Senior Geospatial (GIS) Specialist/GIS Administrator - 6114

RS&H has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Geospatial (GIS) Specialist / GIS Administrator within our Consulting Services discipline in Fort Lauderdale to work closely as embedded staff for one of our largest clients.  You will play a pivotal role in providing expertise in the geospatial field.  If you are a passionate and driven professional with innovative ideas, we want you to be a part of our dynamic team.

You will serve in a key role as part of a General Engineering Consultant contract with the Florida Department of Transportation, while cultivating relationships with our clients in South Florida and with other RS&H offices and industry partners. We are looking for a team member that can work in-house full-time at FDOT’s Fort Lauderdale office on assignments that the client will assign. You will be part of a team of other Geospatial Consultants across the company and will work closely with our General Engineering Consultant Contract Project Managers to achieve the goals of our client.

RS&H is an employee-owned company that celebrates the many benefits of being owned by the very people who directly impact our business, clients, and communities every day. Employee ownership is empowering and motivates our team to be the best and deliver exceptional service and solutions to our clients. It also ensures that our team members see direct benefits from their hard work and success.  

Qualifications:

Education / Experience: Bachelor's or master’s degree in Geospatial Science, Geographic Information Systems, or related geospatial discipline, or equivalent experience. Minimum of 10+ years of progressive GIS / Geospatial experience.

License/Certification: Geographic Information Science Certification Institute (GISCI) Geographic Information Systems Professional (GISP) Certification is highly desired. Esri Technical Certifications are highly desired in the following: Enterprise Geodata Management Professional, Enterprise System Design Professional, Enterprise Administration Professional, ArcGIS Online Administration Associate.

Job Responsibilities / Requirements:

• Experience using current GIS technology and leveraging the full ArcGIS enterprise suite of tools to demonstrate Esri’s patterns of use.
• Ability to work with existing ArcGIS databases, datasets, and applications to develop an understanding of their use and integration capabilities.

• Experience Esri desktop tools like ArcCatalog, ArcMap, and ArcPro

• Experience with geodatabases, multi-user environments, and version management with ArcGIS and underlying DBMS technology (Microsoft SQL Server) to include knowledge of Structured query language (SQL) programming language.
• Ability to develop solutions to ArcGIS needs using a combination of tools including app builders (ArcGIS Instant Apps, ArcGIS Dashboards, ArcGIS StoryMaps, and ArcGIS Experience Builder).
• Work with ArcGIS users, developers, etc. to understand data landscape and needs.
• Write clear technical documentation to support data development work.
• Collaborate with technical and non-technical staff to understand client GIS needs.
• Assist with the administration and maintenance of on-premises ArcGIS Enterprise and ArcGIS Online.
• Ability to troubleshoot client issues related to Esri application deployment and system architecture

• Experience programming and scripting with Python
• Understanding of ArcGIS from an IT context (e.g., hardware, software, storage, security, networking, servers, databases, web services, virtualization, cloud computing)
• Knowledge of cloud computing concepts and environments (Microsoft Azure or AWS)
• Experience with ArcGIS Enterprise web applications or other web application development.
• Assist maintaining the GIS applications, servers, layers, and feature classes for client offices.
• Serve as the point of contact for various GIS projects/assignments.

• Attend requirement gathering and GIS coordination meetings.
• Define project tasks and execute on those tasks.
• Complete other tasks as assigned.

If this sounds like the role for you and you're ready to join an amazing team, please apply.

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

RS&H provides fully integrated architecture, engineering, and consulting services to help clients realize their most complex facility and infrastructure projects for land, air, and space.  We are committed to bringing extraordinary solutions to our clients through the promise of imagination, ingenuity, and innovation.  With a tradition of excellence that began in 1941, we are consistently ranked among the nation’s top 100 design firms.  We attribute our success to an unwavering commitment to our core values of: integrity, quality service, business success and valuing associates.

Employee-owned, RS&H is one of the nation’s leading architecture, engineering, and consulting firms whose associates work hard every day to create a more connected future where everyone can thrive. We offer an exceptional journey from start to future. Our integrated teams translate experience into insight, turn challenges into opportunities, and build relationships that are as strong as the buildings and infrastructure we deliver together. We attribute our success to an unwavering commitment to our core values of: integrity, caring, forward-thinking, creativity, inclusivity, and ownership.