[Hiring] Lead GIS Engineer @Electric Power Engineers

Role Description

We are designing the grid of the future! Join us in leading the change! EPE’s GIS team is looking for a Lead GIS Engineer to serve as the senior technical voice on the team that builds the geospatial data behind our energy intelligence software and consulting deliverables. This is a hands-on technical leadership role focused on architecture, data quality, and raising the technical bar across the team.

The ideal candidate is a senior engineer who has worked deep in the Esri ecosystem, has built and operated production ETL on utility data, and is energized by mentoring other engineers, guiding architectural decisions, and personally shipping the highest-leverage pieces of work themselves.

Responsibilities

• Set the technical direction for how the GIS team designs datasets, ETL workflows, attribute rules, and geospatial services, and ensure consistent execution.
• Drive the team’s automation roadmap through hands-on design and implementation, including:
  • Consolidating workflows
  • Automating tasks
  • Refactoring QA processes
  • Unifying regional geospatial datasets into shared service layers
• Own the technical definition of data quality for EPE GIS data, including schema standards, attribute rules, and QA/QC processes.
• Own the configuration and operational use of EPE’s GIS environments across the full ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Enterprise estate, partnering with EPE’s CloudOps team.
• Own the operational health of EPE’s hosted utility GIS infrastructure, including:
  • Scheduled data pipelines
  • Portal management
  • Utility Network builds
  • Recurring batch jobs
• Mentor GIS analysts and engineers through:
  • Code review
  • Design reviews
  • Pair-programming on hard problems
  • Technical onboarding for new team members and contractors
• Facilitate technical syncs and design discussions, surface risks early, and drive the team to credible delivery commitments.
• Serve as EPE’s technical point of contact with Esri on support cases, product roadmap input, and partner program engagement.
• Collaborate with software product teams and consulting practice leads on data requirements, integration design, and delivery planning across U.S. ISO/RTO markets.
• Represent EPE externally at GIS conferences, Esri events, working groups, and client engagements when appropriate.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in GIS, Geography, Computer Science, or a related technical field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 6 or more years of professional GIS engineering experience, including 2 or more years as a technical lead, lead engineer, or principal-level individual contributor on a data-focused team.
• Deep, hands-on experience across the Esri stack, including:
  • ArcGIS Pro
  • ArcGIS Enterprise (Portal, Server, Datastore)
  • ArcGIS Online
  • Workflow Manager
  • Enterprise Geodatabase administration
• Production experience designing and operating Safe FME workflows or equivalent ETL, with the depth to architect, code review, and troubleshoot complex workspaces.
• Strong Python skills for spatial automation, including writing production-ready tools and reviewing teammates’ ETL code.
• Demonstrated experience defining and enforcing data quality, including schema design, attribute rules, QA/QC governance, data lineage, and delivery SLAs.
• Experience scoping and delivering end-to-end GIS projects, including client handoff and professional services support.
• Track record of mentoring engineers, leading design reviews, and raising the technical bar of a team without formal authority.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to operate effectively across software product teams, executives, and utility-side technical stakeholders.

Preferred Education and Experience

• Electric utility experience, including transmission and distribution network models, PSS/E familiarity, and exposure to ISO/RTO data structures (MISO, SPP, ERCOT, PJM).
• Experience with Esri Utility Network, including data structures, deployment, and technical configuration. Active or in-progress Esri Utility Network certification.
• Experience standing up or operating GIS automation and orchestration platforms such as FME Flow, Dagster, or Airflow, and CI/CD around spatial data.
• Familiarity with enterprise cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP), particularly as they relate to hosting ArcGIS Enterprise.
• Experience evangelizing or productizing GIS capabilities within a consulting or software firm.
• Experience working with internal software product teams in an Agile or sprint-based environment.
• Background in geospatial portal and web map configuration, including dashboards, apps, and service endpoints.
• Relevant certifications in Esri, AWS, Azure, or FME.
• Uses AI tools to automate coding, testing, debugging, documentation, and repetitive engineering workflows.
• Reviews AI-generated outputs for accuracy, security, maintainability, and alignment with architecture standards.

Location

This position is open to Remote US or Canada.

Travel

Occasional travel may be needed (10% or less).

Equal Opportunity Employer

EPE is an equal opportunity/AA/Disability/Veteran employer.

Third-Party Recruiting Notification

EPE does not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters. Any unsolicited third-party resumes forwarded by recruiters to EPE via our career page or to any of our managers or employees will be considered public information, may be treated as a direct application from the person identified in the resume, and will not be eligible for placement fee payment to the agency.