GIS Architect - American Technology Consulting

GIS Data ArchitectPosition Description:The GIS Data Architect under the Enterprise Section reports to the MichiganDepartment of Technology, Management, and Budget (DTMB) Agency Servicessupporting the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT). This position willwork with Enterprise Application Architect and Enterprise Data Architect. Thisposition will be partnering with MDOT’s GIS Team, MDOT application Businessleads and MDOT Information Stewards. This position will collaborate with GISdata authors and consumers, Center for Shared Solutions (CSS) GISAdministrators, Roads & Highways specialists, MDOT SDE (Spatial Data Engine)Geodatabase Administrators, information management staff, solution developersand business domain stakeholders, such as information managers, data stewardsand business analysts.Experience Required: * A minimum of 5 years of experience in GIS-IT and enterprise data architecture. * Minimum of 2 years integrating GIS systems built on relational databases with other applications (built in-house and vendor). Ability to quickly comprehend the GIS needs of applications and develop smart data solutions to deliver the data.Skillsets Required: * Expert level experience with ESRI ArcGIS products such as ArcCatalog, ArcMap or ArcPro. * Experience building model data workflows to extract, transform and load GIS data using ArcGIS Model Builder is a must. (Experience on Spatial ETL tools such as Safe FME will be a plus.) * Experience using the ESRI Roads and Highways Database and ESRI Versioned/non-Versioned Datasets. * Knowledge in Python Programming using the ArcPy and ArcGIS Python API. * Demonstratable experience in building GIS integration capabilities (feature or web service based) with applications. * Knowledge and proven skills in MS SQL Server Spatial and Oracle Spatial. * Excellent communication skills to collaborate at all levels of the organization.Position Summary:The MDOT GIS Architect will be the key resource in integrating MDOT applicationsto the ESRI Roads and Highways for GIS data. The duty of this position involvesunderstanding the data collected in Roads & Highways Database, MDOT’s SDEenvironment and data needs of MDOT’s applications. It also includes identifyingthe differences and driving towards accuracy, standardization, andsynchronization. This position will assist the annual migration of MDOTapplications while working towards the new and improvised migration process.This position will participate in key meetings involving GIS data as a DTMBAgency Service representative and speaks to the GIS needs of consumerapplications.This position will also be responsible for managing the ArcGIS License managerwhich involves setup, update of the MDOT’s ESRI License manager, and adding oflicenses periodically.