GIS Developer - Business Solutions

Job Location: Bengaluru/Noida

As a GIS Developer with WSP you will sit inside the Data & Digital Advisory service line and create bespoke GIS functionality and web applications in answer to client requirements. These clients will come from a variety of disciplines and will pose interesting questions that require complex answers that are not possible to answer using out of the box software solutions.

Collaboration is key to everything we do as the Data & Digital Advisory service line and as such you should possess strong teamwork and communication skills and be able to explain complex GIS processes and procedures to members of staff and clients with varying knowledge of the capabilities of digital data and software platforms. Innovation is highly desired within the digital space, to ensure we stay abreast of the current technological trends and procedures that can add value to the service line. As such, we look for people with a desire to innovate and use their initiative to implement the best solution possible for the current use case.

You should be an individual with a keen attention to detail and an appreciation of the importance of quality in everything we produce as the Data & Digital Advisory service line, be this a python script, or a bespoke web application built using ArcGIS Online or Enterprise, OpenLayers and React to serve data to end users via ArcGIS Server.

• Support the teams within the Digital Advisory service line by developing bespoke GIS functionality and web applications in answer to client requirements
• Work closely with the Software Development team to align GIS development with that of the existing software
• Design, code, integrate, test and deploy software
• Identify and fix bugs within code
• Demonstrate software solutions to clients or their representatives
• Engage with clients to understand underlying requirements
• Develop and maintain QA on code
• Maintain repositories
• Work with the GIS team to deliver GIS deliverables to tight deadlines
• Contribute to the technical development of the GIS team through sharing ideas and innovations
• To be aware of WSP’s Health and Safety policy
• Undertake own continuous professional development
• Assist in developing efficient working practices to provide industry leading, best value services to our clients
• Liaise with internal and external clients
• Provide GIS technical mentoring to junior GIS staff
• Awareness of Open-Source software and data

• Core principles of GIS and GI data management and an ability to apply them especially with regards to Enterprise Geodatabases
• Geospatial data processing and analysis with Python using ArcPy
• Geospatial front-end web development (HTML, CSS and JavaScript including React), working with the ESRI JavaScript API and/or other frontend geospatial libraries and platforms like Leaflet and OpenLayers
• Effective communication of data and its meaning through visualisation, including data visualisation software such as Tableau and libraries like Python/R and JavaScript
• User of ESRI desktop GIS software i.e. ArcGIS Pro, ArcMap, QGIS
• Experience with relational databases (SQL Server, PostgreSQL) and other data storage systems to manage and manipulate spatial data.
• Experience of working with ESRI and/or open-source geospatial technology stacks such as ArcGIS Enterprise or Online, ArcGIS Portal and PostGIS and GeoServer
• Experience of deployment using Docker
• Awareness of emerging geospatial trends and technologies
• An appetite to solve problems in creative and versatile ways, working as part of a collaborative team at pace.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts to a non-technical audience
• Able to identify potential to add value by integrating GIS processes and procedures with those of other teams within the Data & Digital Advisory service line such as Data Analysts
• Identifying innovative solutions to problems and driving the development of these
• Customer focussed approach to quality and service
• Self-motivated and to show initiative
• Proactive approach to developing new skills and keeping up to date with technology
• The ability to promote the team to clients

• SQL
• Arcade
• ESRI mobile applications
• An awareness of the architectural configurations that can exist behind ArcGIS Enterprise and Online platform frontends

• A degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline
• Member of a relevant professional institution
• Demonstrable experience (7-10 years)