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The Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) is responsible for the processing and treatment of drinking water, waste water, and storm water in the City of Philadelphia. PWD employs approximately 2200 people across 16 sites throughout the City.  

Under limited supervision, the developer is responsible for the design, implementation and development of the multi-tiered enterprise GIS system maintained by the Philadelphia Water Department’s GIS unit. This person helps steer the design and implementation of the overall architecture of the application suite of the GIS Unit, which includes off-the-shelf software components, and custom developed applications. This person is also actively involved in the in-house development of software components in support of low-level system administration tasks, middle-tier web service components, and front-end application development for web and mobile environment.

Essential Functions
•    Responsible for the development and maintenance of PWD’s ArcGIS Enterprise (portal)  and ArcGIS Online applications.
•    Will help coordinate the implementation of short- and long-term projects, objectives, policies and procedures for the production and maintenance of all enterprise geospatial application development related projects.
•    Develop software – primarily for the web, but also for data ETL processes and system admin tools
•     Develop and maintain enterprise web services that support mobile solutions and rich internet applications
•     Design and edit custom queries, scripts, macros and other methods to meet customer needs.
•     Proactively identify application inefficiencies and propose solutions.
•     Identify, create, and maintain development frameworks and code libraries.
•     Work closely with the team members to develop quality assurance documentation and    test plans.
•    Optimize application delivery and performance, and continuously improve system availability.

Competencies, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Required Skills:
•    Knowledge of ArcGIS Server product suite (10.0 and up) and strong knowledge of ArcGIS Server client APIs is preferred.
•    Mobile-optimized web application development experience using JavaScript and libraries like jQuery, the ArcGIS JavaScript API and MV* frameworks.
•    Strong programming, using C#, or VB.NET, JavaScript and Python, including working knowledge of design patterns, threading, delegation, and event-handling models.
•    Experience consuming and creating APIs with RESTful design patterns Strong data modeling skills, and experience with querying relational databases such as SQL Server or Oracle.
•    Working knowledge of IIS web server administration: application pool tuning, SSL encryption, ASP.NET configuration
•    Demonstrated experience with programming low-level applications in support of Windows system administration such as windows services, .bat scripting, console projects

Preferred Skills:

•    ArcGIS Enterprise 10.6 and later
•    Oracle Database Server (10g and 11g), or SQL Server 2008, 2014
•    Feature Manipulation Engine (FME)
•    Windows Server 2008, IIS 7 and above

Concepts:
•     Application Architecture
•     Application Lifecycle Management
•     Agile Methodologies
•     RESTful Web Services
•     Information Architecture
•     Web standards

•    Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field. 

Salary Range: $70,000 - $80,000

Please submit a resume and cover letter with your application.

Did you know?

• We are a Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program qualified employer
• 25% tuition discount program for City employees (and sometimes spouses and dependents as well) in partnership with area colleges and universities
• We offer Comprehensive health coverage for employees and their eligible dependents
• Our wellness program offers eligibility into the discounted medical plan
• Employees receive paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays
• Generous retirement savings options are available

*The successful candidate must be a city of Philadelphia resident within six months of hire

Please note that effective September 1, 2021 the City of Philadelphia is requiring all new employees to present proof of vaccination against COVID-19. 

The City of Philadelphia is an Equal Opportunity employer and does not permit discrimination based on race, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, source of income, familial status, genetic information or domestic or sexual violence victim status. If you believe you were discriminated against, call the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations at 215-686-4670 or send an email to [email protected]. For more information, go to: Human Relations Website: http://www.phila.gov/humanrelations/Pages/default.aspx