GIS Database Admin

Viraaj HR Solutions Private Limited; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,000,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development opportunities

Exposure to large-scale GIS projects

Mentoring junior engineers

Job summary

A leading geospatial technology firm based in India seeks a GIS Database Administrator to optimize core spatial databases for efficient data delivery. This on-site role involves administering enterprise geodatabases, performing database maintenance, and developing automation scripts. Ideal candidates should have strong expertise in PostgreSQL and PostGIS, along with a solid understanding of GIS projects. Opportunities for professional development in a collaborative environment are provided.

Qualifications

• Proven experience administering enterprise spatial databases and performing performance tuning.
• Hands-on experience with Linux and Windows server environments.
• Strong understanding of spatial indexing, coordinate reference systems, and GIS data quality checks.

Responsibilities

• Administer enterprise geodatabases and maintain ArcGIS Enterprise geodatabases.
• Perform database maintenance including backup, restore, replication and performance tuning.
• Develop and maintain ETL and automation scripts using Python and GDAL/OGR.

Skills

PostgreSQL

PostGIS

ArcGIS Enterprise

ArcSDE

SQL

Python

Tools

GDAL/OGR

Oracle Spatial

FME

Job description

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Role: GIS Database Administrator

About The Opportunity

A specialist operation in the Geospatial Technology & GIS Services sector, supporting mapping, utilities, infrastructure and remote‑sensing projects across India. We design, deploy and maintain enterprise geospatial data platforms that serve analytics, asset management and field operations for public- and private-sector customers. Seeking an on-site GIS Database Administrator to manage and optimize our core spatial databases and enable reliable data delivery to GIS analysts and applications.

Responsibilities

• Administer enterprise geodatabases: install, configure and maintain ArcGIS Enterprise geodatabases and spatial databases (PostGIS/ArcSDE).
• Perform database maintenance: backup & restore, replication, migrations, spatial index creation and performance tuning for large spatial datasets.
• Develop and maintain ETL and automation scripts using Python, GDAL/OGR or FME to ingest, validate and publish geospatial data.
• Implement security, access control and data governance policies for GIS data, including permissions, audits and disaster‑recovery plans.
• Monitor database health and troubleshoot incidents across Linux/Windows server environments; produce runbooks and automation for routine operations.
• Collaborate with GIS developers, analysts and infrastructure teams to support deployments, schema design, versioning and production releases.

Must-Have

• PostgreSQL
• PostGIS
• ArcGIS Enterprise
• ArcSDE
• SQL
• Python

Preferred

• GDAL/OGR
• Oracle Spatial
• FME

Additional Qualifications

• Proven experience administering enterprise spatial databases and performing performance tuning, backup/restore and replication for large geospatial datasets.
• Hands‑on experience with Linux and Windows server environments and automating operational tasks via scripting and CI/CD where applicable.
• Strong understanding of spatial indexing, coordinate reference systems, data versioning and GIS data quality checks.

Benefits & Culture Highlights

• On‑site role with direct exposure to large‑scale GIS projects across utilities and infrastructure domains.
• Opportunity to own operational excellence for critical geospatial platforms and mentor junior engineers.
• Professional development focus with access to training and certifications relevant to enterprise GIS and cloud database services.

Location: On‑site — India. If you are a hands‑on GIS DBA comfortable working in operational environments and passionate about reliable, high‑performance spatial data platforms, we want to hear from you.

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