Senior Geospatial Data Engineer

Salary: $155000 - 226000 per year Requirements: We require an active TS/SCI U.S. Government security clearance with polygraph. We require U.S. citizenship, and certain roles may require U.S. person status under export control rules. We require a bachelors degree in Geography, GIS, Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or a related technical field. We require 12+ years of professional experience in geospatial technology, software development, data engineering, data analysis, or a similar technical discipline. We need strong Python expertise for geospatial processing, automation, transformation, analysis, and workflow improvement. We require experience working with large geospatial datasets, including cleaning, joining, enriching, validating, and preparing data for analysis or publication. We require hands-on experience with ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Portal, or ArcGIS Online, including publishing and maintaining hosted feature layers, web maps, dashboards, and related content. We require experience curating geospatial holdings, with a focus on organization, metadata, discoverability, and data quality. We require experience creating dashboards, reports, or visual analytics in Tableau or a similar business intelligence platform. We require knowledge of geospatial formats, projections, coordinate systems, spatial joins, geoprocessing workflows, cartography, and spatial data management. We require experience with relational databases, preferably PostgreSQL/PostGIS, for storing, querying, and managing spatial or tabular data. We require strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and customer engagement skills. We require the ability to work independently with minimal oversight while coordinating effectively across teams, offices, and mission stakeholders. Responsibilities: We partner with mission users to understand geospatial data needs, analytical questions, visualization requirements, and operational workflows. We identify, acquire, clean, transform, validate, curate, and publish large geospatial and tabular datasets from multiple sources. We develop Python scripts and tools to automate geospatial data processing, quality control, enrichment, transformation, and publication. We manage and refresh ArcGIS Portal content, including hosted feature layers, map services, web maps, dashboards, data hubs, and other geospatial products. We build and maintain Tableau dashboards, reports, and analytical visualizations for the data processing office and mission stakeholders. We apply cartographic best practices, including symbology, labeling, layer management, metadata, and performance tuning, to improve usability. We integrate structured, unstructured, tabular, and spatial data into unified analytical and visualization environments. We support geospatial data library activities such as dataset organization, metadata creation, version control, quality checks, discoverability, and lifecycle upkeep. We create documentation, data dictionaries, SOPs, user guidance, and technical recommendations to support repeatable workflows. We work independently across two office environments while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and communicating clearly to technical and non-technical audiences. Technologies: Business Intelligence GIS Support PostgreSQL Python Security Tableau Web Cloud Confluence DevOps ElasticSearch JIRA Kibana Machine Learning More: We are Nimbus Data Systems, a team building the next frontier of spatial intelligence to help decision makers and operators understand what is happening now and anticipate what comes next. This is a mission-driven, hands-on role for a cleared geospatial technologist working across two mission offices, combining geospatial data curation, ArcGIS Portal administration, Python-based data processing, and Tableau-driven reporting. We offer a competitive total rewards package that includes a robust 401(k) with company match, mental health resources, student loan repayment assistance, adoption reimbursement, and pet insurance. The base pay for the Washington, DC metropolitan area is $137,000.00 to $200,200.00 annually, with location-based ranges for other states. We are committed to an inclusive workplace and an equal opportunity hiring process. last updated 28 week of 2026