ArcGIS/Geospatial Specialist
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ArcGIS specialist administering and modernizing enterprise geospatial systems for federal government projects at Ardent. Managing ArcGIS Enterprise operations, automation, upgrades, monitoring, and cloud architecture assessments.
Responsibilities:
- Administer, configure, maintain, monitor, and troubleshoot ArcGIS Enterprise environments, geospatial services, datasets, and integrations
- Automate ArcGIS service publication and data refresh workflows across integration, certification, and production environments
- Plan, test, execute, and document ArcGIS Enterprise upgrades, including compatibility testing, rollback planning, and post-upgrade validation
- Deploy, configure, and maintain GeoJobe Admin Tools, CleanMyOrg, and other geospatial administration tools
- Perform ArcGIS Server load testing, performance tuning, capacity planning, scaling optimization, and resource right-sizing
- Support ArcGIS service-health dashboards, system monitoring, and integration with enterprise observability tools
- Contribute to modernization planning and assessments for ArcGIS Enterprise on Amazon EKS, including architecture, cost, security, operational risks, and migration considerations
- Collaborate with infrastructure, cloud, development, and geospatial teams on system reliability and operational improvements
- Maintain technical documentation, performance metrics, and change-management records
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Computer Science, Information Technology, Geography, Engineering, or a related technical field
- Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in GIS systems administration, geospatial engineering, or closely related technical roles
- Experience administering and supporting Esri ArcGIS Enterprise environments, including ArcGIS Server
- Experience configuring, publishing, maintaining, and troubleshooting enterprise GIS services and datasets
- Experience automating geospatial workflows, service publication, or data management processes
- Experience supporting ArcGIS Enterprise upgrades, system maintenance, and compatibility testing
- Knowledge of enterprise GIS architecture, system integrations, and infrastructure dependencies
- Experience monitoring and troubleshooting GIS platform performance, availability, and operational issues
- Familiarity with scripting or automation technologies used in enterprise GIS environments
- Experience developing technical documentation and supporting established change-management procedures
- Must be willing to undergo the government-issued background investigation process
- Preferred: experience with federal government or large enterprise GIS environments
- Preferred: experience with Python, ArcPy, ArcGIS API for Python, GeoJobe Admin Tools, CleanMyOrg, ArcGIS Monitor, service-health dashboards, enterprise monitoring solutions, ArcGIS Server load testing, AWS, Amazon EKS, Kubernetes, cloud-hosted GIS infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, automated GIS service deployment, federal IT security standards, change-management requirements, and relevant Esri or cloud technology certifications
Benefits:
- Equal opportunity employer
- Veterans and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply
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