Role Overview
We are looking for an experienced GIS Solution Architect / Geospatial Architect to support the design and implementation of an enterprise-grade GIS platform. The architect will be responsible for designing the interactive mapping platform and future GIS analytics capabilities, integrating GIS with enterprise applications and existing geospatial platforms, and establishing a scalable geospatial data architecture. The role will initially focus on interactive maps, spatial data integration and data readiness, with the architecture designed to support future GIS analytics, spatial intelligence and location-based applications.
Key Responsibilities
- Design the overall GIS solution architecture for interactive mapping and future spatial analytics capabilities.
- Design GIS applications using platforms such as ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Experience Builder, while evaluating or working with alternatives such as Azure Maps and Mapbox where appropriate.
- Assess existing ArcGIS environments and enterprise applications to identify reusable datasets, services, APIs and geospatial layers.
- Define the approach for data discovery, extraction, transformation, integration and migration from enterprise systems into the new GIS platform.
- Design GIS data integration architecture using FME or equivalent GIS integration/ETL tools.
- Work with enterprise architects and data teams to define integration patterns between GIS, enterprise applications, APIs and data platforms.
- Define geospatial data models, feature classes, layers, relationships and spatial data structures required for GIS applications and analytics.
- Collaborate with the analytics team to translate analytical requirements into appropriate GIS data models and spatial analytical solutions.
- Design architecture for future spatial analytics, location intelligence and GIS-based decision-support capabilities.
- Assess the suitability of Microsoft Fabric, Data Lake and Lakehouse as the enterprise data platform for GIS and analytical workloads.
- Define data flows between Microsoft Fabric, GIS platforms, enterprise applications and analytical solutions.
- Ensure GIS architecture supports scalability, security, performance, API integration and future expansion.
- Provide technical guidance to GIS developers, data engineers, integration teams and analytical teams.
Mandatory Technical Skills
- 12+ years of overall IT experience.
- 5+ years of hands-on experience in GIS solution architecture or GIS application design.
- Strong experience with ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Pro.
- Experience designing interactive web GIS and mapping applications.
- Strong understanding of GIS architecture, spatial data architecture and GIS application components.
- Strong experience with FME or equivalent GIS ETL/integration tools.
- Experience integrating GIS with enterprise applications, APIs and databases.
- Experience with GIS data modeling and spatial database concepts.
- Experience defining GIS analytical and spatial analytics solutions.
- Ability to evaluate and integrate geospatial platforms such as ArcGIS, Azure Maps, Mapbox or equivalent.
Good to Have
- Microsoft Fabric, OneLake or Lakehouse experience.
- Azure Data Factory or Azure Data Platform experience.
- PostGIS, PostgreSQL, SQL Server or Oracle Spatial experience.
- ArcGIS REST API, Feature Services or Map Services experience.
- Python for geospatial data processing.
- Power BI or Fabric analytics experience.
- Experience with cloud-based GIS architecture.
- Experience with large-scale enterprise data integration.
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