GIS Enterprise Manager (Info Tech Program Manager II)

Fairfax County•Fairfax (Ej32), VA

17h•Hybrid

About The Position

Fairfax County’s Innovation Division within the Department of Information Technology is hiring a senior technical leader to manage the county’s enterprise-wide geospatial infrastructure. The role leads the core GIS data, systems, applications, and services supporting county operations, public safety, and emergency response. The manager will guide architectural modernization, database integrations, and system and application upgrades while shaping the roadmap for the county’s GIS portfolio. The position supervises and mentors GIS professionals, manages contractor partnerships, and supports their professional development. It oversees county-wide enterprise GIS infrastructure and services, including platform components, remote sensing programs, software, cloud services, and open data portals. The role also works with county agencies and IT branches to ensure GIS systems and datasets meet business requirements and align with platform technologies, application development, and security standards. This role operates on a hybrid model requiring at least 40% onsite work at the Fairfax County Government Center. Work is generally sedentary in a normal office environment, and duties can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a closely related field, or an equivalent combination of education, experience, and training.
Six years of experience in systems design, development, and maintenance in a large information systems environment.
Considerable supervisory experience.
Completion of a criminal background check to the satisfaction of the employer.

Nice To Haves

Five years of experience leading large-scale enterprise GIS infrastructure design, enterprise geodatabase administration, and technical team management within an enterprise IT environment.
Advanced proficiency with the ESRI ArcGIS Enterprise suite and management of cloud-hosted GIS platform environments.
Deep technical knowledge of data standards governance, database optimization strategies, and remote sensing data management.
Demonstrated experience collaborating with diverse stakeholder groups.
Extensive experience designing, modernizing, and optimizing highly available, resilient enterprise IT environments and server architectures.
Bilingual ability in English and another language is encouraged.

Responsibilities

Formulate and drive the strategic roadmap for enterprise systems, applications, data layers, and GIS services, ensuring alignment with evolving county technology initiatives.
Oversee leadership in the design, selection, procurement, maintenance, and integration of enterprise GIS infrastructure, storage, databases, and core data services county-wide.
Supervise, mentor, and manage professional GIS data and system specialists, including their operational goals, contractor staff augmentation, and professional development.
Develop and stabilize enterprise-wide GIS platform infrastructure so spatial systems reliably support county agencies’ data needs.
Support enterprise GIS platform components, including remote sensing programs, open-source and proprietary software, cloud services, and open data portals.
Build relationships with county agencies to validate core spatial datasets and ensure backend systems meet business requirements.
Direct database administration and optimization to ensure performance, data integrity, and synchronization across central data offices and repositories.
Integrate the core GIS platform across IT branches and align system architecture with central platform technologies, application development divisions, and modern security standards.
Plan, prepare, and manage operational budgets for infrastructure programs, licensing, remote sensing contracts, and specialized GIS services.
Perform other duties as required to support GIS and Innovation Division efforts.