GIS Engineer

Vantor seeks a GIS Engineer to design, implement, and optimize secure geospatial solutions within our Defense & Aerospace programs. In this IT & Data Management role, you will architect GIS platforms, integrate diverse geospatial datasets, build web mapping services, and support mission-critical analytics that power defense operations. You'll collaborate with AI and cloud teams to enable advanced geospatial intelligence while ensuring compliance with security and industry standards. Vantor offers a collaborative, learning-focused culture, competitive salary, bonus potential, and comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and 401(k).

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain secure GIS solutions for defense and aerospace programs

• Develop and optimize geospatial data models, ETL workflows, and map services

• Integrate GIS platforms with enterprise IT and data management systems

• Implement geospatial analytics to support mission planning and situational awareness

• Ensure compliance with defense industry security and data standards

• Collaborate with AI, data, and cloud teams to enable advanced geospatial analytics

• Troubleshoot performance, reliability, and data quality issues in GIS environments

• Document architectures, configurations, and operational procedures

• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to best practices and standards

• Partner with stakeholders to translate mission needs into GIS technical solutions Required Skills

• GIS system design and implementation

• Esri Arc

• GIS suite (Desktop, Pro, Enterprise, Online)

• Geospatial data modeling and management

• Python scripting for geoprocessing

• SQL and spatial databases (Post

• GIS, SQL Server, Oracle Spatial)

• Web mapping (Arc

• GIS Enterprise/Server, REST APIs)

• Geospatial ETL and data integration

• Linux/Windows server administration basics

• Defense & Aerospace geospatial standards (e.g., NGA standards)

• Version control (Git) and Dev

• Ops basics