GIS Data Administrator

Fervo Energy; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Life insurance

Short-term/long-term disability

401(k) with match

Flexible PTO

Parental leave

Employee stock options

Job summary

Fervo Energy, headquartered in Houston with offices across the West, seeks a GIS Data Administrator to own our enterprise geodatabase and spatial data ecosystem. You will administer ArcGIS Enterprise/Portal, define data models, and build data pipelines used by GIS analysts, developers, and field teams.

You will design schemas, manage versioning, and automate ETL with Python and FME, integrating external sources like BLM LR2000, USGS, and state portals to maintain accurate land and project data

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in GIS, Geography, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 4+ years of professional experience in GIS data management, geodatabase administration, or spatial data engineering.
• Expert proficiency in ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Enterprise/Portal geodatabase administration.
• Hands-on experience with enterprise relational spatial databases (PostgreSQL/PostGIS or SQL Server Spatial).
• Demonstrated experience building and maintaining automated spatial data pipelines using Python.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and administer Fervo’s enterprise geodatabase environment (ArcGIS Enterprise/Portal and ArcGIS Online), including schema design, version management, replica management, and database maintenance.
• Define and enforce geodatabase data models, feature class schemas, relationship classes, domains, and topology rules.
• Manage geodatabase versioning workflows to support concurrent editing by GIS analysts, developers, and field data collection systems.
• Develop and maintain ETL pipelines to ingest, validate, and publish spatial and tabular data from land, engineering, permitting, and operational sources into the enterprise geodatabase.
• Build automated data update workflows using Python (ArcPy, arcgis module, pandas) and FME or similar integration tools.
• Integrate authoritative external data sources including BLM LR2000, state GIS portals, county assessors, USGS, and FEMA.
• Data Governance & Quality Control
• Establish and enforce spatial data standards, metadata conventions, naming schemas, and coordinate reference system policies.
• Develop and implement automated data validation rules and QA/QC workflows.
• Maintain authoritative GIS datasets for land status, federal and state ownership, lease areas, project boundaries, well locations, infrastructure, and operational features across the Western U.S.

Skills

GIS data management

Geodatabase administration

ArcGIS Pro

ArcGIS Enterprise/Portal

PostgreSQL/PostGIS

Python (ArcPy)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in GIS/related field

Tools

FME

SQL Server Spatial

Job description

Salt Lake City, UT; Golden, CO; Houston, TX; Oakland, CA; Reno, NV

About Fervo Energy

Fervo Energy (NASDAQ: FRVO) is a modern power company developing next-generation geothermal resources to meet the growing demand for affordable, reliable, 24/7 carbon-free energy. Our mission is to transform geothermal into America’s most dependable and affordable source of clean, around-the-clock power. By combining innovations in horizontal drilling, fiber-optic sensing, and advanced reservoir engineering, Fervo has developed a repeatable approach to building utility-scale enhanced geothermal systems. Our flagship Cape Station development in Utah is planned to deliver 500 MW of firm, carbon-free power, and we are advancing a development pipeline of more than 50 GW. Join us and work alongside world-class engineers, geoscientists, operators, project builders, and business leaders working to make geothermal a cornerstone of a more reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy future.

Position Description

The GIS Data Administrator owns the integrity, architecture, and governance of Fervo’s enterprise geodatabase and spatial data ecosystem. This role sits on the data infrastructure side of Fervo’s GIS program, administering the geodatabase, building data pipelines, and maintaining the authoritative land status, project boundary, and operational spatial datasets that GIS analysis, applications, and field operations all depend on. The GIS Data Administrator works closely with the GIS Developer and GIS team to ensure that data is accurate, well-organized, and reliably accessible across the organization.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and administer Fervo’s enterprise geodatabase environment (ArcGIS Enterprise/Portal and ArcGIS Online), including schema design, version management, replica management, and database maintenance.

Define and enforce geodatabase data models, feature class schemas, relationship classes, domains, and topology rules.

Manage geodatabase versioning workflows to support concurrent editing by GIS analysts, developers, and field data collection systems.

Develop and maintain ETL pipelines to ingest, validate, and publish spatial and tabular data from land, engineering, permitting, and operational sources into the enterprise geodatabase.

Build automated data update workflows using Python (ArcPy, arcgis module, pandas) and FME or similar integration tools.

Integrate authoritative external data sources including BLM LR2000, state GIS portals, county assessors, USGS, and FEMA.

Data Governance & Quality Control

Establish and enforce spatial data standards, metadata conventions, naming schemas, and coordinate reference system policies.

Develop and implement automated data validation rules and QA/QC workflows.

Maintain authoritative GIS datasets for land status, federal and state ownership, lease areas, project boundaries, well locations, infrastructure, and operational features across the Western U.S.

Qualifications

Required

Bachelor’s degree in GIS, Geography, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

4+ years of professional experience in GIS data management, geodatabase administration, or spatial data engineering.

Expert proficiency in ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Enterprise/Portal geodatabase administration.

Hands-on experience with enterprise relational spatial databases (PostgreSQL/PostGIS or SQL Server Spatial).

Demonstrated experience building and maintaining automated spatial data pipelines using Python.

Preferred

Experience with Western U.S. federal and state land data sources (BLM, USFS, state trust land offices, county assessors).

Familiarity with FME or similar ETL platforms.

Background in energy, natural resources, environmental consulting, or land development.

Location

Fervo Energy is headquartered in Houston, TX with growing offices in Oakland, CA, Golden, CO, Reno, NV, and Salt Lake City, UT. This position will be eligible for some hybrid work flexibility, but regular in-office presence at a Fervo office location will be required.

Compensation

Fervo provides a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, short-term and long-term disability, flexible paid time off, and paid parental leave. Additionally, Fervo offers an incentive stock options program, a bonus incentive program, and a 401(k) plan with an employer match.

Fervo Energy is providing the compensation range and general description of other compensation and benefits that the company in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities in addition to internal equity and geographic location. Expected Salary: $[XXX] – $[XXX] based on location and experience.

Fervo Energy reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, or federal law.

• Fervo offers a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your health, financial well-being, and life outside of work. Benefits for eligible employees include:
• Medical, dental, and vision plan options
• Employer-paid basic life insurance and short-term and long-term disability coverage
• A 401(k) plan with a dollar-for-dollar company match
• Flexible paid time off and paid parental leave
• Family-building, fertility, hormonal health, pregnancy, postpartum, and parenting support through Carrot
• A dependent care FSA for eligible child and elder care expenses
• An annual Lifestyle Spending Account for eligible wellness expenses, including fitness, financial planning, pet insurance, and pet care
• Employee ownership opportunities through Fervo’s Employee Stock Purchase Program, as well as stock option grants and bonus opportunities for eligible roles

Benefits and programs are subject to eligibility requirements and may change.

Our Workplace

Fervo Energy highly values having employees work in the office to foster collaboration and strengthen our company culture. This role follows a hybrid schedule, with team members expected to work in the office three days per week. Fervo considers this in-office schedule an essential function of the role. Your recruiter can share more information about the schedule.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Fervo Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, gender, religion, marital status, registered domestic partner status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sex, genetic information, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local law. Fervo also prohibits discrimination based on the perception that an individual has any of these characteristics or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of these characteristics.