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Our mission is to transform geothermal into America’s most dependable and affordable source of clean, around-the-clock power. By combining innovations in horizontal drilling, fiber-optic sensing, and advanced reservoir engineering, Fervo has developed a repeatable approach to building utility-scale enhanced geothermal systems. Our flagship Cape Station development in Utah is planned to deliver 500 MW of firm, carbon-free power, and we are advancing a development pipeline of more than 50 GW. Join us and work alongside world-class engineers, geoscientists, operators, project builders, and business leaders working to make geothermal a cornerstone of a more reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy future.\nPosition Description\nThe GIS Data Administrator owns the integrity, architecture, and governance of Fervo’s enterprise geodatabase and spatial data ecosystem. This role sits on the data infrastructure side of Fervo’s GIS program, administering the geodatabase, building data pipelines, and maintaining the authoritative land status, project boundary, and operational spatial datasets that GIS analysis, applications, and field operations all depend on. The GIS Data Administrator works closely with the GIS Developer and GIS team to ensure that data is accurate, well-organized, and reliably accessible across the organization.\nResponsibilities\nEnterprise Geodatabase Administration\nDesign, build, and administer Fervo’s enterprise geodatabase environment (ArcGIS Enterprise/Portal and ArcGIS Online), including schema design, version management, replica management, and database maintenance.\n\nDefine and enforce geodatabase data models, feature class schemas, relationship classes, domains, and topology rules.\n\nManage geodatabase versioning workflows to support concurrent editing by GIS analysts, developers, and field data collection systems.\n\nData Pipelines & Integration\nDevelop and maintain ETL pipelines to ingest, validate, and publish spatial and tabular data from land, engineering, permitting, and operational sources into the enterprise geodatabase.\n\nBuild automated data update workflows using Python (ArcPy, arcgis module, pandas) and FME or similar integration tools.\n\nIntegrate authoritative external data sources including BLM LR2000, state GIS portals, county assessors, USGS, and FEMA.\n\nData Governance & Quality Control\nEstablish and enforce spatial data standards, metadata conventions, naming schemas, and coordinate reference system policies.\n\nDevelop and implement automated data validation rules and QA/QC workflows.\n\nMaintain authoritative GIS datasets for land status, federal and state ownership, lease areas, project boundaries, well locations, infrastructure, and operational features across the Western U.S.\n\nQualifications\nRequired\nBachelor’s degree in GIS, Geography, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.\n\n4+ years of professional experience in GIS data management, geodatabase administration, or spatial data engineering.\n\nExpert proficiency in ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Enterprise/Portal geodatabase administration.\n\nHands-on experience with enterprise relational spatial databases (PostgreSQL/PostGIS or SQL Server Spatial).\n\nDemonstrated experience building and maintaining automated spatial data pipelines using Python.\n\nPreferred\nExperience with Western U.S. federal and state land data sources (BLM, USFS, state trust land offices, county assessors).\n\nFamiliarity with FME or similar ETL platforms.\n\nBackground in energy, natural resources, environmental consulting, or land development.\n\nLocation\nFervo Energy is headquartered in Houston, TX with growing offices in Oakland, CA, Golden, CO, Reno, NV, and Salt Lake City, UT. This position will be eligible for some hybrid work flexibility, but regular in-office presence at a Fervo office location will be required.\nCompensation\nFervo provides a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, short-term and long-term disability, flexible paid time off, and paid parental leave. Additionally, Fervo offers an incentive stock options program, a bonus incentive program, and a 401(k) plan with an employer match.\nFervo Energy is providing the compensation range and general description of other compensation and benefits that the company in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities in addition to internal equity and geographic location. Expected Salary: $[XXX] - $[XXX] based on location and experience.\nFervo Energy reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, or federal law.\nBenefits & Perks\nFervo offers a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your health, financial well-being, and life outside of work. Benefits for eligible employees include:\nMedical, dental, and vision plan options\nEmployer-paid basic life insurance and short-term and long-term disability coverage\nA 401(k) plan with up to 6% match\nFlexible paid time off and paid parental leave\nFamily-building, fertility, hormonal health, pregnancy, postpartum, and parenting support through Carrot\nA dependent care FSA for eligible child and elder care expenses\nAn annual Lifestyle Spending Account for eligible wellness expenses, including fitness, financial planning, pet insurance, and pet care\nEmployee ownership opportunities through Fervo’s Employee Stock Purchase Program, as well as stock option grants and bonus opportunities for eligible roles\nBenefits and programs are subject to eligibility requirements and may change.\nOur Workplace\nFervo Energy highly values having employees work in the office to foster collaboration and strengthen our company culture. This role follows a hybrid schedule, with team members expected to work in the office three days per week. Fervo considers this in-office schedule an essential function of the role. Your recruiter can share more information about the schedule.\nEqual Opportunity Employer\nFervo Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, gender, religion, marital status, registered domestic partner status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sex, genetic information, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local law. 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