GIS Application Developer

About the role

Overview

DRT Strategies delivers expert management consulting and information technology (IT) solutions to large federal agencies, state and local government and commercial clients in health care, technology, and financial services industries.

The three letters of our name, DRT, stand for Driving Resolution Together, which is the core philosophy on which the company was founded. That is, we collaborate with our clients to solve their most pressing challenges - together.

We are problem solvers dedicated to your success, combining Fortune 500 experience with small business responsiveness. We have established a reputation with our clients as a forward-thinking consulting firm with demonstrated success in implementing solutions that lead to meaningful results. Our world-class consultants unite people to work collaboratively to achieve project goals and make vision a reality.

Project Description:

DRT provides solutions to address diverse, complex, and emerging problems within the public health domains. Our support includes the design, development, and enhancements of internal and external applications, websites, and database solutions with geospatial components. Our team develops innovative data capture and analysis techniques in the field to enhance emergency response efforts all around the world.

Job Summary:

The GIS Application Developer works directly with public health GIS analysts, coordinators, epidemiologists, and other technologists to design, develop, deploy, and maintain IT solutions. The developer builds complex applications for new and existing complex GIS systems. Following an Agile DevOps methodology, builds and tests systems their integration.

Responsibilities:

Designs, configures, customizes, and deploys new features to existing solutions; builds features from customer requirements, managing data flows, and performing routine maintenance, enhancements, and bug fixes

Develops and manages a schedule to meet deliverables and establish estimated completion dates

Follows the government’s software development lifecycle framework and provides agreed upon project documentation

Supports requirements elicitation and provide feedback to optimize requirements to align to development best practices; works with business owners and analysts to define workflows and develop user stories

Completes tasks on time with minimal supervision but supports collaboration across teams

Provide performance monitoring and tuning, service configuration, security, and licensing when needed

Provide user management support

Troubleshoot hardware, software, and network issues

Administer Enterprise Geodatabases using SQL

Automate analysis and reporting tasks using scripting languages such as Python/JavaScript to support field operations

Produce static and interactive cartographic products to communicate complex concepts to audiences of all types

Required Experience:

Must have or be able to obtain a Public Trust with the US federal government

At least seven (7) years’ experience in IT development roles

Three (3) or more years of experience with relational database management systems using SQL

Three (3) or more years of GIS analysis experience

Experience with developing mobile-first/responsive, dynamic, and scalable web applications

Knowledge of geospatial and mapping concepts such as spatial analysis, map projections, etc.

Excellent data management skills

Browser: web workers, service workers, Web Assembly (Wasm), HTTP range requests

Web Mapping: MapLibre, OpenLayers, ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript

API Integration: ASP.NET web api, REST api

Web UI: HTML/CSS, Bootstrap, D3.js, DataTables.net

Cloud-native Data Formats: parquet, geoparquet, pmtiles, COG (cloud native geotiff)

Cloud platforms: Azure Cloud Storage, Azure Functions

Geospatial databases - PostGIS, Spatial SQL

Programming: JavaScript, python, Node.js, C#

CLI: vector/raster tile generation, gdal/ogr, tippecanoe

Module bundlers: Webpack, Vite

Web Accessibility: WCAG-Section 508, Axe DevTools, Google Lighthouse

Preferred Experience:

Experience with CDC environment and standards: SDLC, technical architecture, release processes

Experience using Esri ArcGIS Enterprise (Portal), ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Server, SDE

Experience with Agile and DevOps methodologies

Esri or Azure certifications

Cloud architectures: GeoLakehouse, Apache Iceberg, Hive partitioning, Hilbert Ordering

Browser Storage APIs-Origin Private File System (OPFS)

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Geoarrow

DuckDB

SedonaDB

Education & Training:

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, GIS or related field

Work Authorization, Clearance Requirement, & Additional Information:

This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government Public Trust clearance. Due to contract requirements, candidates must be U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents (green card holders) to be eligible.

No agencies, third parties, or Corp-to-Corp submissions.

Salary Range:

$45/hour - $60/hour

Salary commensurate with experience.

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Atlanta, GA, United States

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