GIS Database Administrator

Position Title: GIS Database Administrator

Location:

Responsibilities:

The roles of the GIS Database Administrator include, but are not limited to, the following:

- Skilled in ArcGIS Server administration and managing Windows 2019 server’s environment, including installation, administration, technical support, application development, and database development for a multi-disciplined and multi-network environment.
- Conducting day-to-day geospatial and non-spatial data management activities necessary to support the implementation of data repositories related to design, staging, and production environments.
- Responsible for daily maintenance of GIS databases, including enterprise SQL Server spatial databases and Microsoft Access databases supporting various applications.
- Ensuring GIS data and products are operational, accurate, available, usable, shareable, integrated, and interpreted for use by KOC end-users.
- Development and design of database strategies, monitoring and improving database performance and capacity, and planning for future expansion requirements.
- Coordinating and implementing security measures to safeguard spatial databases, including disaster recovery, performance analysis and tuning, data dictionary maintenance, and database design.
- Exporting and importing complex data structures between applications to support KOC’s data requirements.
- Management of versioned data and data QA/QC.
- Providing training to KOC staff in system administration, database administration, spatial data modeling, applications development, and structured techniques in the deployment of advanced technologies.
- Managing customer relationships and expectations.

Requirements:

- Minimum 7 years of experience as a geospatial professional, using the ESRI ArcGIS platform.
- Knowledge of logical database design and modelling using Unified Modelling Language (UML) and related technologies, ArcGIS Server, ArcSDE services, installation/configuration of ArcSDE services on RDBMS.
- Skilled in RDBMS routine monitoring and administration tools.
- Skilled in designing and implementing large (enterprise) geospatial systems, working with enterprise architectures/solutions using ESRI products.
- Knowledge of relational database systems and existing programs used for GIS and geodatabase processing.
- Professional knowledge of concepts and principles of geospatial data management.
- Working knowledge and experience with ESRI suite of GIS software at version level 10.7.x, including ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Server, ArcSDE.
- Experience with organizing and providing information on the Internet and Intranet, including the ability to create and manage map services for ArcGIS data sets.
- ESRI Certification for Enterprise Geodatabase Management at the Associate level highly desirable.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft SharePoint latest version.

Education:

- Bachelor’s Degree in Geography, GIS, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

Generic & Specific Skills:

- Ability to read, write, and speak English fluently.