roadmap based on business value, organizational priorities, technology needs, and available resources. Ensure GIS initiatives align with the organization s overall business and technology strategies for the Client Authority.

Tasks / Performance Requirements:

• Assess the current GIS applications, data, integrations, technologies, and processes to identify gaps, risks, redundancies, and opportunities for improvement.
• Translate business and operational requirements into practical GIS solutions, including application, data, integration, and technology requirements. Design GIS solutions and technical approaches that align with business needs and Information Technology/Security standards.
• Improve existing integrations and identify new opportunities to integrate GIS with the Client Authority s enterprise systems, including IBM Maximo, Workday, and other operational systems.
• Define GIS integration and solution requirements, including data flows, APIs, interfaces, and synchronization approaches, and evaluate existing GIS applications to recommend appropriate enhancement, modernization, consolidation, replacement, or retirement strategies based on business value, cost, risk, and technical sustainability, in collaboration with application, integration, data, Enterprise Architecture and Security teams.
• Assess GIS data and identify opportunities to improve data quality, ownership, governance, sharing, integration, and reuse.
• Provide technical guidance for GIS initiatives, by developing solution approaches and roadmaps, identifying technical dependencies and risks, establishing practical GIS standards, and supporting disciplined prioritization and delivery aligned with business needs.
• Work closely with business stakeholders to understand operational needs and identify opportunities where GIS and geo location intelligence can improve efficiency, decision-making, asset management, workforce management, and service delivery
• Aligns IT strategies and solutions with business objectives.
• Establish measurable outcomes for major GIS initiatives and provide recommendations to leadership based on business value, technical feasibility, cost, and organizational priorities.
• Proactively assesses risks and develops mitigations strategies and action plans as appropriate.
• Identifies complex challenges and devices innovative, cost-effective solutions.
• Manages data as a strategic asset by applying expertise in data modeling, data governance, and information security.
• Communicates complex subjects clearly and effectively, both verbally and in writing, to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Applies strong documentation, collaboration, and presentation skills to IT and business leadership, securing buy-in on design approach by evaluating architecture and cost tradeoffs.
• Prepares presentations, technical documents, and related artifacts to effectively convey concepts and ideas to a wider audience and obtain approvals from the internal committees.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or a related field of study.
• Minimum 7 years of technical experience understanding business processes and operational needs, assessing current and future GIS capabilities, and translating them into technology requirements.
• Ability to assess GIS applications and data and identify modernization opportunities.
• Demonstrated experience:
  • Developing feasible GIS solution concepts that address business challenges and deliver measurable value, and
  • Developing GIS strategies and roadmaps, evaluating initiatives based on business value, cost, risk, and resources, and identifying opportunities to improve, modernize, consolidate, integrate or sunset existing solutions.
  • Designing, implementing, and managing enterprise GIS solutions, with expertise in Esri ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Pro, web/mobile GIS, spatial data, geodatabases, GIS services, APIs, spatial analytics, and location intelligence.
  • Integrating GIS with enterprise systems such as IBM Maximo/Asset Management, Workday/HRMS, financial/ERP systems, and other operational platforms.
• Experience with cloud technologies, GIS automation, Python/JavaScript, and modern integration platforms is desirable.
• Knowledge and good expertise understanding of spatial and enterprise data management, including SQL, relational/spatial databases, data modeling, data quality, metadata, data ownership, stewardship, and data lifecycle management.
• Strong understanding of REST APIs, web services, data mapping, data synchronization, system interfaces.
• Ability to define data flows, system dependencies, technical approaches, risks, and implementation requirements while working with Enterprise Architecture and other IT teams.
• Ability to work closely with business stakeholders and IT teams, communicate technical concepts to non-technical audiences, and establish measurable business outcomes for GIS initiatives.
• Ability to speak and write effectively, with emphasis on communicating technical issues to nontechnical audiences.
• Skill in managing multiple projects concurrently.

Preferred Qualifications:

Certifications and experience with GIS and Maximo industry solutions such as Utilities, Transportation, or Service Provider editions.

• • Esri professional certification demonstrating advanced experience in enterprise GIS solution design, ArcGIS technologies, spatial data management, and application of GIS capabilities to business and operational requirements.
  • ArcGIS Solution Engineer Professional or ArcGIS Enterprise Administration Professional certification is preferred.
  • Asset Management Certification. IBM Maximo certification, preferably Maximo Application Suite (MAS) / Maximo Manage, or equivalent certification in an enterprise asset management platform.
  • Demonstrated experience integrating GIS with asset management systems, including assets, locations, work order management, and enterprise asset data, is highly preferred.
  • Demonstrated experience with Workday/HRMS and financial/ERP systems.