NCDOT - Technical Specialist- Senior
NCDOT - Technical Specialist- Senior
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Raleigh NC - **This is a remote position but the candidate may be required to come onsite occasionally. The manager estimates the onsite requirement will be no more than once a quarter or less. It will likely only be during NC emergency situations or team building events.
Supports NCDIT-T GISU Architecture Team. Duties include design development maintenance & implementation of application system architecture for enterprise GIS systems & participating in projects & efforts to improve/modernize GISU systems.
This position supports the NCDIT-Transportation GIS Unit (GISU) Architecture Team and is responsible for the design development implementation and maintenance of enterprise GIS system architectures across both on-premise and cloud environments. The role plays a critical part in ongoing modernization efforts enterprise-level GIS initiatives and work focused on sustaining the health and continuous availability of mission-critical GIS systems supporting NCDOT.
We are seeking a detail-oriented and experienced GIS architecture professional with strong proficiency in Esri technologies foundational knowledge of enterprise architecture and hands-on experience deploying GIS solutions in both on-premise and cloud-based infrastructures. The ideal candidate will possess excellent analytical and communication skills and will collaborate closely with cross-functional technical teams to ensure scalable secure and high-performing GIS systems.
Primary Responsibilities
Design and implement robust GIS architectures for enterprise solutions deployed across on-premise infrastructure and Microsoft Azure cloud environments.
Develop and maintain UML-based enterprise architecture diagrams using an architecture repository to support cross-team alignment solution modeling and strategic planning.
Develop and maintain technical documentation for both on-premise and cloud-based GIS system architectures integrations and configurations.
Design implement and manage enterprise-wide and resource specific backup and restore solutions for critical GIS systems across hybrid environments to ensure high availability and disaster recovery readiness in alignment with organizational requirements.
Evaluate maintain and evolve architecture models to support hybrid GIS deployments ensuring consistency performance and reliability.
Support planning and execution of GIS enterprise application deployments integrations and upgrades.
Contribute to the development of modernization strategies that transition legacy systems to cloud or hybrid configurations.
Collaborate with system engineers to provision configure and monitor GIS applications in both data center and cloud-based environments.
Assist with architecture planning and implementation for hybrid connectivity such as VPNs private endpoints and federated identity systems.
Ensure alignment between GIS applications and underlying infrastructure in multi-environment (on-prem/cloud) deployments.
Work with developers analysts and system engineers to align application design with infrastructure architecture and performance requirements.
Support enterprise GIS initiatives including Roads and Highways Spot Online NC CRIS and ATLAS with deployment strategies tailored to the environment (on-prem/cloud).
Contribute to GISU architecture governance processes by helping define and enforce standards best practices and technical guidelines.
Participate in reviews of existing architecture recommending changes to meet future scalability security and compliance needs.
Contribute to GISU architecture governance processes by helping define and enforce standards best practices and technical guidelines.
Perform audits of deployed systems to ensure adherence to architecture standards and operational readiness.
Required Knowledge Skills and Abilities
Strong proficiency in creating UML models system architecture diagrams and documenting designs within architecture repositories. Experience using Sparx Enterprise Architect Microsoft Visio or other architecture modelling/diagramming tools.
Hands-on experience implementing and supporting Esri technologies in enterprise environments (ArcGIS Enterprise ArcGIS Online ArcGIS Pro).
Experience with implementing robust backup and restore strategies for enterprise GIS environments using Esris WebGISDR and GeoJobe Tools ensuring data integrity and minimal downtime across ArcGIS platforms. Well versed in backup and recovery workflows that support spatial data continuity compliance and operational resilience.
5 7 years of experience implementing and supporting Esri technologies in enterprise environments.
Proven expertise in designing and supporting hybrid backup and restore strategies covering both cloud and on-prem data protection workflows.
Skilled in infrastructure and security best practices application integration and performance optimization across GIS systems.
Strong understanding of GIS architecture patterns system integration approaches and enterprise-level data and service flows.
Hands-on experience in administration configuration and monitoring of ArcGIS Enterprise components (Portal ArcGIS Server Data Store etc.).
Familiarity with Windows Server environments IIS and integration with enterprise authentication systems (Active Directory LDAP Azure AD).
Demonstrated experience designing and supporting hybrid GIS architectures that span both on-premise data centers and cloud platforms (preferably Microsoft Azure).
Working knowledge of Azure services including Virtual Machines App Services Azure SQL Azure Monitor and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC).
Familiarity with hybrid integration techniques such as VPNs ExpressRoute secure networking and identity federation.
Strong understanding of enterprise and cloud security best practices including authentication protocols (LDAP SAML Azure AD) certificate management and segmented network design (e.g. firewalls NSGs).
Experience contributing to architecture review documents standards and reference models.
Demonstrated ability to manage and prioritize complex technical work across hybrid cloud/on-prem environments.
Self-motivated and capable of working independently in a remote work setting while also contributing to team-based projects and goals.
Employment Type
Full-time
