Position Title: GIS Architect
Location: Raleigh, NC 27604
Position Status: 12 month contract-to-hire
Compensation: Extremely competitive
Shift: Monday - Friday (8am to 5pm)
 
Summary
We are currently seeking GIS Architect applicants to work in our Raleigh, NC office. This position will join a team servicing the North Carolina Department of Transportation or other North Carolina based agencies.

• Participates in needs assessments/requirements meetings and document solutions for GIS enterprise use
• Installation and configuration of ArcGIS Server software
• Provide/write GIS system technical recommendations, standard operating procedures, administrative and help documents for clients and technical teams
• Assess customer's existing GIS environments and recommend areas for improvements in application technology, system performance, and software migration plans
• Communicate with architects and developers to successfully deploy custom solutions
• Write and execute test plans
• Troubleshoot solution errors and support end users
• Present system design information to technical and non-technical audiences
• Create mapping, imagery, and data services

 
Minimum Qualifications

• Comfort discussing and documenting configuration requirements with clients
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously; quickly adapt and respond to industry changes as well as internal initiatives
• Ability to analyze business processes and systems and migrate to/integrate with geospatial systems
• Ability to work independently as well as in a collaborative team environment; offer constructive feedback and direction to support goals
• Exceptional customer service orientation
• Excellent interpersonal, writing, and presentation skills
• Experience in consulting, solution design, software configuration, and operational support
• A.A., B.A, A.S., B.S. or Graduate Degree in Geography/GIS, Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience
• Ability to pass background check for certain projects or contracts

 
Preferred Qualification

• Knowledge and understanding of GIS principals, theories and practices.
• Experience with ESRI products suite including mobile, desktop, server and database.
• Ability to design and implement enterprise spatial solutions
• Subject Matter Expert (SME) for GIS data workflows and versioned editing
• Ability to troubleshoot issues with system implementation
• Knowledge of one or more of the following architectural patterns & techniques
• Service Oriented Architecture (SOA); typical implementation, usage, benefits and limitations
• Representational State Transfer (REST); typical implementation, usage, benefits and limitations
• Domain Driven Design (DDD); typical implementation, usage, benefits and limitations
• Domain-Specific Modelling (DSM) principles & experience with Unified Modelling Language (UML)
• Understanding of Design Patterns and their proper usage in one or more languages
• Understanding of one or more programming languages (C#, JavaScript, Visual Basic, etc.)
• Understanding of one or more database systems (SQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, etc.)
• Experience managing one or more hosting platforms (servers, virtual machines, Amazon, Azure, etc.)
• Understanding of source control best practices.
• Experience using GIT or TFS.
• Knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

 
Technical Qualifications

• 3+ years of enterprise-level GIS technology experience
• 3+ years of direct experience working with Esri GIS Tools and applications
• Demonstrated experience integrating multiple enterprise technologies in an enterprise environment
• Scripting or programming experience (e.g. Python, SQL, or HTML)