Senior Geospatial Application Developer

Jobtailor; Washington (WA, District of Columbia); On-site; USD 110,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced Senior Geospatial Software Engineer to lead development of enterprise GIS applications for DHS IT programs. You will build interfaces, workflows, and APIs, while ensuring security and compliance requirements are met.

The role requires 6+ years of experience with ArcGIS technologies, strong programming skills, and the ability to guide a multi-disciplinary team in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Experience leading development teams or development workstreams.
• Experience developing applications including UI, workflows, and APIs.
• Proficiency in Python, C++, JavaScript, C#, .NET or similar technologies.
• Experience with ArcGIS Enterprise / Esri technologies.
• Experience in federal IT, cybersecurity, or compliance environments.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Lead application development efforts for enterprise geospatial solutions.
• Develop, enhance, and maintain geospatial applications, user interfaces, workflows, and APIs.
• Support new development and maintenance of existing geospatial solutions.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, security, data, and program teams to ensure applications meet DHS IT requirements.
• Support implementation and maintenance of ArcGIS Enterprise and related geospatial services.
• Develop web-based GIS applications, dashboards, and integration workflows.
• Support geospatial data management, visualization, analysis, and application integration activities.
• Participate in application testing, troubleshooting, performance tuning, deployment, and maintenance activities.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, application specifications, and user guides.
• Support cybersecurity, role-based access, and privacy requirements within application development activities.
• Provide technical guidance to application development team members.
• Support development, testing, production, and operations and maintenance environments.

Skills

Python

REST APIs

Web development

GIS analysis

Team leadership

ArcGIS Enterprise

ArcGIS Server

Esri tech stack

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, GIS, Geography, IT, Engineering, or related field

Tools

ArcGIS Enterprise

ArcGIS Server

Job description

Responsibilities

• Lead application development efforts for enterprise geospatial solutions.
• Develop, enhance, and maintain geospatial applications, user interfaces, workflows, and APIs.
• Support new development and maintenance of existing geospatial solutions.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, security, data, and program teams to ensure applications meet DHS IT requirements.
• Support implementation and maintenance of ArcGIS Enterprise and related geospatial services.
• Develop web-based GIS applications, dashboards, and integration workflows.
• Support geospatial data management, visualization, analysis, and application integration activities.
• Participate in application testing, troubleshooting, performance tuning, deployment, and maintenance activities.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, application specifications, and user guides.
• Support cybersecurity, role-based access, and privacy requirements within application development activities.
• Provide technical guidance to application development team members.
• Support development, testing, production, and operations and maintenance environments.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Geography, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum of 6 years of relevant professional experience.
• Experience leading application development teams or development workstreams.
• Experience developing applications including user interfaces, workflows, and APIs.
• Proficiency with programming languages such as Python, C++, JavaScript, C#, .NET, or similar technologies.
• Experience supporting new development and/or maintenance of existing geospatial solutions.
• Experience working with ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Server, or related Esri technologies.
• Experience developing web applications, dashboards, workflows, or APIs.
• Experience collaborating with infrastructure, security, data, and program teams.
• Experience supporting applications within federal IT, cybersecurity, or compliance requirements.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and support multiple priorities.