The Role
Design, develop, deploy, and maintain geospatial web applications and enterprise geodatabases for public health domains. Build features from requirements, automate analysis with scripting, administer databases, perform troubleshooting, tune performance, ensure security and Section 508 compliance, and produce static and interactive cartographic products. Follow government SDLC and Agile/DevOps practices and collaborate with analysts and stakeholders.
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Overview
DRT Strategies delivers expert management consulting and information technology (IT) solutions to large federal agencies, state and local government and commercial clients in health care, technology, and financial services industries.
The three letters of our name, DRT, stand for Driving Resolution Together, which is the core philosophy on which the company was founded. That is, we collaborate with our clients to solve their most pressing challenges - together.
We are problem solvers dedicated to your success, combining Fortune 500 experience with small business responsiveness. We have established a reputation with our clients as a forward-thinking consulting firm with demonstrated success in implementing solutions that lead to meaningful results. Our world-class consultants unite people to work collaboratively to achieve project goals and make vision a reality.
Project Description:
DRT provides GIS solutions to address diverse, complex, and emerging problems within the public health domains of environmental health, infectious disease, chronic disease, and emergency preparedness/response. Our support includes the design, development, and enhancements of internal and external applications, websites, and database solutions with geospatial components. Our team develops innovative data capture and analysis techniques in the field to enhance emergency response efforts all around the world.
Job Summary:
The GIS Application Developer Senior works directly with public health GIS analysts, coordinators, epidemiologists, and other technologists to design, develop, deploy, and maintain IT solutions. The developer builds complex applications for new and existing complex GIS systems. Following an Agile DevOps methodology, builds and tests systems their integration.
Responsibilities:
DRT Strategies delivers expert management consulting and information technology (IT) solutions to large federal agencies, state and local government and commercial clients in health care, technology, and financial services industries.
The three letters of our name, DRT, stand for Driving Resolution Together, which is the core philosophy on which the company was founded. That is, we collaborate with our clients to solve their most pressing challenges - together.
We are problem solvers dedicated to your success, combining Fortune 500 experience with small business responsiveness. We have established a reputation with our clients as a forward-thinking consulting firm with demonstrated success in implementing solutions that lead to meaningful results. Our world-class consultants unite people to work collaboratively to achieve project goals and make vision a reality.
Project Description:
DRT provides GIS solutions to address diverse, complex, and emerging problems within the public health domains of environmental health, infectious disease, chronic disease, and emergency preparedness/response. Our support includes the design, development, and enhancements of internal and external applications, websites, and database solutions with geospatial components. Our team develops innovative data capture and analysis techniques in the field to enhance emergency response efforts all around the world.
Job Summary:
The GIS Application Developer Senior works directly with public health GIS analysts, coordinators, epidemiologists, and other technologists to design, develop, deploy, and maintain IT solutions. The developer builds complex applications for new and existing complex GIS systems. Following an Agile DevOps methodology, builds and tests systems their integration.
Responsibilities:
- Designs, configures, customizes, and deploys new features to existing solutions; builds features from customer requirements, managing data flows, and performing routine maintenance, enhancements, and bug fixes
- Develops and manages a schedule to meet deliverables and establish estimated completion dates
- Follows the government’s software development lifecycle framework and provides agreed upon project documentation
- Supports requirements elicitation and provide feedback to optimize requirements to align to development best practices; works with business owners and analysts to define workflows and develop user stories
- Completes tasks on time with minimal supervision but supports collaboration across teams
- Provide performance monitoring and tuning, service configuration, security, and licensing when needed
- Provide user management support
- Troubleshoot hardware, software, and network issues
- Administer Enterprise Geodatabases using SQL
- Automate analysis and reporting tasks using scripting languages such as Python/JavaScript to support field operations
- Produce static and interactive cartographic products to communicate complex concepts to audiences of all types
- Must have or be able to obtain a Public Trust with the US federal government
- At least seven (7) years’ experience in IT development roles
- Three (3) or more years of experience with relational database management systems using SQL
- Three (3) or more years of GIS analysis experience
- Experience with APIs, service management (SOAP & REST); HTML, Python, JavaScript, CSS, AJAX, JSON, ASP.NET
- Experience in platform architecture, solution design, planning, developing, deployment, and security
- Experience in IIS and Windows Server Administration
- Experience in Section 508 compliant application development
- Experience with developing mobile-first/responsive, dynamic, and scalable web applications
- Knowledge of geospatial and mapping concepts such as spatial analysis, map projections, etc.
- Excellent data management skills
- Experience with CDC environment and standards: SDLC, technical architecture, release processes
- Experience using Esri ArcGIS Enterprise (Portal), ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Server, SDE
- Experience with Agile and DevOps methodologies
- Esri or Azure certifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, GIS or related field
- This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government Public Trust clearance. Due to contract requirements, candidates must be U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents (green card holders) to be eligible.
- No agencies, third parties, or Corp-to-Corp submissions.
- $45/hour - $60/hour
- Salary commensurate with experience.
Skills Required
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government Public Trust
- Minimum seven (7) years experience in IT development roles
- Three (3)+ years experience with relational database management systems using SQL
- Three (3)+ years GIS analysis experience
- Experience with APIs and service management (SOAP & REST)
- Experience with HTML, Python, JavaScript, CSS, AJAX, JSON, ASP.NET
- Experience in platform architecture, solution design, planning, developing, deployment, and security
- Experience in IIS and Windows Server administration
- Experience in Section 508 compliant application development
- Experience developing mobile-first/responsive, dynamic, and scalable web applications
- Knowledge of geospatial and mapping concepts (spatial analysis, map projections)
- Excellent data management skills
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, GIS or related field
- Must be U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident (green card holder) per contract requirements
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The Company
What We Do
DRT Strategies, Inc. (DRT) is an award-winning technology innovator and leading digital transformation partner to large federal agencies and commercial clients for nearly 20 years. The company is a ServiceNow™ Partner - Specialist, Amazon Web Services (AWS) Consulting Partner, UiPath Partner, SAFe Bronze Partner, Esri Bronze Partner, and holds ISO 9001:2015, ISO/IEC 20000-1:2018, and ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certifications and has achieved CMMI-DEV Level 3. DRT is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, with offices in Atlanta, Georgia. More information on the company can be found at www.drtstrategies.com.








