Geospatial Automation Engineer: Scale GIS with Python

Electric Power Engineers; Dickson City (Lackawanna County); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Life Insurance

Hybrid work environment

Professional growth opportunities

Diversity & Inclusion

Job summary

Electric Power Engineers in Panama City, Panama, is seeking a GIS Automation Engineer to scale geospatial data operations by automating rules-based work and building Python scripts, services, and integrations.

The ideal candidate has strong Python skills, ArcGIS experience, and the ability to design tools across ArcPy, REST APIs, and ETL platforms while collaborating with analysts, software engineers, and project managers.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering scripting, automation, or software solutions in a GIS context.
• Strong Python production-ready tooling experience.
• Ability to explain trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience with Esri ArcGIS ecosystem.
• Familiarity with CI/CD concepts.

Responsibilities

• Partner with GIS analysts, software engineers, and project managers to scope automation opportunities, estimate effort, and deliver measurable improvements to team output.
• Design, build, and maintain Python tools and scripts that streamline how the team processes geospatial data throughout the project lifecycle.
• Develop custom geospatial services, attribute rules, and ArcGIS Workflow Manager configurations that enforce data quality at the point of entry, and consolidate workflows across multiple regions into unified service layers.
• Evaluate and recommend new tools or technologies where they can improve team productivity or data quality.
• Support data integration and scripting needs for EPE's consulting lines of business as they arise.

Skills

Python

ArcGIS/ArcPy

REST API

Git

SQL

Documentation

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/GIS or related

Tools

ArcGIS Pro

FME Workbench

ArcGIS Data Interoperability

PostgreSQL/SQL Server

Job description

Electric Power Engineers in Panama City, Panama, is seeking a GIS Automation Engineer to scale geospatial data operations by automating rules-based work and building Python scripts, services, and integrations.

The ideal candidate has strong Python skills, ArcGIS experience, and the ability to design tools across ArcPy, REST APIs, and ETL platforms while collaborating with analysts, software engineers, and project managers.