Geospatial Data Systems Engineer

Bridge Core (BCore)$180K — $210K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Geography, GIS, Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or related technical discipline.
  • 8+ years of experience in geospatial technology, software development, or related field.
  • Strong Python skills in geospatial data processing and automation.
  • Experience with large geospatial datasets and data preparation for analysis.
  • Hands-on experience with ArcGIS tools for publishing and maintaining geospatial content.
  • Familiarity with relational databases, preferably PostgreSQL/PostGIS.

Responsibilities

  • Develop tailored technical solutions to modernize government missions.
  • Process, clean, and prepare geospatial data for analysis and publication.
  • Maintain and curate geospatial data holdings to improve quality and discoverability.
  • Create dashboards, reports, or visualizations using Tableau or similar tools.
  • Coordinate with teams and stakeholders to align on project objectives.
  • Optimize performance of geospatial data storage and queries.

Benefits

  • Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401(k) plan
  • Paid time off
  • Short-term and long-term disability insurance
  • Life insurance options and voluntary life insurance
  • Stipends and referral bonuses
Full Job Description
Overview
Geospatial Systems Engineer McLean, VA TS/SCI with Poly

Do you want to join a team that is building tailored technical solutions to modernize our government27s mission and our client27s business? Do you have a desire to change how people work? Are you interested in helping to protect our nation27s cyber interests? Join our growing team supporting customer missions as a Geospatial Systems Engineer in McLean, Virginia.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor27s degree in Geography, GIS, Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
  • 8+ years of professional experience in geospatial technology, software development, data engineering, data analysis, or a related technical field.
  • Strong Python experience for geospatial data processing, automation, transformation, analysis, and workflow improvement.
  • Demonstrated experience working with large geospatial datasets, including cleaning, formatting, joining, enriching, validating, and preparing data for analysis or publication.
  • Hands-on experience with ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Portal, or ArcGIS Online, including publishing and maintaining hosted feature layers, web maps, dashboards, and geospatial content.
  • Experience curating geospatial data holdings, including organizing datasets, maintaining metadata, improving discoverability, and ensuring data quality.
  • Experience developing dashboards, reports, or analytic visualizations in Tableau or a comparable business intelligence platform.
  • Understanding of geospatial data formats, projections, coordinate systems, spatial joins, geoprocessing workflows, cartographic principles, and spatial data management.
  • Experience with relational databases, preferably PostgreSQL/PostGIS, for storing, querying, and managing spatial or tabular data.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and customer engagement skills.
  • Proven ability to work independently with minimal guidance while coordinating effectively across teams, offices, and mission stakeholders.

Desired Qualifications:

  • Advanced Tableau experience, including dashboard development, calculated fields, filters, data preparation, publishing, and maintaining products for operational users.
  • Experience with ArcGIS Pro, ArcPy, GeoPandas, Shapely, Fiona, Rasterio, GDAL, QGIS, or similar geospatial tools and libraries.
  • Experience building repeatable data pipelines for geospatial data ingestion, processing, validation, and publication.
  • Experience with cloud-hosted datasets, Amazon S3, ArcGIS Hub-style environments, or secure integrations between enterprise data repositories and ArcGIS Portal.
  • Experience with PostgreSQL/PostGIS performance tuning, spatial indexing, and geospatial query optimization.
  • Experience with Elasticsearch, Kibana, or similar search, analytics, and visualization tools.
  • Familiarity with data governance, data stewardship, metadata standards, data quality, Agile practices, Jira, Confluence, DevOps principles, version control, or containerized workflows.
  • Background in spatial statistics, predictive analytics, machine learning, or advanced geospatial modeling.
What you can expect from us
  • The expected salary range within the Washington, DC metropolitan area is: $180,000 - 210,000.Final compensation is unique to each individual and will be determined based on factors such as experience, education, geographic location, and contractual requirements. This is not a guarantee.
  • Benefits include Health/Dental/Vision, 401(k), Paid Time Off, STD/LTD/Life Insurance/Voluntary Life Insurance, Stipends, Referral Bonuses, and more.

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