Senior Geospatial Data Architect

16 hours ago

Houston, Texas, United States ElevationHR, LLC Full-time $120 - $140 Permanent
Senior Geospatial Data Architect Houston, TX | Hybrid | 1099 Contract | $120–$140/hour ElevationHR is partnering with an established Houston-based energy and utility organization seeking a Senior Geospatial Data Architect to help shape the future of its enterprise geospatial data ecosystem. This is not a traditional GIS Analyst role. We are looking for an experienced geospatial professional who has progressed from hands-on GIS development or engineering into architecture and can design how geospatial data is integrated, stored, consolidated, governed, and accessed at enterprise scale. Pasted text The Opportunity You will help define the current-state and future-state geospatial data architecture while supporting the modernization of a complex enterprise data environment. The role will focus on consolidating fragmented geospatial data, designing scalable data lake and modern data-platform solutions, and aligning geospatial architecture with the broader enterprise data strategy. Pasted text

What You'll Do
• Define current-state and future-state geospatial data architecture
• Develop strategies to consolidate fragmented geospatial data
• Architect geospatial data ingestion, integration, storage, and accessibility
• Design scalable data lake and modern data-platform solutions
• Align geospatial architecture with enterprise data strategy
• Partner with geospatial SMEs, data engineers, architects, and technology leaders
• Support organizational adoption of Databricks What We're Looking For Required
• 10+ years of progressive technology, data, GIS, or related experience
• 7+ years of professional GIS/geospatial experience
• 3+ years of architecture or solution architecture experience
• Previous hands-on experience as a GIS/Geospatial Developer or Engineer
• Strong geospatial data architecture and integration experience
• Enterprise data lake, data platform, or lakehouse experience
• Practical Databricks experience or exposure
• Strong technical and stakeholder communication skills
• Bachelor's degree in GIS, Computer Science, Data Engineering, Information Systems, or related field; equivalent experience considered Preferred ArcGIS Enterprise, Python, SQL, spatial databases, ETL/ELT, cloud data platforms, data governance, and utility or infrastructure experience. Contract Details
• Pay: $120–$140/hour
• Engagement: 1099 Independent Contractor
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Location:
Houston, TX
• Schedule: Monday–Thursday onsite in Downtown Houston; Friday remote
• Location Preference: Local Houston candidates preferred
• Relocation: No relocation assistance
• Work Authorization: U.
S. Citizen or Green Card; no current or future employer sponsorship
• NO C2C: No third-party Corp-to-Corp arrangements; candidates operating through their own LLC may be considered Pasted text If you've built geospatial solutions hands-on and progressed into designing enterprise-scale geospatial data architecture, we'd like to hear from you. #Geospatial #GIS #GeospatialData #DataArchitecture #GeospatialArchitecture #Databricks #DataPlatforms #DataEngineering #ArcGIS #HoustonJobs #EnergyTech #UtilityTechnology