Geospatial Data Systems Engineer

Engg; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

GRVTY is seeking a cleared geospatial technologist to bridge two mission offices, handling data curation, ArcGIS content, and Tableau reporting. The role blends geospatial programming, data stewardship, and visualization development to empower mission users with clear, actionable insights.

You will publish large geospatial datasets, automate workflows with Python, and build dashboards and web maps for operational decision-making, collaborating across teams and communicating complex concepts

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance.
• 8+ years of professional geospatial technology experience.
• Strong Python experience for geospatial data processing and automation.
• Experience with large geospatial datasets and data preparation for analysis.
• Experience publishing and maintaining geospatial content in ArcGIS platforms.
• Experience developing dashboards or analytics in Tableau or BI tools.
• Understanding of geospatial data formats, projections, and spatial joins.
• Experience with PostgreSQL/PostGIS for spatial data management.

Responsibilities

• Partner with mission users to understand geospatial data needs and workflows.
• Identify, clean, transform, curate, and publish large geospatial and tabular datasets.
• Develop Python tools to automate geospatial data processing and publication workflows.
• Manage ArcGIS Portal content including hosted layers, maps, and dashboards.
• Build Tableau dashboards and analytic visualizations for stakeholders.
• Apply cartographic design and metadata best practices for usable geospatial products.
• Integrate diverse datasets into cohesive analytical environments.
• Create documentation, data dictionaries, and SOPs to support workflows.
• Collaborate across offices and communicate technical concepts clearly.

Skills

Python programming

Geospatial data analysis

Independent work

Stakeholder communication

Data visualization

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Geography, GIS, CS, Data Science, Eng, or related

Tools

ArcGIS Portal/Online

ArcGIS Pro

Tableau

PostgreSQL/PostGIS

GeoPandas/Shapely

GDAL/QGIS

ArcPy

Job description

What Impact You'll Have

This role requires a cleared geospatial technologist who can bridge two mission offices: one focused on geospatial data curation, ArcGIS Portal products, and operational visualization; the other focused on data processing, analytics, and Tableau-driven reporting. The subcontractor will be part geospatial programmer, part data librarian, and part visualization developer. The subcontractor will use Python to process and analyze large geospatial datasets, manage and curate authoritative data holdings, maintain ArcGIS Portal content, and build dashboards, web maps, feature layers, and visual analytics products that help mission users make faster, better-informed decisions.

What You'll be Owning

• Partner with mission users to understand geospatial data needs, analytic questions, visualization requirements, and operational workflows.
• Identify, acquire, clean, transform, validate, curate, and publish large geospatial and tabular datasets from diverse sources.
• Develop Python scripts and tools to automate geospatial data processing, quality control, enrichment, transformation, and publication workflows.
• Manage and update ArcGIS Portal content, including hosted feature layers, map services, web maps, dashboards, data hubs, and related geospatial products.
• Build and maintain Tableau dashboards, reports, and analytic visualizations used by the data processing office and mission stakeholders.
• Apply sound cartographic design, symbology, labeling, layer management, metadata practices, and performance tuning to improve the usability of geospatial products.
• Integrate structured, unstructured, tabular, and spatial datasets into cohesive analytical and visualization environments.
• Support geospatial data library functions, including dataset organization, metadata creation, version management, quality control, discoverability, and lifecycle maintenance.
• Develop documentation, data dictionaries, standard operating procedures, user guidance, and technical recommendations that support repeatable data management and visualization workflows.
• Work independently across two office environments while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and communicating technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.

What You Must Have

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph Clearance Minimum 8 years of experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 7 years of experience with a Master's degree; or 6 years of experience with a Doctorate Bachelor's degree in Geography, GIS, Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 8+ years of professional experience in geospatial technology, software development, data engineering, data analysis, or a related technical field.
• Strong Python experience for geospatial data processing, automation, transformation, analysis, and workflow improvement.
• Demonstrated experience working with large geospatial datasets, including cleaning, formatting, joining, enriching, validating, and preparing data for analysis or publication.
• Hands-on experience with ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Portal, or ArcGIS Online, including publishing and maintaining hosted feature layers, web maps, dashboards, and geospatial content.
• Experience curating geospatial data holdings, including organizing datasets, maintaining metadata, improving discoverability, and ensuring data quality.
• Experience developing dashboards, reports, or analytic visualizations in Tableau or a comparable business intelligence platform.
• Understanding of geospatial data formats, projections, coordinate systems, spatial joins, geoprocessing workflows, cartographic principles, and spatial data management.
• Experience with relational databases, preferably PostgreSQL/PostGIS, for storing, querying, and managing spatial or tabular data.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and customer engagement skills.
• Proven ability to work independently with minimal guidance while coordinating effectively across teams, offices, and mission stakeholders.

What Would be Nice to Have

• Advanced Tableau experience, including dashboard development, calculated fields, filters, data preparation, publishing, and maintaining products for operational users.
• Experience with ArcGIS Pro, ArcPy, GeoPandas, Shapely, Fiona, Rasterio, GDAL, QGIS, or similar geospatial tools and libraries.
• Experience building repeatable data pipelines for geospatial data ingestion, processing, validation, and publication.
• Experience with cloud-hosted datasets, Amazon S3, ArcGIS Hub-style environments, or secure integrations between enterprise data repositories and ArcGIS Portal.
• Experience with PostgreSQL/PostGIS performance tuning, spatial indexing, and geospatial query optimization.
• Experience with Elasticsearch, Kibana, or similar search, analytics, and visualization tools.
• Familiarity with data governance, data stewardship, metadata standards, data quality, Agile practices, Jira, Confluence, DevOps principles, version control, or containerized workflows.
• Background in spatial statistics, predictive analytics, machine learning, or advanced geospatial modeling.

Pay Range

Pay Range: At GRVTY, we understand that compensation is influenced by many factors - such as geographic location, federal contract labor categories, wage rates, prior experience, skillsets, education, and certifications. We're proud to offer a work environment that empowers our team to achieve a strong work-life balance. GRVTY provides competitive pay, comprehensive benefits, and meaningful opportunities for professional growth. Virginia Pay Range $150,000-$250,000 Pay Range: At GRVTY, we understand that compensation is influenced by many factors - such as geographic location, federal contract labor categories, wage rates, prior experien

Benefits

Our benefits package is designed to support the well-being of our employees and their families, and includes coverage in areas such as healthcare, financial wellness, retirement planning, family assistance, continued education, and paid time off.