Senior Geospatial Data Engineer — Mission-Critical

Orchard LLC; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 206,000; Full time

Job summary

Orchard LLC is seeking a Senior Geospatial Data Engineer in McLean, VA. The role requires an active TS/SCI with Poly and hands-on development of geospatial data, ArcGIS Portal content, and Tableau-driven dashboards to support government missions.

You’ll bridge two offices—data curation/visualization and data processing/analytics—working independently with mission customers to turn spatial and tabular data into trusted, decision-ready products.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Geography, GIS, Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 12+ years of professional experience in geospatial technology, software development, data engineering, data analysis, or related field.
• Strong Python experience for geospatial data processing, automation, transformation, analysis, and workflow improvement.
• Hands-on experience with ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Portal, or ArcGIS Online, including publishing and maintaining hosted content.
• Experience curating geospatial data holdings, metadata, discoverability, and data quality.
• Experience developing dashboards, reports, or analytic visualizations in Tableau or similar BI tools.

Responsibilities

• Support two mission areas: Geospatial data curation/visualization and data processing/Tableau reporting.
• Publish and maintain hosted layers, web maps, dashboards, and geospatial products in ArcGIS Portal.
• Build and maintain Tableau dashboards and visual analytics used by mission stakeholders.
• Develop Python scripts to automate geospatial workflows and data publication.
• Collaborate with mission users to understand data needs and operational workflows.
• Ensure data quality, metadata, and documentation for repeatable workflows.
• Engage with cross-office teams and communicate technical concepts clearly.

Skills

Python

ArcGIS

Tableau

PostgreSQL/PostGIS

Geospatial data processing

Data visualisation

Dashboards

Data governance

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Geography, GIS, Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering

Tools

ArcGIS Portal

ArcGIS Online

ArcGIS Pro

ArcPy

GeoPandas

Shapely

Fiona

Rasterio

GDAL

QGIS

Job description

Orchard LLC is seeking a Senior Geospatial Data Engineer in McLean, VA. The role requires an active TS/SCI with Poly and hands-on development of geospatial data, ArcGIS Portal content, and Tableau-driven dashboards to support government missions.

You’ll bridge two offices—data curation/visualization and data processing/analytics—working independently with mission customers to turn spatial and tabular data into trusted, decision-ready products.