GIS Server Administrator

Overview

GIS Server Administrator

Location : Clearwater and remote

Schedule : While most work is performed remotely, some on-premise compulsory work periods are required in special, emergency, and / or disaster situations.

ONLY PINELLAS COUNTY GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES MAY APPLY

The Pinellas County Business Technology Services Department is looking for a Senior Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Application Analyst to administer and manage Esri ArcGIS Online, and Esri GIS servers that are hosted on-premise and in the cloud. This position is mainly remote (with a Florida residency requirement) some onsite work performed as needed.

Strong knowledge of ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Online, and ArcGIS Desktop (ArcMap and ArcGIS Pro) is required to manage the County's 100+ GIS servers. The incumbent will be required to architect, deploy, and manage highly available ArcGIS Enterprise Portals with multiple federated ArcGIS Server sites. The Senior GIS Application Analyst serves as a technical leader, providing expertise in server-based GIS infrastructure, application development, and data integration while adhering to industry best practices and government regulations. Work requires creative and original thinking and is performed under the general direction of management with extensive latitude for individual and team initiative, judgment, and discretion.

What Would You Do?

• Architect, deploy, configure, and maintain Esri GIS servers and related applications including ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Online, and ArcGIS Desktop (ArcMap and ArcGIS Pro).
• Monitor, analyze, and optimize Esri GIS server performance, manage resources, and perform / schedule routine maintenance.
• Tune and optimize GIS services and perform capacity planning.
• Ensure high availability and reliability of Esri GIS services through effective load balancing, highly available architecture, and failover strategies.
• Implement and manage GIS backup and disaster recovery solutions.
• Familiarity with Arcade and Python scripting.
• Collaborate with business partners and other government agencies to implement GIS solutions.
• Demonstrates expert-level knowledge on Esri GIS assignments that require the highest degree of quality, dependability, judgment, communications, and self-initiative in performance.
• Demonstrates leadership that fosters commitment, team spirit, pride and trust through mentoring, recognizing and guiding employees to achieve results.
• Assesses agency and organizational resources and capabilities to develop, influence, and motivate associates and others to change or improve policies, procedures, work plans, and ways of doing business to achieve more efficient and effective services, operations, or performance.
• Prepares and takes responsibility for project plans / schedules, and outlines requirements, tasks, work assignments, resources and critical milestones.
• Takes ownership of urgent complex cross-sectional subject matter issues and leads teams to resolve controversial problems in a timely manner.
• Makes and delivers informal and formal presentations, both verbally and in writing, to peers, managers, and customers at various levels of the organization using clear, concise and effective communication.

What Do You Have To Have?

Education and Experience :

Seven (7) years of technical and professional experience in information technology that includes customer service and 1 (one) year of professional team leadership or supervision in the assigned subject matter tasks; or an Associate's degree in information technology, computer science, computer technology, or related field and five (5) years of experience as described above; or a Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, computer technology, or related field and three (3) years of experience as described above; or an equivalent combination of education, training, and / or experience.

Our benefits rank among the top in the area!

Want To Learn More?

Please review the full classification description with the Physical / Mental Demands and Working Conditions at the below link.

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