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GIS Enterprise Architect

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Overview

Be among the first 25 applicants Dice is the leading career destination for tech experts at every stage of their careers. Our client, Resource Consulting Services, is seeking the following. Apply via Dice today! Role - GIS Enterprise Architect 6 Month contract to hire Remote Job Description Client seeks a senior System Architect to drive enterprise GIS architecture for utility customers while supporting internal datacenter initiatives. The role leads client workshops, defines current state and future state architectures, authors solution designs and implementation road maps, and provides hands-on guidance across servers, storage, networking, security, databases, and enterprise geodatabases. The architect partners with delivery teams for design, testing, tuning, documentation, licensing governance, and knowledge transfer to onshore and offshore personnel, ensuring scalable, secure, and highly available systems across private cloud, on premises, and hybrid environments.

Key Responsibilities

Lead GIS Enterprise Architecture workshops and prepare presentation content and discovery questions

Translate requirements and RFPs into solution designs, statements of work, levels of effort, and schedule

Provide technical leadership for design, implementation, assessment, consulting, and managed services

Support internal IT by designing server, storage, network, and appliance infrastructure in Client datacenters

Produce architectural diagrams covering software, hardware, network, security, databases, and integration

Author system architecture specifications and implementation release plans

Design database solutions including enterprise geodatabases

Validate requirements, determine configurations, and estimate system sizing using industry standard tools

Generate cost models and ROM estimates for production, DevOps, migration, and temporary environments

Advise clients on datacenter security and private network management best practices

Guide software development, quality assurance, and training teams on technical architecture

Establish and execute performance tuning and threshold testing and provide recommendations

Track software licensing and ensure compliance with agreements

Train UDC personnel to manage GIS infrastructure for managed service engagements

Educate stakeholders on client frameworks, methods, and market leading architectures

Mentor staff and strengthen relationships with partners and customers

Must-Have Skills

Eleven to sixteen years of enterprise system consulting on large scale technology projects for utilities or similar complex environments

Six to eleven years in enterprise GIS spanning system design, Enterprise Architecture, implementation, and administration

Deep expertise deploying and supporting Esri ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Pro, and ArcGIS Online

Strong knowledge of private cloud, on premises, and hybrid architectures

Experience with virtual servers and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

Proficiency with VLANs, firewalls, and security policies

Proficiency with Identity and Access Management

Knowledge of network and application load balancers and reverse proxies

Proficiency with private and public DNS and VPN

Experience with virtualization platforms such as VMware ESXi or vSphere or Citrix Hypervisor

Proficiency with databases, file shares, and storage repositories

Experience automating batch jobs and scheduled processes with replication

Expertise in high availability, redundancy, clustering, failover, and disaster recovery

Nice-To-Have Skills

Experience estimating ROI for multi zone and multi region designs using virtual machines or containers

Familiarity with DevOps environments and temporary migration environments

Experience creating comprehensive architecture documentation and deployment manuals

Background mentoring global teams and delivering managed services

Strong partner and customer engagement skills for market facing activities

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Geography, or related field, or equivalent experience

Relevant certifications preferred such as AWS or Azure architecture, VMware, or Esri Enterprise Administration

Job Details

Seniority level: Mid-Senior level

Employment type: Full-time

Job function: Engineering and Information Technology

Industries: Software Development

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