Role: GIS Technical Consultant Location: Herndon, VA Duration: 12+ Months Essential Functions, Responsibilities & Duties may include, but are not limited to: Serve as subject matter expert in the ArcGIS platform to other staff and the client Evaluate end user needs, translate business requirements to technical design in collaboration with business and product owners Leverage existing applications to architect well designed structures that will grow and scale Create project and application architecture deliverables that are consistent with architecture principles, standards, methodologies, and best practices Estimate tasks, monitor progress, proactively mitigate risk, ensure complete documentation, and report status Work Experience, Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: Bachelors degree in computer science, Engineering, or technical or business discipline; 8 years of additional relevant experience may be substituted for education Hands on experience on AWS services - S3, CloudWatch, EC2, EMR and lambda 7+ years of experience in systems development including 5 + years of specific technical experience in architecture, development, and administration of mapping / geospatial software solutions and services using ESRI software including ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Online, Portal for ArcGIS, ArcGIS Runtime, and their associated APIs or interfaces Experience with GIS scripting languages such as Python Experience working with Oracle data structures as it relates to ESRI tools Experience working with mapping frameworks such as MapInfo, web mapping APIs such as Google Maps, Bing Maps, OpenStreetMap, and JavaScript libraries such as Leaflet and Open Layers Deep Understanding of cartographic concepts and spatial data formats such as Shapefiles etc