Lead GIS Engineer

About the role

EPE's GIS team is looking for a Lead GIS Engineer to act as the senior technical voice on the team that builds the geospatial data behind its energy intelligence software and consulting deliverables. This is a hands-on technical leadership role focused on architecture, data quality and raising the technical bar across the team.

Key responsibilities

• Set the technical direction for how the GIS team designs datasets, ETL workflows, attribute rules and geospatial services, and ensure consistent execution.
• Drive the team's automation roadmap, including consolidating workflows, automating tasks, refactoring QA processes and unifying regional geospatial datasets into shared service layers.
• Own the technical definition of data quality, including schema standards, attribute rules and QA/QC processes.
• Own the configuration and operation of EPE's GIS environments across ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Enterprise, partnering with CloudOps on infrastructure, upgrades and incidents.
• Own the operational health of hosted utility GIS infrastructure, including data pipelines, Portal management, Utility Network builds and batch jobs.
• Mentor GIS analysts and engineers through code and design reviews, pair programming and technical onboarding.
• Facilitate technical syncs, surface risks early and drive credible delivery commitments.
• Act as EPE's technical point of contact with Esri and represent EPE at GIS conferences, Esri events and client engagements.
• Collaborate with software product teams and consulting practice leads on data requirements and delivery planning across U.S. ISO/RTO markets.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree or higher in GIS, Geography, Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 6+ years of professional GIS engineering experience, including 2+ years as a technical lead, lead engineer or principal-level individual contributor on a data-focused team.
• Deep hands-on experience across the Esri stack, including ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Enterprise (Portal, Server, Datastore), ArcGIS Online, Workflow Manager and Enterprise Geodatabase administration.
• Production experience designing and operating Safe FME workflows or equivalent ETL, with the depth to architect, code review and troubleshoot complex workspaces.
• Demonstrated experience defining and enforcing data quality, including schema design, attribute rules, QA/QC governance, data lineage and delivery SLAs.
• Experience scoping and delivering end-to-end GIS projects, including client handoff and professional services support.
• Track record of mentoring engineers and leading design reviews without formal authority.
• Strong written and verbal communication across product teams, executives and utility stakeholders.

Preferred experience

• Electric utility experience, including transmission and distribution network models, PSS/E familiarity and ISO/RTO data structures (MISO, SPP, ERCOT, PJM).
• Esri Utility Network experience, including certification.
• GIS automation and orchestration platforms such as FME Flow, Dagster or Airflow, and CI/CD around spatial data.
• Familiarity with AWS, Azure or GCP for hosting ArcGIS Enterprise.
• Agile or sprint-based work with internal software product teams.
• Geospatial portal and web map configuration, dashboards, apps and service endpoints.
• Relevant certifications in Esri, AWS, Azure or FME; use of AI tools for coding, testing and documentation.