Principal GIS Specialist

5d5 days ago

AECOM

Bengaluru, IN · Full-time · INR 3,000,000 – INR 5,000,000

About this role

AECOM is seeking a Principal GIS Specialist, a hands-on technical lead responsible for architecting and delivering advanced GIS solutions. This role guides standards and automation while coordinating delivery across teams, with emphasis on technical depth and delivery excellence. Proportionate responsibilities include consultative client engagement, team mentorship, and business growth.

Design and implement robust spatial data models, analytics pipelines, and application patterns using ArcGIS Enterprise/Online, Experience Builder, dashboards, Survey123, and Field Maps. Drive automation with Python/ArcPy, FME, ModelBuilder, and reproducible workflows. Steward enterprise geodatabases for schema, standards, metadata, versioning, and security.

Integrate GIS with engineering, environmental workflows, CAD/BIM, databases, APIs, and digital data capture. Work with project managers and discipline leads to align GIS scope and deliverables to program objectives, acting as GIS/Data Lead on complex programs. Govern workflows, documentation, QA/QC, and support planning, budgeting, resourcing.

Serve as technical point of contact, shaping solutions, scopes, and estimates for clients, especially in UK-based environmental programs like linear infrastructure, wind, solar, and EIAs. Build long-term client relationships in the Environment sector. Support geospatial business growth through workshops, publications, and presentations.

Join a global team of over 50,000 professionals delivering projects that create positive impact. This position offers hybrid flexibility with office and remote work from Bengaluru, India. Bring bold ideas to solve complex challenges and build legacies.

Requirements

Experience architecting and delivering advanced GIS solutions with technical depth
Proficiency in ArcGIS Enterprise/Online, Experience Builder, Survey123, Field Maps
Expertise in Python/ArcPy, FME, ModelBuilder, Arcade for automation and workflows
Knowledge of enterprise geodatabases, spatial data models, analytics pipelines
Skills in integrating GIS with CAD/BIM, SQL databases, APIs
Strong preference for supporting UK-based environmental programs (linear infrastructure, offshore/onshore wind, solar, CCS, master planning, permitting, EIAs)
Ability to act as GIS/Data Lead on larger or complex programs
Experience in advanced analytics like multi-criteria decision analysis and digital twins

Responsibilities

Design and implement robust spatial data models, analytics pipelines, and application patterns (ArcGIS Enterprise/Online, Experience Builder, dashboards, Survey123, Field Maps)
Drive automation and quality using Python/ArcPy, FME, ModelBuilder, and reproducible workflows
Steward enterprise/file geodatabases (schema, standards, metadata, versioning, security) and perform technical reviews
Apply advanced analytics (e.g., multi-criteria decision analysis for site selection) and support digital twin use cases
Integrate GIS with engineering/environmental workflows, CAD/BIM, databases (SQL), APIs, and digital data capture
Align GIS scope, interfaces, resources, and deliverables with project managers and discipline leads on complex programs
Govern consistent workflows, documentation, metadata, QA/QC, and adherence to Technical Quality Review processes
Serve as technical point of contact, shape solutions/scopes/estimates, and contribute to client pursuits