Remote Geospatial Data Platform Engineer

Network Designs; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) retirement matching

Paid leave & holidays

Job summary

Network Designs, Inc. (NDi) seeks a Data Platform Engineer to build geospatial data pipelines, publish services, and deliver BI-ready outcomes for FAA data. You will automate ETL, coordinate deployments, and ensure secure, scalable data solutions across ArcGIS platforms and AWS.

Your background includes 4+ years in geospatial analytics, ArcGIS, Python, and cloud integration, with a strong focus on data quality and collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or a similar discipline, or three years of military experience in a qualified geospatial analysis role.
• Minimum 4 years of demonstrable experience developing geospatial visualization, analytical, and/or business intelligence products in an enterprise environment.
• Demonstrated ability to perform work closely related to the assigned tasks and work products.
• Strong written, verbal, analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to work with sensitive, confidential, or regulated information and follow FAA and federal policies and procedures.
• Ability to use FAA-issued accounts and Government-designated collaboration and task-tracking systems as required.

Responsibilities

• Document architecture and data flows for geospatial ETL automation into enterprise geodatabases and ArcGIS data stores.
• Develop reusable Python code using ArcGIS Python API, ArcPy, GeoPandas, and GDAL to create and maintain geospatial ingestion and transformation pipelines.
• Automate publishing and updating of web services from ArcGIS Pro projects and other geospatial formats to ArcGIS Enterprise or ArcGIS Online.
• Manage Python environments and package dependencies and coordinate deployment and configuration on approved automation servers.
• Design refresh schedules, production automation, monitoring, alerting, and rapid response procedures for ETL and publishing failures.
• Configure, optimize, and sustain GIS server integrations, SaaS tools, cloud-installed solutions, and associated AWS resources.
• Support security assessments, technical responses, vulnerability mitigations, configuration documentation, and compliance activities.
• Collaborate with geospatial users and user communities to execute data calls, respond to policy and datum changes, and translate analytical needs into maps, dashboards, services, and spatial analyses.
• Validate data accuracy, consistency, and integrity and present findings and recommendations to technical and mission stakeholders.

Skills

Geospatial visualization

ArcGIS

Python

ArcPy

GeoPandas

GDAL

Data pipelines

BI dashboards

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or geospatial

Military geospatial experience

Tools

ArcGIS Server

ArcGIS Pro

ArcGIS Online

AWS

Job description

Network Designs, Inc. (NDi) seeks a Data Platform Engineer to build geospatial data pipelines, publish services, and deliver BI-ready outcomes for FAA data. You will automate ETL, coordinate deployments, and ensure secure, scalable data solutions across ArcGIS platforms and AWS.

Your background includes 4+ years in geospatial analytics, ArcGIS, Python, and cloud integration, with a strong focus on data quality and collaboration with cross-functional teams.