Remote ArcGIS Enterprise Specialist

Ardent Management Consulting, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Ardent Management Consulting, Inc. is seeking an ArcGIS/Geospatial Specialist to support enterprise geospatial systems and modernization initiatives in a federal government environment.

This remote role focuses on administering ArcGIS Enterprise environments, automating workflows, and ensuring reliable GIS services. You will collaborate with infra, cloud, and geospatial teams to optimize performance, upgrade processes, and document changes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in GIS, Computer Science, Information Technology, Geography, Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in GIS systems administration, geospatial engineering, or closely related roles.
• Experience administering and supporting Esri ArcGIS Enterprise environments, including ArcGIS Server.
• Experience configuring, publishing, maintaining, and troubleshooting enterprise GIS services and datasets.
• Experience automating geospatial workflows, service publication, or data management processes.
• Experience supporting ArcGIS Enterprise upgrades, system maintenance, and compatibility testing.
• Knowledge of enterprise GIS architecture, system integrations, and infrastructure dependencies.
• Experience monitoring and troubleshooting GIS platform performance, availability, and operational issues.
• Familiarity with scripting or automation technologies used in enterprise GIS environments.
• Experience developing technical documentation and supporting established change-management procedures.

Responsibilities

• Administer, configure, maintain, monitor, and troubleshoot ArcGIS Enterprise environments, geospatial services, datasets, and integrations.
• Automate ArcGIS service publication and data refresh workflows across integration, certification, and production environments.
• Plan, test, execute, and document ArcGIS Enterprise upgrades, including compatibility testing, rollback planning, and post-upgrade validation.
• Deploy, configure, and maintain geospatial administration tools, including GeoJobe Admin Tools and CleanMyOrg.
• Perform ArcGIS Server load testing, performance tuning, capacity planning, scaling optimization, and resource right-sizing.
• Support ArcGIS service-health dashboards, system monitoring, and integration with enterprise observability tools.
• Contribute to assessments and modernization planning for ArcGIS Enterprise on Amazon EKS, including architecture, cost, security, operational risks, and migration considerations.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, cloud, development, and geospatial teams to support system reliability and operational improvements.
• Maintain technical documentation, performance metrics, and change-management records.

Skills

GIS systems administration

Automation

Scripting

Documentation

Cloud architecture awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in GIS or related field

Tools

ArcGIS Enterprise Administration

Python

ArcPy

ArcGIS API for Python

GeoJobe Admin Tools

CleanMyOrg

Job description

Ardent Management Consulting, Inc. is seeking an ArcGIS/Geospatial Specialist to support enterprise geospatial systems and modernization initiatives in a federal government environment.

This remote role focuses on administering ArcGIS Enterprise environments, automating workflows, and ensuring reliable GIS services. You will collaborate with infra, cloud, and geospatial teams to optimize performance, upgrade processes, and document changes.