Senior GIS Analyst

Job Details

• Job Location:
  
  The Woodlands Township - The Woodlands, TX 77381
• Position Type:
  Full-time
• Education Level: 4 Year Degree
• Salary Range: $74,518.46 - $84,764.75
• Salary Travel Percentage:
  Negligible
• Job Shift: Day
• Job Category:
  Information Technology

The Woodlands Township GIS (Geospatial Information System) is seeking a Senior GIS Analyst, emphasis on enterprise GIS applications. The Township’s enterprise GIS infrastructure supports multiple departments, including Covenant Administration, Parks & Recreation, Public Safety, Land Records, and others. This role operates with limited guidance under the supervision of the GIS Manager and requires advanced expertise in enterprise GIS operations. Key responsibilities include designing and developing custom enterprise-level GIS applications using modern SDLC coding methods, model types, and best practices to deliver scalable applications;

automating GIS and related workflows; integrating GIS datasets with Enterprise Asset Management (EAM), Permitting & Licensing (EPL) and Land Management System (LMS); and leveraging AI to improve efficiency and productivity, with clear documentation and consistent naming conventions/standards to ensure code is scalable and reusable. The position also supports ArcGIS Enterprise administration, upgrades and maintenance, with a focus on ArcGIS Server monitoring and performance tuning, and provides administration and support for multi-versioned enterprise geodatabases (SDE) on SQL Server, including relational geodatabase design and development.

The Senior GIS Analyst will produce GIS data, products, and services that are correct, complete, consistent, current, and convenient while aligning with our GIS Vision and Mission to improve and enhance The Township’s enterprise GIS.

• Assists in designing, creating, editing, enhancing, maintaining and updating various GIS datasets and data layers, tables and attribute information, mapping products and services, and remote sensing datasets including imagery and LiDAR files, using the correct pre-defined formats and spatial references.
• Consult with users in the design and delivery of custom scalable enterprise GIS application solutions, collaborating with stakeholders to gather requirements, define standards, and establish naming conventions that are reusable from concept through release.
• Design, develop, maintain, and support GIS applications, interactive web maps and dashboards, and spatial data workflows using Esri Enterprise platform product suite.
• Review and analyze business workflows and translate them into scalable GIS data models, services, and application functionality.
• Integrate GIS datasets and services with enterprise systems, e.g., Enterprise Asset Management (EAM), Permitting & Licensing (EPL), and/or Land Management (LMS) to support cross-system operations.
• Analyze geospatial data and perform statistical/quantitative analysis using complex queries, geoprocessing tools, programming and scripting, leveraging AI tools to streamline results.
• Administer and support ArcGIS Server Enterprise including service monitoring, analyzing server log files, and performance tuning.
• Build and maintain REST service capabilities and application endpoints using ArcGIS API’s and related web services.
• Conduct verification testing for GIS application changes, data workflow updates, and ArcGIS Enterprise upgrades using test environments and validation criteria before release.
• Leverage AI tools including large language models (LLMs), Model Context Protocol (MCP), AI coding assistants, and machine-learning services, to support GIS application development, improve documentation and analysis, and enable automation.
• Administer and support multi-versioned enterprise geodatabases (SDE) on SQL Server Enterprise, including relational geodatabase design, development, and management.
• Perform GIS data updates and maintenance for Enterprise Asset Management System (EAM), Permitting & Licensing (EPL), and Land Management System (LMS).
• Build and maintain ETL workflows and automated processes to prepare and integrate spatial and non-spatial data downloads,…