GIS Data Administrator

Salt Lake City, UT

Full Time

Posted October 16, 2026

$90k - $134k· Est.

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The GIS Data Administrator owns the integrity, architecture, and governance of Fervo’s enterprise geodatabase and spatial data ecosystem.

Enterprise Geodatabase Administration
Design, build, and administer Fervo’s enterprise geodatabase environment (ArcGIS Enterprise/Portal and ArcGIS Online), including schema design, version management, replica management, and database maintenance.
Define and enforce geodatabase data models, feature class schemas, relationship classes, domains, and topology rules.
Manage geodatabase versioning workflows to support concurrent editing by GIS analysts, developers, and field data collection systems.
Data Pipelines & Integration
Develop and maintain ETL pipelines to ingest, validate, and publish spatial and tabular data from land, engineering, permitting, and operational sources into the enterprise geodatabase.
Build automated data update workflows using Python (ArcPy, arcgis module, pandas) and FME or similar integration tools.
Integrate authoritative external data sources including BLM LR2000, state GIS portals, county assessors, USGS, and FEMA.
Data Governance & Quality Control
Establish and enforce spatial data standards, metadata conventions, naming schemas, and coordinate reference system policies.
Develop and implement automated data validation rules and QA/QC workflows.
Maintain authoritative GIS datasets for land status, federal and state ownership, lease areas, project boundaries, well locations, infrastructure, and operational features across the Western U.S.

Experience with Western U.S. federal and state land data sources (BLM, USFS, state trust land offices, county assessors).
Familiarity with FME or similar ETL platforms.
Background in energy, natural resources, environmental consulting, or land development.

Fervo offers a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your health, financial well-being, and life outside of work. Benefits for eligible employees include:
Medical, dental, and vision plan options
Employer-paid basic life insurance and short-term and long-term disability coverage
A 401(k) plan with a dollar-for-dollar company match
Flexible paid time off and paid parental leave
Family-building, fertility, hormonal health, pregnancy, postpartum, and parenting support through Carrot
A dependent care FSA for eligible child and elder care expenses
An annual Lifestyle Spending Account for eligible wellness expenses, including fitness, financial planning, pet insurance, and pet care
Employee ownership opportunities through Fervo’s Employee Stock Purchase Program, as well as stock option grants and bonus opportunities for eligible roles
Benefits and programs are subject to eligibility requirements and may change.