Senior GIS Technologist

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title: Senior GIS Technologist

Location:  Houston - 3 days a week on sight downtown (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday)

Travel :  Must be able to travel a few times per year (less than 10%)

Employment Type: W2 Full-Time or Contract for a year

The Senior GIS Technologist is responsible for the overall health of a GIS technical solution or specific components of the solution, acts as the Esri Enterprise implementation team lead, and provides the physical implementation definition. Typically an Esri ArcSDE specialist and is an expert in geospatial data: imagery, spatial data management, design and modeling.  Depth in GIS best practices and principles, Esri Enterprise installation / configuration / performance tuning / administration on prem and in the Cloud. Esri ArcGIS suite including ArcGIS Desktop and ArcGIS Pro, ArcSDE, ArcGIS Server, ArcGIS Online, Velocity, Portal for ArcGIS, Experience Builder, Python and FME Form and Flow. Skills with generative AI for Python acceleration a must.

Responsibilities:

• Gathering and analyzing geospatial requirements
  
• Produces and implements technical solution configuration and components
  
• Conducts technology evaluations 
  
• Produces and implements geospatial data management strategies
  
• Implements aspects of the physical design
  
• Installs, configures and optimizes Enterprise GIS on prem, in AWS, and in Azure
  
• Administers and troubleshoots Enterprise GIS 
  
• Oversees the translation of design into deliverables via implementation and deployment
  

• Experience leading Esri Enterprise implementations
  
• Ability to define the physical implementation of the solution
  
• Strong expertise in  Esri ArcSDE
  
• Expert-level knowledge of  geospatial data , including imagery, spatial data management, design, and modeling
  
• Strong understanding of  GIS best practices and principles
  
• Hands-on experience with  Esri Enterprise installation, configuration, performance tuning, and administration
  
• Experience working in both  on-premises and cloud environments
  

• Strong experience with the  Esri ArcGIS suite , including:
  

  • ArcGIS Desktop
    
  • ArcGIS Pro
    
  • ArcSDE
    
  • ArcGIS Server
    
  • ArcGIS Online
    
  • Velocity
    
  • Portal for ArcGIS
    
  • Experience Builder
    
• Strong skills in  Python
  
• Experience with  FME Form and  FME Flow
  
• Skills with  generative AI for Python acceleration
  

§  Strongly Desired Experience:  

o    Practical experience in Agile project delivery methodology including the Scrum process framework with sprint-based project cycles

o    Domain knowledge of GIS in Oil & Gas, Utility, Renewables, Engineering or Public Sector organizations