GIS Specialist / Developer

GIS Specialist / Developer Contract State/Province: Dubai Business Group: DCS Legal Entity: AECOM MIDDLE EAST LIMITED DUBAI BRANCH Business Line: Transportation Work Location Model: Hybrid Operating Group: International Primary Location: AE - Dubai, UAE - Dubai South Company Description Work with Us. Change the World. At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations. There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world. We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

The GIS Specialist owns end-to-end GIS delivery, automation and development, and day-to-day administration of the GIS enterprise environment for AECOM's infrastructure, transportation, utilities and urban development projects. The role spans three areas: (1) core GIS delivery – spatial data production, analysis, quality control and design coordination; (2) automation and development – building and maintaining Python-based automation, geoprocessing tools and web GIS applications; and (3) GIS Enterprise administration – supporting ArcGIS Enterprise/Portal/Server,and cloud-hosted GIS environments. This is a hands-on, technically diverse role suited to a candidate who can deliver GIS outputs, build the tools that make delivery faster, and help keep the underlying GIS platform running reliably.

GIS Delivery & Spatial Analysis Produce, manage and maintain spatial datasets, geodatabases and cartographic outputs for multi-discipline design teams. Perform spatial analysis (overlay, buffer, network, suitability) and integrate survey, design and asset data into GIS. Apply data standards, topology rules, QA/QC and metadata to ensure data accuracy, completeness and consistency, in line with the ISO 19100 series. Support design coordination, constraints mapping and options analysis, and assist with authority/client submissions. Manage coordinate systems, projections and transformations across local and regional datums. Automation & GIS Development Design, build, test and maintain automation scripts and geoprocessing models using Python/ArcPy to streamline GIS workflows and reduce manual effort. Develop and support web GIS applications and dashboards using JavaScript, the ArcGIS API, Experience Builder and StoryMaps. Design and consume REST APIs, and write/optimise SQL queries against enterprise geodatabases. Build and maintain FME/ETL workflows for data transformation, migration and system integration. Own the full tool lifecycle – requirements, development, testing, deployment, documentation and ongoing bug-fix/maintenance support. Collaborate with BIM, engineering and IT teams to integrate GIS with CDE platforms (ACC/ProjectWise) and other enterprise systems. GIS Enterprise Administration Support installation, configuration, upgrades and licensing of ArcGIS Enterprise, Portal and Server. Administer user roles, permissions and security settings across ArcGIS Online/Enterprise organisations. Publish, monitor and maintain map, feature and geoprocessing services; troubleshoot performance and connectivity issues. Support geodatabase/SDE administration, including schema management, versioning and maintenance schedules. Assist with cloud-hosted GIS deployments (Azure/AWS) and coordinate with IT