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GIS Admin / GIS COTS Specialist - Remote, PA

GIS Admin / GIS COTS Specialist - Remote, PA

Submission Due Date: 02/11/2026

Client  - State of PA

Remote

This position serves three key roles within the organization:

Provide direct support of PA Department of Agriculture GIS systems and guide architectural decisions

Development, configuration, deployment, and maintenance of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) GIS products such as, ESRI Field Maps, ESRI Survey123, ESRI Collector, ESRI Operations Dashboard, etc.

Assist as high-level administrator for GIS systems and data

Description:

  • Advise and assist in GIS architecture solutioning
  • Develops, configures, deploys, and maintains GIS COTS solutions such as ESRI Survey123, ESRI Collector, etc.
  • Performs hardware and software installations, relocations, testing and routine maintenance.
  • Leads efforts to troubleshoot CADD/GIS system hardware and software problems.
  • Expertise in teaching/conveying technical and/or functional courses/concepts and developing training related materials.
  • Demonstrates proven experience in troubleshooting with little supervision.
  • Assists in developing documentation, standards, and direction for systems.
  • Assists in troubleshooting GIS system hardware problems and works with the appropriate service and warranty vendors to make the necessary repairs and fixes.
  • Tracks version upgrades and notifies proper parties of available updates to GIS Systems software.
  • Assists with resolving IT helpdesk tickets, phone and online problem reporting and maintaining problem report records.
  • Maintains current inventory of all hardware, software, upgrades and fixes for each site.
  • Maintains configuration charts of current inventory.
  • Maintains data backups and data archives and provides data retrieval from backup.
  • Monitors system status and data integrity.
  • Able to communicate status to managers and project sponsors.

Qualifications

  • 2 years previous experience designing, configuring, and administering ESRI COTS products including Survey123, Dashboard, Field Maps.
  • 2 years previous experience administering an ESRI ArcGIS Online organization.