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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.\nThe 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.\nResponsibilities\nHow you can make an impact:\nSet the technical direction for how the GIS team designs datasets, ETL workflows, attribute rules, and geospatial services, and make sure the team executes against that direction consistently.\nDrive the team’s automation roadmap through hands-on design and implementation, including consolidating workflows, automating tasks, refactoring QA processes, and unifying regional geospatial datasets into shared service layers.\nOwn the technical definition of data quality for EPE GIS data, including schema standards, attribute rules, and the QA/QC processes that enforce them.\nOwn the configuration and operational use of EPE’s GIS environments across the full ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Enterprise estate, and partner with EPE’s CloudOps team on infrastructure requirements, upgrades, and incident response.\nOwn the operational health of EPE’s hosted utility GIS infrastructure, including scheduled data pipelines, Portal management, Utility Network builds, and recurring batch jobs.\nMentor GIS analysts and engineers through code review, design reviews, pair-programming on hard problems, and technical onboarding for new team members and contractors.\nFacilitate technical syncs and design discussions, surface risks early, and drive the team to credible delivery commitments.\nServe as EPE’s technical point of contact with Esri on support cases, product roadmap input, and partner program engagement.\nCollaborate with software product teams and consulting practice leads on data requirements, integration design, and delivery planning across U.S. ISO/RTO markets.\nRepresent EPE externally at GIS conferences, Esri events, working groups, and client engagements when appropriate.\nQualifications\nBring your passion, here's what’s needed:\nBachelor’s degree or higher in GIS, Geography, Computer Science, or a related technical field, or equivalent professional experience.\n6 or more years of professional GIS engineering experience, including 2 or more years operating as a technical lead, lead engineer, or principal-level individual contributor on a data-focused team.\nDeep, hands-on experience across the Esri stack, including ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Enterprise (Portal, Server, Datastore), ArcGIS Online, Workflow Manager, and Enterprise Geodatabase administration.\nProduction experience designing and operating Safe FME workflows or equivalent ETL, with the depth to architect, code review, and troubleshoot complex workspaces.\nStrong Python skills for spatial automation, including writing production-ready tools and reviewing teammates’ ETL code.\nDemonstrated experience defining and enforcing data quality, including schema design, attribute rules, QA/QC governance, data lineage, and delivery SLAs.\nExperience scoping and delivering end-to-end GIS projects, including client handoff and professional services support.\nTrack record of mentoring engineers, leading design reviews, and raising the technical bar of a team without formal authority.\nStrong written and verbal communication, with the ability to operate effectively across software product teams, executives, and utility-side technical stakeholders.\nPreferred Education and Experience:\nElectric utility experience, including transmission and distribution network models, PSS/E familiarity, and exposure to ISO/RTO data structures (MISO, SPP, ERCOT, PJM).\nExperience with Esri Utility Network, including data structures, deployment, and technical configuration. Active or in-progress Esri Utility Network certification.\nExperience standing up or operating GIS automation and orchestration platforms such as FME Flow, Dagster, or Airflow, and CI/CD around spatial data.\nFamiliarity with enterprise cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP), particularly as they relate to hosting ArcGIS Enterprise.\nExperience evangelizing or productizing GIS capabilities within a consulting or software firm.\nExperience working with internal software product teams in an Agile or sprint-based environment.\nBackground in geospatial portal and web map configuration, including dashboards, apps, and service endpoints.\nRelevant certifications in Esri, AWS, Azure, or FME.\nUses AI tools to automate coding, testing, debugging, documentation, and repetitive engineering workflows.\nReviews AI-generated outputs for accuracy, security, maintainability, and alignment with architecture standards\nLead the Change!\nBe a part of an innovative team shaping the grid of the future through advanced energy intelligence. For more than half a century, Electric Power Engineers (EPE) has partnered with power and energy clients across the globe, providing consulting expertise and energy intelligence software solutions for complex engineering and grid modeling challenges. As leaders in the renewables space, we are focused on building a modern, secure, and resilient grid. Join us in making an impact on the communities we serve and the environment in which we live. 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