~GIS Application Developer Senior (Evergreen) at DRT Strategies Full Time

This job is an evergreen position posted for networking purposes.  While we do not have any current open positions, we are always looking to increase our network of top talent for future work.   

If you are interested in becoming part of DRT Strategies in the future, please apply. 

GIS Application Developer Senior

Overview
DRT Strategies delivers expert management consulting and information technology (IT) solutions to large federal agencies, the U.S. Navy, state and local government and commercial clients in health care, technology, and financial services industries.
The three letters of our name, DRT, stand for Driving Resolution Together, which is the core philosophy on which the company was founded. That is, we collaborate with our clients to solve their most pressing challenges – together.
We are problem solvers dedicated to your success, combining Fortune 500 experience with small business responsiveness. We have established a reputation with our clients as a forward-thinking consulting firm with demonstrated success in implementing solutions that lead to meaningful results. Our world-class consultants unite people to work collaboratively to achieve project goals and make your vision a reality.

Project Description
DRT provides GIS solutions to address diverse, complex, and emerging problems within the public health domains of environmental health, infectious disease, chronic disease, and emergency preparedness/response. Our support includes the design, development, and enhancements of internal and external applications, websites, and database solutions with geospatial components. Our team develops innovative data capture and analysis techniques in the field to enhance emergency response efforts all around the world.

Job Summary
The GIS Application Developer Senior works directly with public health GIS analysts, coordinators, epidemiologists, and other technologists to design, develop, deploy, and maintain IT solutions. The developer builds complex applications for new and existing complex GIS systems. Following an Agile DevOps methodology, builds and tests systems their integration.

Responsibilities
• Designs, configures, customizes, and deploys new features to existing solutions; builds features from customer requirements, managing data flows, and performing routine maintenance, enhancements, and bug fixes
• Develops and manages a schedule to meet deliverables and establish estimated completion dates
• Follows the government’s software development lifecycle framework and provides agreed upon project documentation
• Supports requirements elicitation and provide feedback to optimize requirements to align to development best practices; works with business owners and analysts to define workflows and develop user stories
• Completes tasks on time with minimal supervision but supports collaboration across teams
• Provide performance monitoring and tuning, service configuration, security, and licensing when needed
• Provide user management support
• Troubleshoot hardware, software, and network issues
• Administer Enterprise Geodatabases using SQL
• Automate analysis and reporting tasks using scripting languages such as Python/JavaScript to support field operations
• Produce static and interactive cartographic products to communicate complex concepts to audiences of all types

Required Experience
• Must have or be able to obtain a Public Trust with the US federal government
• At least seven years’ experience in IT development roles
• Three or more years of experience with relational database management systems using SQL
• Three or more years of GIS analysis experience
• Experience with APIs, service management (SOAP & REST); HTML, Python, JavaScript, CSS, AJAX, JSON, ASP.NET
• Experience in platform architecture, solution design, planning, developing, deployment, and security
• Experience in IIS and Windows Server Administration
• Experience in Section 508 compliant application development
• Experience with developing mobile-first/responsive, dynamic, and scalable web applications
• Knowledge of geospatial and mapping concepts such as spatial analysis, map projections, etc.
• Excellent data management skills

Preferred Experience
• Experience with CDC environment and standards: SDLC, technical architecture, release processes
• Experience using Esri ArcGIS Enterprise (Portal), ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Server, SDE
• Experience with Agile and DevOps methodologies
• Esri or Azure certifications

Education and Training
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, GIS or related field

DRT’s culture is reflective of our core values:

5. Professionalism:  Be a leader and someone your customers and colleagues can count on by taking ownership and accountability for your work. Demonstrate a solution-oriented mindset and bias for action. Show empathy, dignity, and respect for each other. Be “high minded”, maintain a calm demeanor when dealing with ambiguity or adversity and stay out of the fray (i.e., avoid drama).
5. Quality:  Do things right and do the right thing. Pursue excellence in your work by delivering quality services and products that provide high value and return on investment (ROI).
5. Teamwork:  Work with each other, the customer, and DRT. Demonstrate flexibility, a positive attitude and willingness to work collaboratively to help others and share information.
5. Customer Mission Focused: Commit to customer success and strive to exceed expectations by understanding the mission, executing the customer’s vision, and solving challenges to drive results and achieve mission goals. Build meaningful customer relationships by asking thoughtful questions, listening, and operating transparently.
5. Growth Mindedness:  Commit to company, team, and personal growth. Embrace an entrepreneurial spirit by actively seeking opportunities to support new customer projects and/or solve problems. Actively work to improve your skills, learn to be comfortable with ambiguity, and be resourceful and willing to figure things out and add value.

Our culture fosters teamwork and transparency, empowering you to do great work. Our talented employees drive the success of the company – so our leadership is devoted to your success.  We respect you as an individual.  We recognize your contributions.  We invest in your professional growth.  Join us and let’s continue to build your career together.

Currently due to the remote working status of the federal government, most DRT employees are teleworking from home and leveraging video conferencing along with other virtual productivity tools. Under normal circumstances, most of our positions are required to report onsite. However, DRT has not yet determined when employees will be required to return to their onsite workspaces. Please be aware that at the time a date is determined to return to the worksite, the requirement of this position may be to report in person to the work location.

DRT Strategies, Inc. (DRT) celebrates diversity and is proud to provide Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetics, disability, or protected veteran status. In addition to federal law requirements, DRT complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.