GIS Solution Engineer / Developer
Job Title: GIS Solution Engineer / Developer Work location: Remote Agency: Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Office of Inspector General (OIG) Duration of contract: 1 year Job Responsibilities Implementation & Development
- Implement approved enterprise GIS architecture in OIG pre-production and production environments; configure and fine-tune ESRI and AWS components
- Develop Infrastructure as Code scripts (Terraform, Python, PowerShell) to automate deployment and maintenance of GIS environments
- Build and optimize geospatial databases, services, and applications supporting healthcare claims analysis
- Develop automated geocoding scripts/tools for monthly incoming data and billions of existing warehouse records using AWS Location Service, ESRI tools, or Databricks
Data Pipeline Development
- Create processes to convert tabular business information into spatial data and load into Enterprise Geodatabase
- Develop graph data creation pipelines to represent entities (patients, providers, hospitals) and relationships from healthcare claims data for link analysis
- Embed geocoding and graph conversion processes into ETL pipelines or design standalone processes executed post-ingestion
- Integrate ESRI GeoAnalytics Engine with Databricks for large-scale spatial processing
Application Support
- Support development of GIS dashboard/Web-GIS application with charts, graphs, and maps for spatial representation of claim data
- Assist in building web-based graph data dashboard for link analysis of fraud, abuse, and waste networks
- Troubleshoot client issues related to Esri application deployment, system architecture, and data integration
Qualifications
Education & Experience
- Bachelor's degree in GIS, Computer Science, Geography, or related field
- 4-6 years of experience with Esri technology: creating maps, spatial analysis, configuring web applications
- 2+ years’ experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred) and Infrastructure as Code practices
- Must be eligible for and maintain a Public Trust background clearance; must qualify for a government-issued ID badge (PIV card)
Technical Skills
- ESRI Stack: ArcGIS Enterprise 11.x, ArcPy, ArcGIS Pro, Geodatabase design, GeoAnalytics Engine, GeoAI tools
- Cloud Platforms: AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, Neptune, Location Service), IAM, VPC, CloudFormation/Terraform
- Databases: Amazon Redshift with RA3 nodes for storing dimensional Data Warehouse data. Microsoft SQL Server (for IBM InfoSphere DataStage, IBM Cognos Metadata repository on Windows Amazon EC2 instance)
- Programming: Python (ArcPy, Pandas, GeoPandas), SQL, JavaScript/TypeScript, REST/SOAP APIs
- Data Engineering: ETL/ELT pipelines, IBM InfoSphere DataStage
Preferred Certifications
- Esri Technical Certification: Desktop Associate or Enterprise Administration
- AWS Certified Developer – Associate
Benefits:
- Base salary based on job, experience and skill level.
- Health benefits include medical, dental, and vision plans.
- 401(k) with 4% company match.
- 10 days Paid time off (PTO) and eleven (11) paid federal holidays.
Pay: $40.00 - $50.00 per hour Application Question(s):
- What is your work status: US Citizen, Permanent resident, H1B, OPT?
- Do you currently hold an active security clearance?
- What is your expected Hourly Rate?
Education:
- Bachelor's (Required)
Experience:
- Esri technology: 5 years (Required)
License/Certification:
- Esri Technical Certification (Preferred)
- AWS Certified Developer – Associate (Preferred)
Work Location: Remote