Senior Geospatial Data & Automation Engineer

GRVTY; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plan

HSA with company contribution

Paid time off

Parental leave

401k with company match

Training & development

Job summary

GRVTY is seeking a highly skilled geospatial data engineer to secure, automate, and streamline NGA Mapping, Charting and Geodesy content delivery. You will work with Python automation, API development, and CI/CD security practices to safeguard data across enterprise environments.

The role emphasizes ArcGIS expertise, secure coding, and cross‑discipline collaboration with GEOINT teams to implement automated quality checks and robust security controls.

Qualifications

• 10 years of combined experience in the field with a Bachelor’s in a relevant field of study.
• Advanced proficiency with geospatial technologies including ArcGIS Suite (ArcPro, ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Server), enterprise geodatabase management and geodatabase versioning workflows.
• Advanced proficiency with Python programming (pandas, matplotlib) and secure coding practices, including code review techniques.
• Advanced proficiency developing and securing APIs, including API development with security controls (authentication, authorization, rate limiting), REST API security, and OAuth implementation.
• Advanced proficiency with database technologies including PostgreSQL and Oracle database management, database security configuration and access controls, and cloud-based database solutions with security configurations.
• Experience implementing database encryption, audit logging, monitoring, and backup/recovery security.
• Advanced proficiency with ETL processes with data validation, data integrity verification and quality assurance, and secure data transfer protocols and encryption.
• Ability to use and contribute code to repositories with security scanning (GitHub/GitLab), including git security practices and pre-commit hooks.
• Experience developing CI/CD pipelines with security integration, Infrastructure-as-Code with security controls, container security (Docker, Kubernetes), and integrating security scanning tools.
• Experience with secrets management systems (AWS Secrets Manager) and vulnerability management platforms.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement automation strategies to streamline data handling, integrity, and distribution processes.
• Develop and apply methods to identify, collect, process, and analyze large volumes of data to enhance GEOINT processes and systems.
• Design and deploy custom automation tools to enable secure, rapid data transfer with minimal manual intervention.
• Apply AI/ML techniques to enhance geospatial analysis capabilities and data extraction accuracy.
• Develop API-based integration solutions to improve data exchange between NGA and partner systems.
• Maintain legacy Python codebase; integrate new security requirements and future Source dissemination solutions.
• Collaborate with GEOINT content teams to integrate automated quality checks and ensure data integrity.

Skills

ArcGIS Suite

Python

Secure coding practices

API security

REST API security

CI/CD security

Git/GitHub security scanning

OAuth implementation

Database security

ETL security

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

Oracle DB

AWS Secrets Manager

Job description

GRVTY is seeking a highly skilled geospatial data engineer to secure, automate, and streamline NGA Mapping, Charting and Geodesy content delivery. You will work with Python automation, API development, and CI/CD security practices to safeguard data across enterprise environments.

The role emphasizes ArcGIS expertise, secure coding, and cross‑discipline collaboration with GEOINT teams to implement automated quality checks and robust security controls.