GIS-Focused Solution Architect

RAPSYS TECHNOLOGIES PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

RAPSYS TECHNOLOGIES PTE. LTD. seeks a seasoned GIS leader to provide technical direction for enterprise geospatial platforms, guide cloud migration, and drive infrastructure modernisation in a government-oriented context.

You will design hybrid GIS architectures, oversee data governance, and coordinate with vendors to ensure high availability, security, and compliant operations across the platforms.

Qualifications

• Degree or Diploma in Computer Science, Information Technology, Geomatics, GIS, Engineering or related disciplines.
• Minimum of 5 years as Technical Lead/GIS Solution Architect or equivalent.
• Hands-on experience delivering enterprise GIS projects through full project lifecycle.
• Strong knowledge of Esri ArcGIS Enterprise components.
• Experience supporting production GIS platforms with high availability and security.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and architectural oversight for enterprise geospatial platforms and related systems.
• Support architecture design, cloud migration, upgrades, and infrastructure modernisation.
• Plan and execute GIS platform upgrades, cloud migrations and disaster recovery exercises.
• Design cloud-native and hybrid GIS architectures on AWS, Azure, GCC, or equivalent platforms.
• Design GIS integration patterns including REST APIs, web services, and SFTP data exchanges.
• Manage geospatial data architectures including geodatabases, metadata, data governance, and lifecycle management.
• Conduct technical assessments, sizing exercises, root cause analysis, and troubleshoot complex issues.
• Collaborate with vendors to manage system implementation, upgrades, support, and service delivery.
• Analyse requirements and develop scalable GIS solutions.
• Perform related duties to support enterprise geospatial platforms and services.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Facilitation

Communication

Education

Bachelor/ Diploma in Computer Science or GIS related field

Tools

ArcGIS Enterprise

Portal for ArcGIS

ArcGIS Server

ArcGIS Data Store

ArcGIS Web Adaptor

ArcGIS Experience Builder

ArcGIS Dashboards

ArcGIS Online

ArcGIS Pro

PostgreSQL/PostGIS

Job description

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership and architectural oversight for enterprise geospatial platforms and related systems.
• Support architecture design, cloud migration, system upgrades, infrastructure modernisation, and operational readiness activities.
• Plan and execute GIS platform upgrades, cloud migrations, system refreshes,disaster recovery exercises, and infrastructure security initiatives.
• Evaluate and recommend technology solutions aligned with Government technology directions, including cloud adoption, enterprise architecture standards, cybersecurity requirements, secure-by-design frameworks, and modernisation of legacy systems.
• Design and support cloud-native and hybrid GIS architectures on AWS, Azure,GCC, or equivalent cloud platforms.
• Design GIS integration patterns, including REST APIs, web services, SFTP-baseddata exchanges, authentication and identity management, and system-tosystem integrations.
• Manage geospatial data architectures, including geodatabases, spatial datamodels, metadata management, data governance, and data lifecyclemanagement.
• Conduct technical assessments, solution reviews, sizing exercises, root cause analysis, and troubleshooting of complex application and infrastructure issues.
• Work with vendors and service providers to manage system implementation, upgrades, support, maintenance, and service delivery.
• Analyse business and technical requirements and develop practical, scalable, and sustainable GIS solutions.
• Perform other related duties and responsibilities as may be reasonably required to support enterprise geospatial platforms, systems, and services.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Degree or Diploma in Computer Science, Information Technology, Geomatics,Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Engineering, or related disciplines.
• Minimum of 5 years of work experience as a Technical Lead, GIS SolutionArchitect, GIS Engineer, or equivalent role involving geospatial systems design,implementation, operations, and modernisation.
• Hands-on experience delivering enterprise GIS projects throughout the fullproject lifecycle, including requirements analysis, architecture design,implementation, testing, migration, deployment, and operations support.
• Strong knowledge of Enterprise GIS platforms, preferably Esri ArcGIS Enterprisecomponents including Portal for ArcGIS, ArcGIS Server, ArcGIS Data Store,ArcGIS Web Adaptor, ArcGIS Experience Builder, ArcGISDashboards, and ArcGISOnline.
• Experience supporting production-critical GIS platforms with high availability,security, monitoring, backup, disaster recovery, and performance optimisationrequirements.
• Strong understanding of government security, compliance, and governancerequirements, including risk assessments, security reviews, and operationalreadiness activities.
• Results-oriented with strong stakeholder management, facilitation, andcommunication skills.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, with the ability to engagetechnical teams, senior management, vendors, and business stakeholderseffectively.

Technical Skills:

• Enterprise GIS Platforms: ArcGIS Enterprise, Portal for ArcGIS, ArcGIS Server,ArcGIS Data Store, ArcGIS Web Adaptor, ArcGIS Experience Builder, ArcGISDashboards, ArcGIS Online, and ArcGIS Pro.
• Cloud and Infrastructure: AWS, Azure, GCC, GCC+, hybrid architectures,infrastructure modernisation, high availability, backup, disaster recovery, andperformance optimisation.
• Integration: REST APIs, web services, SFTP-based data exchanges,authentication and identity management, WOG AD, IAM, SSO, and API securityimplementations.
• Databases and Geospatial Data: PostgreSQL/PostGIS, SQL Server, Oracle,geodatabases, spatial data models, metadata management, data governance,and data lifecycle management.
• GIS Standards and Formats: feature services, map services, WMS, WMTS, WFS,GeoJSON, shapefiles, and related geospatial technologies.
• Automation and Scripting: Python, ArcPy, geoprocessing workflows, and GISautomation.