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

Requirements

• 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

Benefits