GIS Testing Analyst - Manager

PwC Acceleration Center India; Andhra Pradesh; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

PwC Acceleration Center India is seeking a GIS Testing Analyst - Manager to lead testing for Maximo-based client solutions, guiding planning, execution, and quality across global teams. You will coach teams, manage priorities, and ensure delivery aligns with client needs and timelines.

The role requires deep GIS and Esri ArcGIS expertise, strong leadership, and experience in large-scale data migration and modernization initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
• English proficiency (oral and written).
• 12‑18+ years in GIS, software engineering, enterprise testing, or utility programs.
• At least 5 years leading large technical testing or quality engineering teams.
• Strong expertise in Esri GIS platforms and ArcGIS Enterprise.
• Experience with ArcGIS Pro, Enterprise Geodatabase, and ArcGIS Utility Network.
• Proven experience leading geographically distributed delivery teams.
• Excellent analytical, problem solving, and stakeholder management.
• Experience testing large-scale GIS modernization and data migration.
• Familiarity with ESRI technologies and middleware architecture.

Responsibilities

• Lead GIS testing workstreams for Maximo-related client solutions.
• Manage project plans, timelines, budgets, and deliverables across multiple testing efforts.
• Coach team members on testing methods, issue tracking, and defect resolution.
• Review test scripts, data, and results to ensure end-to-end process quality.
• Coordinate UAT, integration, and regression testing for Maximo applications.
• Analyze system interactions, data flows, and configuration impacts to identify risks.
• Advise clients on testing strategy for asset management, field service, and work management.
• Apply knowledge of Maximo and middleware to support delivery.
• Collaborate with implementation teams to pursue automation and modernization.

Skills

GIS testing

Leadership

Quality engineering

Maximo

ArcGIS

ArcGIS Pro

Enterprise Geodatabase

ArcGIS Utility Network

Data migration

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Geoinformatics

Electrical Engineering

Information Technology

Tools

FME Flow

Azure

AWS

Maximo

Job description

The Opportunity

Join our Acceleration Center India and help shape the future of business for our diverse client portfolio across geographies and jurisdictions. You’ll work at the heart of global teams across Advisory, Assurance, Tax and Business Services—solving real client challenges through connected collaboration. We’ll help you grow your skills so you can go further. With hands‑on learning, cutting‑edge tools and an inclusive culture, this is your opportunity to do inspiring work that makes a difference—every day.

As a GIS Testing Analyst - Manager you will lead testing activities for Maximo-based client solutions, helping validate functionality, support implementation efforts, and contribute to improved operational efficiency within our Advisory practice. As a Manager you will guide teams through planning, execution, and review of testing work, coach team members, manage priorities across workstreams, and use sound judgment to address issues while maintaining focus on quality, timelines, and client needs. In this role at PwC Acceleration Center India, you will collaborate across business application consulting efforts, apply knowledge of GIS and Maximo testing approaches, and support training, documentation, and delivery activities that help clients use technology effectively.

Responsibilities

• Leading GIS testing workstreams for Maximo-related client solutions and validating functional alignment with operational objectives
• Managing project plans, timelines, budgets, and deliverables across multiple testing efforts
• Coaching team members on testing methods, issue tracking, and defect resolution practices
• Reviewing test scripts, test data, and execution results to confirm system behavior across end-to-end processes
• Coordinating user acceptance testing, integration testing, and regression testing for Maximo applications
• Analyzing system interactions, data flows, and configuration impacts to identify risks and process gaps
• Advising clients on testing strategy for asset management, field service, and work management solutions
• Applying knowledge of IBM Maximo Manage, Maximo integrations, and middleware architecture to support solution delivery
• Collaborating with implementation teams to identify opportunities for automation, modernization, and improved operational performance

What You Must Have

What Sets You Apart

• At least a Bachelor's degree
• Oral and written proficiency in English required
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Geoinformatics, GIS, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• 12‑18+ years of professional experience in GIS, software engineering, enterprise testing, or utility technology programs.
• At least 5 years of experience leading large technical testing or quality engineering teams.
• Demonstrated experience delivering testing for large-scale GIS modernization, data migration, or utility transformation programs.
• Strong technical capability in Esri GIS platforms, spatial databases, and utility network validation.
• Proven experience leading geographically distributed teams across multiple delivery workstreams.
• Excellent analytical skills, problem‑solving capabilities, communication, and stakeholder management.
• Strong expertise in Esri ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Pro, Enterprise Geodatabase, and ArcGIS Utility Network.
• Solid understanding of Esri Geometric Network concepts and legacy enterprise geodatabase architectures.
• Experience testing complex geospatial data migration and enterprise GIS transformation programs.
• Strong understanding of utility network data models, topology, terminal configurations, associations, and tracing.
• Experience with spatial data validation, geometry processing, coordinate systems, and geodatabase relationships.

Strong understanding of electric distribution network architecture and GIS asset modeling.

• Knowledge of feeders, substations, transformers, switches, protective devices, conductors, service points, and associated network equipment.
• Understanding of phase connectivity, network tracing, switching states, isolation, and electrical network integrity.
• Familiarity with electric utility operations and GIS integration with operational systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Esri Geometric Network to Utility Network migration.
• Experience supporting large electric distribution or transmission utilities.
• Understanding of Esri Utility Network migration workflows, migration tooling, and data model transformation.
• Experience validating large datasets containing millions of spatial features and complex asset relationships.
• Familiarity with ADMS, OMS, SCADA, EAM, and utility system integration architectures.
• Experience using FME Flow and enterprise-scale automated data processing.
• Exposure to cloud-hosted GIS deployments on Azure or AWS.
• Knowledge of automated performance testing and GIS service monitoring.
• Relevant Esri, ISTQB, Agile, or other industry certifications.