Senior GIS Programmer Analyst

Requisition ID # 162781 

Job Category: Information Technology 

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Information Technology

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

Department Overview

PG&E is seeking a Senior GIS Programmer/Analyst with a special focus on Esri technology and configuration of the ArcGIS Platform applications and tools.  This Programmer/Analyst would have a strong background in developing and configuration geospatial solutions for visualization, data capture, and analytics.  This includes working with a variety of data sets including complex utility network databases, digital imagery, LiDAR point clouds, and video for the support of asset management and land use applications across multiple departments at PG&E.

This position resides under the GIS Center of Excellence (GISCOE) which sits with the PG&E IT department, a unified organization composed of various technical departments which collaborate effectively to deliver high quality technology solutions. The GIS COE department has responsibility for maintaining and operating IT applications in GIS to support Gas, Electric, Power Generation, Telecom, and Land Management Lines of Business with the delivery of new IT products and solutions in support of their business goals and priorities.

Position Summary

This Programmer Analyst, Senior position is responsible for hands on development, configuration and deployment of GIS applications using primarily Esri ArcGIS Online technology and ArcGIS hosted in an AWS cloud environment.  Will be responsible for design reviews, architecture reviews, and building geospatial products for internal users and PG&E external partners and customers. Will lead both employee and contractor technical resources in delivering quality code and configurations for new products and enhancements to existing products.  Responsible for conducting technology review meetings across GIS projects and for aligning to IT strategy, investments, components, structures, and processes, defined by the leadership team.  Builds and maintains relationships with Line of Business partners and internal IT partners for delivery of the technology solutions to fulfill their business needs. Contributes to technology road map at GIS COE. Shares the responsibility for technical delivery of components of a project with Project Manager/Scrum Master and Product Owners.

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and the Oakland General Office(OGO) based on business needs.

PG&E is providing the salary range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the job posting. This compensation range is specific to the locality of the job. The actual salary paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, and internal equity. Although we estimate the successful candidate hired into this role will be placed between the entry point and the middle of the range, the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to these factors.​ This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs. 

A reasonable salary range is:​

Bay Area Minimum: $114,000      

Bay Area Maximum:$182,000      

Responsibilities:

• Thought leadership in defining long term technical road map for ArcGIS Online-based solutions at PG&E, including the strategy and processes for supporting non-IT-developed solutions.
• Participate in quarterly Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Planning Increment (PI) Planning meetings to define deliverables for various product teams each quarter.
• Responsible for successful delivery of data, custom code when required (Python and JavaScript), and configuration components for multiple projects involving ArcGIS out-of-the-box solutions such as Field Maps, Survey123, and Experience Builder.
• Responsible for successful delivery of imagery/raster-based production solutions to support PG&E’s Remote Sensing Data Platform.
• Contributes and drives towards technology standards set by GIS COE.
• Oversee compliance of the vendor deliverables to GIS COE solution roadmap.
• Work closely with external IT teams outside GIS to ensure compliance to PG&E’s data, security, and cloud standards.
• Work closely with and develops professional rapport with business stakeholders / customers and defining and delivering appropriate GIS solutions.
• Participate in Technology Governance committee meetings and leadership meetings.
• Develops relationship across IT partners and line of business clients.
• Promotes collaborations and communications with all stakeholders.
• Collaborates with Project Manager on complex project timelines, identifying critical path, resource assignments, risks, and dependencies representative
• Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills at all levels.
• Oversee, mentor, and provide guidance to less experienced programmer/analysts.
• Achieve results for the goals set and communicated by the leaders.

Qualifications:

Minimum:

• BA/BS in Computer Science, Geo-Informatics/GIS, Remote Sensing, Information Technology, other relevant field, or equivalent experience and/or field of study.
• 5 years of hands-on GIS-related programming and analysis experience specifically with ArcGIS Platform technology.
• 3 years of hands-on Experience with ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Enterprise and ArcGIS Experience Builder.
• 2 years of hands-on experience in Python programming language.
• Experience with code management through GitHub.
• Excellent planning and organizational skills; detail and process-oriented; able to juggle multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Desired:

• Thought leadership in defining long term technical road map for ArcGIS Platform-based solutions.
• Master’s degree in computer science, Geo-Informatics/GIS, Remote Sensing, Information Technology, other relevant field, or equivalent experience and/or field of study.
• Multiple programming languages experience including Python and JavaScript.
• Experience with developing solutions using AWS cloud-native services like S3, Lambda function, API Gateway, Glue, EC2, Open Search, Apache Spark.
• Experience with Geospatial Artificial Intelligence (GeoAI) solutions including object classification, point classification, and computer vision.
• Experience in Agile Scrum and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) software development methodology.
• Experience in querying, configuring, setting up geo-databases.
• Gas and Electric Utility business/domain knowledge.
• Mentoring and training experience of GIS technology teams in a larger organization.
• Experience in deploying applications using Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) Pipelines.
• ArcGIS Pro Professional certification.
• ASPRS Certified Photogrammetrist.
• AWS cloud native technology.

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