Senior Geospatial Application Developer Washington, D.C. Metro - hybrid/remote

Ardent Management Consulting, Inc; Washington (District of Columbia); Remote; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equal opportunity employer

Support for veterans and individuals with disabilities

Job summary

Ardent Management Consulting, Inc is seeking a Senior Geospatial Application Developer to join our hybrid team in Washington, D.C. This role involves leading the development of geospatial applications to support federal requirements and cybersecurity needs.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree in a related field, with a minimum of 6 years' experience. You will collaborate closely with various teams to ensure applications meet mission needs.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 6 years of relevant professional experience.
• Experience leading application development teams.
• Experience developing using user interfaces and APIs.

Responsibilities

• Develop, enhance, and maintain geospatial applications.
• Support implementation and maintenance of ArcGIS Enterprise.
• Collaborate across teams to meet federal IT requirements.

Skills

Application development

Geospatial solutions

Collaboration skills

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

ArcGIS Enterprise

ArcGIS Server

Job description

At Ardent, we hire people who want more than a job — they want to serve a mission that matters. Our teams support the federal government’s most critical national security and defense priorities, helping protect the nation, strengthen resilience, and advance the technologies and capabilities that keep America secure. For veterans, cleared professionals, and purpose-driven innovators, Ardent is a place to continue serving alongside a team that understands the importance of the mission and the people behind it.

Ardent is seeking a Senior Geospatial Application Developer to join our team.

This is a hybrid position in Washington DC.

Position 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 support the design, development, enhancement, and maintenance of geospatial applications, user interfaces, workflows, APIs, and related services.

The Senior Geospatial Application Developer will lead application development activities and collaborate with program team members across infrastructure, security, data, and operations to ensure applications meet federal IT requirements and mission needs.

Responsibilities and Duties

• 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.
• 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Geography, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience developing applications using ArcGIS APIs and SDKs.
• Experience supporting ArcGIS GeoEvent Server.
• Experience with cloud-native application development.
• Experience supporting Kubernetes-based environments.
• Experience supporting GIS dashboards, analytics, and visualization tools.
• Experience supporting DHS or other federal government geospatial programs.
• Experience with DevSecOps, CI/CD pipelines, or automated deployment processes.
• Esri technical certifications.

Due to the nature of the work we support, all candidates in consideration for this role must be willing to undergo the government issued background investigation process. We highly encourage all Veterans and those with disabilities to apply.

Ardent is an equal opportunity employer. We will not discriminate in employment, recruitment, advertisements for employment, compensation, termination, upgrading, promotions, and other conditions of employment against any employee or job applicant on the bases of race, color, gender, national origin, age, religion, creed, disability, veteran's status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or any other basis protected by state, local, or federal law.