Senior GIS Developer

About us

At Radiant Digital, we deliver innovative IT solutions and consulting services to government agencies and businesses across the USA, Canada, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia.

On the federal side, we collaborate with agencies such as NASA, the Department of State (DOS), the IRS, ACL, ACF, USDA, and many others, as well as numerous state and local government entities.

Beyond government, we serve industries like telecom, healthcare, entertainment, and oil & gas, providing tailored solutions that enhance system efficiency, optimize data utilization, and modernize applications to stay ahead in dynamic markets.

Position: Senior GIS Developer

Location: Richmond VA USA

Complete Description:

This role requires expertise in ESRI’s ArcGIS Enterprise platform and its integration with enterprise software, infrastructure, and networks.

The architect will be responsible for designing, implementing, configuring, and documenting a multi-environment enterprise GIS architecture. This architecture will consist of one Staging instance and one Production instance, each of which will include Portal for ArcGIS, ArcGIS Server, ArcGIS Web Adapter, and ArcGIS Object Store. The architecture will also incorporate Staging and Production instances of a SQL Server enterprise geodatabase. The Production instance will be configured for high availability.

Core Responsibilities:

• Defines system architecture, networking, and storage configurations for two ArcGIS Enterprise instances (Staging and Production) consistent with best practices for environment isolation and high availability.

• Reviews recommended and necessary licensing & hardware requirements for the proposed Staging and Production ArcGIS Enterprise instances, including but not limited to:

• Server sizing and configuration options for high availability

• Ports and firewalls requirements

• Discuss required and recommended Esri licensing needed in order to accomplish desired GIS workflows (branch versioning, multi-user editing via Portal, required user types, licensing for staging versus production environments, etc.)

• Defines backup and disaster recovery strategies for both ArcGIS Enterprise instances.

• Performs an installation and initial configuration of two instances of ArcGIS Enterprise 11.3 or higher on Commonwealth servers consistent with the defined architecture.

• Creates and maintains detailed logical ArcGIS Enterprise design diagrams listing servers, ports, databases, and other necessary architectural elements to support the new ArcGIS implementations.

• Designs and manages geospatial data infrastructure to ensure data integrity and interoperability.

• Automates deployment and maintenance of GIS environments using scripting tools such as Python (ArcPy) and PowerShell

• Provides technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to GIS analysts interested in learning more about ArcGIS Enterprise administration and monitoring.

• Develop and optimize geospatial databases, services, and applications.

• Discuss required and recommended user accounts (administration, service, users, etc.)

Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Geography, GIS, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

• 8+ years of experience in GIS architecture and deployment, preferably within Microsoft / Azure environments.

• 8+ years of proven experience designing and deploying ArcGIS Enterprise in multi-environment configurations.

• 8+ years of hands-on experience with DNS, port assignment, and firewall policy management specific to ArcGIS Server and Enterprise.

• 8+ years of proficiency in Python (including ArcPy, Pandas) and SQL for ArcGIS management and automation tasks.

• 8+ years of demonstrated expertise in geodatabase design and spatial analysis.

• 8+ years of working knowledge of GIS web services (REST, SOAP) and APIs.

• 8+ years of familiarity with Esri’s licensing and user type structure for ArcGIS Enterprise.

• 8+ years of strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.

• 8+ years of ability to work both independently and in collaborative, fast-paced environments.

• Highly desired: ESRI-certified Enterprise System Design Professional (ESDP2201) certification.

• Highly desired – 8+ years: Experience using System Designer, ArcGIS Monitor, System Log Parser, and eGDB Health to monitor ArcGIS Enterprise deployments.

• Highly desired – 8+ years: Experience with DevOps practices for GIS application deployment.