Geospatial Data Architect — Hybrid GIS & ETL Lead

Stanford Climate Ventures

Salt Lake City (UT)

Hybrid

USD 85,000 - 110,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Fervo Energy is seeking a GIS Data Administrator to own the integrity, architecture, and governance of the enterprise geodatabase and spatial data ecosystem. You will work on the data infrastructure side, administering the geodatabase, building data pipelines, and maintaining authoritative land status, project boundaries, and operational datasets used by GIS analysis and field operations.

You will collaborate with the GIS Developer and team to ensure data is accurate, well-organized, and

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in GIS/Geography/Information Systems or related field.
4+ years GIS data management experience.
Expert proficiency in ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Enterprise/Portal geodatabase administration.
Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL/PostGIS or SQL Server Spatial.
Demonstrated experience building and maintaining automated spatial data pipelines using Python.
Strong understanding of GIS data quality principles, metadata standards, and spatial data governance practices.

Responsibilities

Administer enterprise geodatabase environment (ArcGIS Enterprise/Portal and ArcGIS Online).
Define geodatabase data models, feature class schemas, relationship classes, domains, and topology rules.
Manage geodatabase versioning workflows to support concurrent editing.
Monitor geodatabase performance and plan storage/capacity needs.
Administer back-end spatial databases (PostgreSQL/PostGIS or SQL Server Spatial).
Develop and maintain ETL pipelines to ingest, validate, and publish spatial and tabular data.
Build automated data update workflows using Python (ArcPy, arcgis module, pandas) and ETL tools like FME.
Integrate external data sources (BLM LR2000, USGS, FEMA, etc.).
Coordinate with GIS Developer on data publication and web service schema.
Support CAD-to-GIS data conversion workflows with CAD Manager.
Establish and enforce data standards, metadata conventions, and CRS policies.
Develop and maintain GIS data catalog and metadata documentation.
Collaborate with Land, Legal, Environmental, Permitting, and Engineering teams.
Contribute to internal GIS documentation and training materials.