GIS Database Admin

Role:

About The Opportunity

• Administer enterprise geodatabases: install, configure and maintain ArcGIS Enterprise geodatabases and spatial databases (PostGIS/ArcSDE).
• Perform database maintenance: backup & restore, replication, migrations, spatial index creation and performance tuning for large spatial datasets.
• Develop and maintain ETL and automation scripts using Python, GDAL/OGR or FME to ingest, validate and publish geospatial data.
• Implement security, access control and data governance policies for GIS data, including permissions, audits and disaster‑recovery plans.
• Monitor database health and troubleshoot incidents across Linux/Windows server environments; produce runbooks and automation for routine operations.
• Collaborate with GIS developers, analysts and infrastructure teams to support deployments, schema design, versioning and production releases.
  

Skills & Qualifications

Must-Have

• PostgreSQL
• PostGIS
• ArcGIS Enterprise
• ArcSDE
• SQL
• Python
  

Preferred

• GDAL/OGR
• Oracle Spatial
• FME
  

Additional Qualifications (summary)

• Proven experience administering enterprise spatial databases and performing performance tuning, backup/restore and replication for large geospatial datasets.
• Hands-on experience with Linux and Windows server environments and automating operational tasks via scripting and CI/CD where applicable.
• Strong understanding of spatial indexing, coordinate reference systems, data versioning and GIS data quality checks.
  

• On-site role with direct exposure to large-scale GIS projects across utilities and infrastructure domains.
• Opportunity to own operational excellence for critical geospatial platforms and mentor junior engineers.
• Professional development focus with access to training and certifications relevant to enterprise GIS and cloud database services.