Job Description
Technical GIS Project Manager#26-17597
$40-$45 per hour
Beach, FL
Onsite
Job Description
Our client, a IT Services and Consulting company, is looking for a Technical GIS Project Manager for their Beach, FL/Houston, TX location.
Responsibilities:
The Technical GIS Project Manager is a full stack delivery leader accountable for the successful execution of enterprise GIS initiatives—from solution definition and delivery through stabilization and operational readiness.
This role blends hands on ArcGIS Enterprise technical depth, program/project delivery ownership, and people and stakeholder management, ensuring GIS platforms and applications are delivered, operated, and evolved at scale.
The role owns outcomes, not just plans.
End to End Delivery Ownership:
Own full lifecycle delivery of ArcGIS Enterprise programs: design, build, migrate, upgrade, deploy, and transition to operations
Accountable for scope, schedule, budget, quality, risks, and delivery outcomes
Manage delivery across application, platform, data, integrations, and infrastructure workstreams
Lead Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid execution models
Full Stack Technical & Platform Management:
Provide technical leadership across the entire GIS stack
ArcGIS Enterprise (Portal, Server, Data Stores)
Web GIS applications and services
GIS databases and data pipelines
Cloud platforms (Azure/AWS) and DevOps pipelines
Partner with architects and engineers to drive solution decisions, trade offs, and standards
Oversee upgrades, performance, HA/DR, security, and platform optimization
Ensure solutions are built for operability, scalability, and long term maintainability
Operational & Managed Services Readiness:
Drive transition from project delivery to steady state operations or AMS
Assist in defining support models, SLAs, runbooks, and monitoring requirements
Coordinate incident, enhancement, and backlog management post go live
Act as escalation point for production issues impacting GIS platforms
Stakeholder, Team & Vendor Leadership:
Serve as primary delivery owner for clients and executive stakeholders
Translate business objectives into actionable technical delivery plans
Lead cross functional, onshore/offshore teams and third party vendors
Run governance forums, sprint ceremonies, design reviews, and exec reporting
Requirements:
8+ years in GIS delivery, technical program management, or platform leadership
5+ years owning delivery of ArcGIS Enterprise based solutions
Proven ownership of complex, multi team enterprise programs
Strong working knowledge of ArcGIS Enterprise & Web GIS
Experience with GIS databases (SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL)
Cloud exposure (Azure or AWS), DevOps tools, and release management
Working understanding of automation (Python/ArcPy) and integrations
Strong Agile delivery leadership (Scrum / SAFe / hybrid)
Comfortable operating across strategy, execution, and operations
Excellent stakeholder communication and decision making skills
Experience managing distributed and offshore delivery teams
ArcGIS Enterprise on Kubernetes
PMP, Scrum Master, Esri or Cloud certifications
Top Skills:
ArcGIS Enterprise, Kubernetes, Project Manager skills
Years of Experience:
8.00 Years of Experience
Skills:
Category Name Required Importance
Analytics ArcGIS Yes 1 NA Project Management Yes 1
