Geographic Information System Administrator

Role Overview

Synechron is hiring an immediate-start GIS Administrator for its Riyadh, Saudi Arabia location. This is a full-time onsite role suited to professionals with 6 to 14 years of relevant experience and availability within an immediate to 30-day notice period.

About the Company

Synechron is a global consulting firm focused on helping businesses evolve through digital transformation. The organization combines creative thinking with advanced technology to deliver solutions across Artificial Intelligence, Consulting, Digital, Cloud & DevOps, Data, and Software Engineering for financial services and technology clients. Through its FinLabs innovation work, Synechron builds modernization solutions spanning AI, Blockchain, Data Science, digital underwriting, and mobile-first applications. Over more than 20 years, the company has earned multiple employer awards and has grown into a workforce of 15,000+ across 58 offices in 21 countries.

Inclusion and Workplace Culture

The company states that diversity and inclusion are central to its culture. It maintains an equal opportunity approach and promotes a respectful workplace that welcomes candidates from a wide range of backgrounds, including differences in race, ethnicity, religion, age, marital status, gender, sexual orientation, and disability status. Synechron also highlights flexible work arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning programs, and other development opportunities.

What You’ll Do

This role focuses on administering GIS databases built on ArcGIS Enterprise geodatabases along with the required database engine. The position involves improving performance across queries, CTEs, ETLs, Python processes, indexing, storage, and database health monitoring. It also includes managing backups, restore exercises, disk usage growth, security controls, troubleshooting operational incidents, coordinating patches and upgrades, supporting migrations, and automating routine database and GIS administration tasks.

Technical Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain GIS databases, including ArcGIS Enterprise geodatabase environments and the underlying database platform.
• Improve system performance by tuning queries, CTEs, ETLs, Python jobs, indexes, storage, and overall database health.
• Handle backup and recovery operations, including restore validation and space growth management.
• Oversee access control, role assignments, permissions, and audit-related security activities.
• Investigate and resolve operational issues such as locks, connectivity errors, failed jobs, and data-related problems.
• Coordinate patching, upgrades, and deployment activities as part of planned maintenance.
• Support database and schema migration work and verify changes after implementation.
• Build automation for provisioning, backups, monitoring, and operational runbooks.
• Introduce CI/CD practices or scheduled jobs to support database and GIS maintenance workflows.
• Strengthen monitoring, alerting, dashboarding, and incident response processes.

Qualifications

Candidates should hold a bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a closely related discipline.

Professional and Soft Skills

Strong communication, leadership, teamwork, and collaboration skills are important. The role also requires the ability to stay effective under pressure, handle tight deadlines, maintain a positive attitude, and demonstrate a strong work ethic.

Additional Hiring Details

The employer is looking to fill this position immediately. Candidates should be prepared to join within an immediate to 30-day notice period.