Job Description

Position Overview:

As the lead Geospatial Systems Architect, you will coordinate the governance, enhancement, and implementation of the enterprise architecture for a portfolio of wildfire management systems and datasets. This role blends hands-on system analysis with strategic oversight, allowing you to shape the future of the geospatial solutions used by federal, state, and local agencies to manage wildfire prevention, mitigation, suppression, and rehabilitation. The ideal candidate will have expertise in geospatial data and solutions leveraging ESRI GIS products, AWS cloud technologies, and open-source tools. The ability to drive progress across a broad and varied stakeholder community is also essential.

Join a dynamic small business engaged in a long-term federal IT project. Apply your deep understanding of systems architecture and data analytics technologies to coordinate and enhance geospatial systems development, ensuring compatibility and consistency across systems. Enjoy autonomy and flexibility within a small team of technical and program support consultants. Work directly with government staff to drive solutions to protect and manage the nation's wildlands, forests, and parks.

Location is 100% Remote. Top salary for highly qualified candidates.

Responsibilities:

Refine and apply the wildfire management information technology enterprise architecture to promote effective and coordinated evolution of component systems and datasets

• Collaborate with system owners, development teams, application users, and other stakeholders to plan and coordinate governance, enhancement, and implementation of the architecture

• Identify and assess existing capabilities, system architectures, unmet requirements, technical challenges, data standards, emerging technologies, reusable assets, and best-practices to identify and prioritize needed changes to the enterprise architecture and component systems

• Investigate complex technical and programmatic issues

• Conceptualize, recommend, and promote practical architectural solutions to technical challenges and business needs, leveraging deep expertise in geospatial data, GIS, and data analytics

• Assess proposed solutions/investments to align system strategies and plans with mission goals, objectives, and strategies

• Communicate geospatial product visions/roadmaps, release plans, product/sprint backlogs, and other agile products to promote coordination of individual system plans

• Facilitate change management through communication and coordination during product development and deployment using product visions, roadmaps, release plans, backlogs, and other agile process artifacts

• Assist with information systems security data collection, documentation, and management

Support continuous management and improvement of the enterprise architecture

• Develop policies and guidance for planning, implementation, and evaluation of geospatial systems

• Advise government leadership regarding the governance, development, and implementation processes as well as specific proposed changes to the enterprise architecture and component systems

• Promote standardization to achieve efficient exchange of spatial data between authoritative sources and consumers

Qualifications - Required:

• Bachelor's degree in software engineering, data science, or relevant field

• 10+ years of IT experience

• 5+ years of experience in system architecture, including first-person, hands-on experience with geospatial data and systems including ESRI ArcGIS products

• Current architectural certification in cloud services (e.g. AWS Solutions Architect Professional)

• Strong organizational, computer, and communication skills, including intermediate to advanced skills with Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Visio, SharePoint, and Office 365)

• Strong project and task management skills, with experience working with multiple stakeholders across various organizations

• Authorization to work in the U.S.

• Ability to obtain and maintain the required Public Trust Clearance for this role.

Qualifications - Highly Desired:

• Master's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Geography, Geospatial Information Science, Data Science, or a related field

• AWS Solutions Architect Professional certification

• Current GIS industry certification such as ESRI Enterprise System Design Professional

• Expert knowledge of enterprise system development using contemporary tools

• Knowledge and/or experience with wildand fire community and related tools (e.g. IRWIN, IFTDSS, WFDSS, LANDFIRE, and NIFC Open Data initiative)

• Experience with big data technologies and frameworks, such as Apache Spark or Hadoop

Compensation:

• $123k to $141k/year depending on capability and experience

• Comprehensive benefits package including 401(k), health insurance, and flexible leave

Other:

• Telecommuting: 100%

• Hours: Full Time

About Business Performance Systems (BPS):

Business Performance Systems is a successful, well-established small business composed of dedicated, skilled consultants supporting high-priority government projects. We provide our staff with a great degree of autonomy and growth potential in a company that combines the entrepreneurial environment of a small business, with the maturity and financial stability of a large company. We offer competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package.

Business Performance Systems is an equal opportunity employer.