Position Summary

GIS Engineer / Geospatial Developer will support the FAA Chief Data Office's Enterprise Information and Data Integration Program. Will help FAA mission teams plan, build, and run geospatial data services, maps, dashboards, and analytical products.

Build and automate geospatial data pipelines, deliver GIS applications, and help administer the FAA's Esri ArcGIS platform. Will work with FAA stakeholders, data engineers, and BI developers to turn business questions into clear spatial insights.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

• Build, automate, and maintain geospatial ETL pipelines, ArcGIS services, and spatial analytics.
• Run scheduled GIS data updates, pipeline executions, layer refreshes, and data publication for production layers.
• Triage and resolve GIS support tickets, data processing failures, and service issues within agreed timeframes.
• Meet with stakeholders to review new GIS requests, assess needs and data sources, and recommend a technical approach.
• Design, develop, and maintain maps, dashboards, applications, and reports that give users actionable insights.
• Analyze complex datasets to find trends and patterns, and present findings and recommendations to FAA leaders.
• Administer Esri components, including ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Server, Portal for ArcGIS, ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Data Store, and Web Adaptors.
• Review Esri releases and patches, assess their impact, and plan, test, and apply patches and version upgrades.
• Set up monitoring, logging, alerts, and CI/CD for production GIS services, and write root cause analyses after major incidents.
• Keep code and configuration under version control, with test results and deployment records.
• Document GIS workflows, including data sources, transformation logic, dependencies, refresh schedules, and recovery steps.
• Ensure data accuracy, consistency, and integrity across all GIS and BI outputs.
• Work with data engineers and IT teams to integrate GIS solutions with the FAA Enterprise Data Platform.
• Stay current with GIS and BI tools, and recommend new Esri capabilities and improvements.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Bachelor's degree in computer science or a similar field, or three years of military experience in a qualified geospatial analysis role. An associate's degree plus two additional years of relevant experience, or four years of relevant experience, may be accepted in place of the degree, subject to FAA approval.

At least 4 years of experience developing geospatial visualization, analytical, or business intelligence products in an enterprise environment.

Hands-on experience with ArcGIS, GeoPandas, Google Earth, and GDAL (Geospatial Data Abstraction Library).

Experience designing and maintaining reports and dashboards for business users.

Ability to gather requirements from stakeholders and translate them into GIS and BI solutions.

Strong analytical skills, and the ability to present findings to senior managers.

Ability to meet FAA contractor suitability requirements and pass a background investigation.

Preferred Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

• Experience configuring, optimizing, and sustaining server integrations of GIS software.
• Experience administering ArcGIS Enterprise, including Portal, Server, Data Store, and Web Adaptors.
• Experience planning and performing Esri patches and version upgrades.
• Python scripting for GIS automation, such as ArcPy or the ArcGIS API for Python.
• Experience with spatial databases, such as PostgreSQL/PostGIS or enterprise geodatabases.
• Esri technical certification, such as ArcGIS Pro or ArcGIS Enterprise Administration.
• Experience with CI/CD, Git, and service monitoring tools.
• Experience with aviation or FAA geospatial data.
• Prior support of federal civilian agencies.

Scope Infotech offers all employees the following benefits:

• Health Insurance (medical, dental, vision)
• Retirement Savings Plans (401K)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick Leave, Holidays)
• Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
• Insurance (Life, Short/Long Term Disability, AD&D)
• Employee Referral Bonus

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate.

Note

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities.