GIS Team Lead – Senior GIS Engineer

About the role

We are looking for a highly capable GIS Team Lead / Senior GIS Engineer to own the design, administration, support and continuous improvement of our ESRI GIS platform across a multi‑server environment. The role combines technical leadership with hands‑on engineering to deliver reliable GIS services to business and operational stakeholders.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the GIS team in implementing, operating and supporting enterprise GIS solutions.
• Provide technical guidance to engineers, analysts, developers and support staff.
• Administer and maintain the ESRI ArcGIS Enterprise stack (ArcGIS Server, Portal, Web Adaptor, Data Store, Pro, Desktop).
• Manage GIS deployments across development, test, staging and production environments.
• Monitor server health, performance, storage and ensure backup, recovery and business continuity.
• Coordinate with IT for server provisioning, network configuration, firewall rules, DNS, certificates and access management.
• Maintain enterprise geodatabases on SQL Server, PostgreSQL or Oracle, ensuring data integrity, versioning and synchronization.
• Support integration with SCADA, asset‑management systems, APIs and third‑party applications.
• Publish and maintain map, feature and geoprocessing services, web GIS dashboards and custom interfaces.
• Implement GIS security best practices and integrate with enterprise identity solutions.

Required profile

• Proven experience leading GIS teams and delivering enterprise‑scale GIS solutions.
• Strong knowledge of ESRI ArcGIS Enterprise components and best‑practice administration.
• Hands‑on expertise in managing multi‑server, high‑availability GIS deployments.
• Experience coordinating with IT, vendors and project stakeholders.

Required skills

• ESRI ArcGIS Enterprise (ArcGIS Server, Portal, Web Adaptor, Data Store, Pro, Desktop)
• SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Oracle database administration
• SCADA and asset‑management system integration
• API development and third‑party application integration
• Web GIS services, dashboards and custom GIS interfaces
• GIS security, role‑based access, Active Directory integration
• Load balancing, high‑availability and disaster‑recovery planning
• Server virtualization, network configuration, firewall and DNS management