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Steampunk, Inc. · 1 week ago

Geospatial Engineer

McLean, VA

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

2+ years exp

Steampunk is a Change Agent in the Federal contracting industry, and they are seeking a Geospatial Engineer to design, build, and modernize geospatial data pipelines and services. This role focuses on engineering scalable, cloud-native geospatial workflows and re-architecting legacy GIS pipelines to support mission-critical analytics and applications.

ConsultingInformation Technology

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Design and implement end-to-end geospatial data pipelines for ingesting, transforming, and serving vector, raster, and spatiotemporal datasets in cloud environments

Modernize and re-architect legacy GIS workflows built in ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Pro, or ArcGIS Enterprise into cloud-native or hybrid architectures

Build geospatial ETL/ELT workflows using tools such as ArcGIS Data Interoperability, FME, GDAL, GeoPandas, or custom Python pipelines

Leverage cloud-native services (AWS, Azure, or GCP) to store, process, and serve geospatial data at scale (e.g., object storage, managed databases, serverless compute)

Implement spatial data models and indexing strategies using databases such as PostGIS, SQL Server Spatial, BigQuery GIS, or Azure SQL Spatial

Develop automated workflows for geospatial data validation, reprojection, tiling, generalization, and performance optimization

Support geospatial APIs, map services, and data products used by web applications, dashboards, and analytic platforms

Collaborate with Data Engineers and MLOps/AI teams to integrate geospatial features into analytics pipelines, feature stores, and ML models

Apply DevSecOps best practices to geospatial pipelines, including CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, monitoring, logging, and secure access controls

Troubleshoot performance bottlenecks and data quality issues in large or complex spatial datasets

Document geospatial architectures, pipelines, schemas, and operational runbooks to support maintainability and reuse

Stay current with modern GIS, cloud geospatial services, and open-source spatial tooling to continuously improve delivery practices

You will contribute to the growth of our AI & Data Exploitation Practice!

Qualification

Geospatial data pipelinesArcGIS productsCloud platformsSpatial databasesPythonGDALGeoPandasCI/CD pipelinesEsri Technical CertificationsAWS certificationsAzure certificationsGCP certificationsProblem-solving skillsCollaboration skills

Required

Ability to hold a position of public trust with the U.S. government

Bachelor's degree in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Geospatial Engineering, Geography, Computer Science, Data Engineering, or a related field

2–5 years of experience working with geospatial data, GIS systems, or spatial data pipelines

Hands-on experience with Esri ArcGIS products (ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Online) and familiarity with their data models and services

Experience building or modernizing geospatial pipelines using Python, GDAL, GeoPandas, Rasterio, or similar libraries

Working knowledge of spatial databases such as PostGIS, SQL Server Spatial, Oracle Spatial, or cloud-native spatial services

Experience with at least one cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and related data services (object storage, serverless compute, managed databases)

Familiarity with geospatial web services and standards (WMS, WMTS, WFS, REST APIs, GeoJSON, STAC)

Understanding of coordinate systems, projections, spatial indexing, and performance considerations for large spatial datasets

Experience with containerization, CI/CD pipelines, or infrastructure-as-code is a plus

Strong problem-solving skills and ability to collaborate across engineering, analytics, and mission teams

Preferred

Esri Technical Certifications (ArcGIS Pro / Enterprise)

AWS Cloud Practitioner or Data Analytics Specialty

Azure Data Engineer Associate

GCP Professional Data Engineer

Benefits

Employee owned company

Investing in our employees to enable them to do the greatest work of their careers

Rewarding them for outstanding contributions to our growth

Company

Steampunk, Inc.

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Steampunk is anchored by a startup culture with a customer-centered delivery approach, we put our Federal government clients in the center of everything we design, develop, and deliver to drive high-quality mission impacts and user experiences at speed.

Founded in 2019

Washington, District of Columbia, USA

201-500 employees