GIS Database Administrator (Esri Enterprise Geodatabase / Azure SQL)
- Pay Rate: $55 – $65/hour (on W2)
- Contract Length: 12 months
- Location: Spring, TX 77389 | Onsite
Raise is currently hiring a contract team member on behalf of our client. They’re expanding their team to meet growing needs, making this a unique opportunity to work with an industry leader.
Overview
You keep the geospatial data of a global energy company running for the whole enterprise. As the go-to administrator for its Esri enterprise geodatabases on Azure SQL, you manage, tune, restore, and secure the databases that GIS users rely on every day. The environment recently moved to Azure, so your work shapes how it runs from here. Success means healthy databases, fast fixes, and GIS users who get what they need.
Responsibilities
- Manage Esri enterprise geodatabases (Spatial Database Engine, or SDE) on Azure SQL. You create new geodatabases, update schemas, and repair databases.
- Monitor and tune database performance.
- Restore Azure SQL databases and support backup and disaster recovery with the wider team.
- Manage user access and keep data in line with governance standards.
- Manage GIS data and editing workflows, including work with file geodatabases.
- Support GIS users and business line contacts across the company. You troubleshoot issues and find root causes.
- Configure and maintain map, feature, and geoprocessing services.
- Work through an Agile backlog with a global GIS team based in Houston and India.
- Build Python tools that automate routine database and data tasks.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience with ArcGIS Enterprise and Esri enterprise geodatabases (SDE)
- 5+ years administering SQL Server or Azure SQL. On-premises SQL Server geodatabase experience counts.
- Experience with the ArcGIS REST API, web maps, and feature services
- A strong grasp of geographic information system (GIS) principles and geospatial data management
- Ability to work onsite in Spring, TX, five days a week, with a team across time zones
Preferred Qualifications
- Azure SQL experience. If your Esri skills are strong, you can learn Azure on the job.
- Python experience, including ArcPy
- Experience with FME (Feature Manipulation Engine), extract, transform, load (ETL) processes, or connecting GIS to other databases
- Experience with disconnected Azure environments, Azure networking, zero trust, or Terraform
- GitHub experience
- Experience on Agile teams
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