Geospatial Platform Analyst

The Government of Alberta's Technology and Innovation branch seeks a Geospatial Platform Analyst to build and operate the enterprise GIS platform delivering reliable, scalable geospatial services to ministries, partners, and citizens. The role requires a senior, hands-on professional with expertise in geospatial technologies, software development, and automation. The analyst will lead the configuration, extension, and operation of enterprise geospatial technologies, drive automation and standardization, and apply AI to deliver smarter, more resilient geospatial services. The position is eligible for remote work from within Greater Edmonton or Calgary area.

Requirements

• A university graduation in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related field.
• A minimum of two (2) years of related experience in administering multi-tier enterprise GIS platforms and enterprise geodatabases, owning end-to-end software development lifecycle for geospatial applications, building integration services and ETL pipelines, and automating platform administration through CI/CD, configuration management, and scripting.
• Experience in operating production support for multi-tenant geospatial services with monitoring and telemetry, diagnosing complex failures across infrastructure, application, geodatabase, and network, meeting service-level targets.
• Experience in implementing security controls for enterprise GIS platform’s identity federation, role-based access, certificate management, vulnerability remediation, and audit logging, closing critical findings within defined window.
• Experience in supporting high-availability and disaster recovery for enterprise GIS platforms, meeting defined recovery time and recovery point objectives through regular tested failover.
• Experience in applying AI and agentic AI tools in geospatial engineering and operations, including code generation, anomaly detection, and runbook automation reducing operational toil.

Benefits

• Positive workplace culture and work-life balance.
• Leadership and mentorship programs.
• Public Service Pension Plan (PSPP).
• Management Employees Pension Plan (MEPP).
• Alberta Public Service Benefit Information.

Originally posted on Himalayas