GIS Software Developer at Prowox Nigeria

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We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: GIS Software Developer
Job Location: Lagos

Job Description

• PROWOX seeks GIS Software Developers who will participate in the design, development, testing, and documentation of systems for a Government of Delta State.
• The candidate will undertake geospatial development work with Microsoft Consulting on new GIS applications.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop, test, debug and maintain an array of custom web based GIS applications, tools and supporting web services using standard software lifecycle processes
• Create and maintain system related documentation.
• Experience with ESRI products version 10.4.1 ArcGIS Desktop, ArcSDE, ArcGIS Server
• Experience with Azure or other cloud technologies
• Understanding of micro services architecture
• Experience with Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment (CI/CD)
• Support the infrastructure by maintaining and developing new capabilities in Microsoft .Net.
• Develop software in an agile development process by working with stakeholders to refine developed products.
• Perform web and mobile application development using JavaScript, HTML5, CSS, AJAX for the Esri ArcGIS platform
• Provide support, troubleshooting, modifications, enhancements, and maintenance for existing GIS applications, scripts, tools and web services.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or other related discipline is required
• 5+ years of related experience required
• GIS or Microsoft Certifications in C#/.Net and SQL Server – preferred

Experience:

• 5+ years of experience in information systems development which includes systems analysis and design, programming, and documentation
• Ability to build shapefiles, file geodatabase, geoprocessing scripts in Python & SQL Spatial
• Experience with Web Services development
• Knowledge of PowerShell scripting
• Should participate in Design/Code and System review during Scrum development process
• Good written and oral communications skills and able to work in a team which consists developers with different skill sets
• Experience with Microsoft frameworks and tools like Visual Studio
• Should have knowledge in system development using Object Oriented Principles
• Experience in developing applications using JavaScript, JQuery and client side scripting tools and technologies. C# and .NET. Most widely used Visual Basic, HTML, XML and Flex. Reduction in the amount in aging Arc Macro Language (AML) and Avenue.

Ancillary Experience:

• Programming - Writing code and automating redundant GIS processes.
• Spatial Analysis - manipulate, extract, locate and analyze geographic data, which includes buffering, clipping and exploring the relationships between map feature. (GIS Analysis, GIS Modeling, Data Integration & Conversion, Data Analysis, Geocoding, Geomatics
• Cartography - (GIS Cartography, Information Management, Softcopy Mapping, Web Mapping, GIS Mapping, ArcGIS Map Design, Quality control/assurance)
• Remote sensing - Remotely reading satellite or aerial imagery to map the Earth.(Remote Sensing Analysis, Satellite/Airphoto Interpretation, Global Positioning Systems (GPS), Soil Classification)
• Database management - Storing and extracting information from structured sets of geographic data. (Database Development, Data Management, Database Administration, Data Management Services, Asset Management Consulting) Web Mapping - interactively displaying, processing or analyzing spatial content on the World Wide Web.