Lead Geospatial App Developer — Hybrid DC

Ardent; Washington; Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Comprehensive health coverage

Flexible PTO

Federal holidays off

Tuition reimbursement

Professional development support

Wellness stipends

Job summary

Ardent is seeking a Senior Geospatial Application Developer to lead application development efforts supporting enterprise geospatial solutions within a federal environment.

This role will lead the design, development, enhancement, and maintenance of geospatial applications, user interfaces, workflows, APIs, and related services, collaborating with program teams to ensure requirements are met. Hybrid position in Washington DC.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, GIS, Geography, IT, Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum of 6 years of relevant professional experience.
• Experience leading application development teams or workstreams.
• Experience developing applications with UIs, workflows, and APIs.
• Proficiency with Python, C++, JavaScript, C#, .NET or similar.
• Experience with ArcGIS Enterprise/Server.
• Experience developing web apps, dashboards, or APIs.
• Experience collaborating with infrastructure, security, data, and program teams.
• Experience in federal IT, cybersecurity, or compliance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead application development for enterprise geospatial solutions.
• Develop, enhance, and maintain geospatial applications, UIs, workflows, and APIs.
• Support development and maintenance of geospatial solutions.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, security, data, and program teams to meet DHS IT requirements.
• Support ArcGIS Enterprise and related geospatial services.
• Develop web GIS applications, dashboards, and integration workflows.
• Support geospatial data management, visualization, analysis, and integration.
• Participate in testing, troubleshooting, performance tuning, deployment, and maintenance.
• Create technical documentation and user guides.
• Support security, RBAC, and privacy in development activities.
• Provide technical guidance to the team.
• Support development, testing, production, and O&M environments.

Skills

Python

C++

JavaScript

C#

.NET

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

ArcGIS Enterprise

ArcGIS Server

Esri technologies

ArcGIS APIs/SDKs

Job description

Ardent is seeking a Senior Geospatial Application Developer to lead application development efforts supporting enterprise geospatial solutions within a federal environment.

This role will lead the design, development, enhancement, and maintenance of geospatial applications, user interfaces, workflows, APIs, and related services, collaborating with program teams to ensure requirements are met. Hybrid position in Washington DC.