All Points Broadband Hiring for GIS Developer at Remote Full Time

Job Description: GIS Developer

Company Overview

All Points Broadband is the leading, rural-facing internet service provider in the mid-Atlantic and a four-time honoree on the Inc. list of America’s 5,000 fastest growing companies. We are committed to delivering reliable broadband internet to everyone, regardless of where they live.

Building on a seven-year record of successfully consolidating rural internet service providers, All Points is aggressively partnering with underserved jurisdictions and electric utility companies to finally bridge the digital divide by extending fiber-to-the-home to currently unserved homes and businesses. In the past year, All Points has secured more than $300 million in local, state, and federal grants to support rural broadband deployment. There are more than 140,000 locations in our current FTTH construction pipeline, which is continuously expanding.

All Points’ lead investor is Searchlight Capital Partners, a private equity firm that is one of America’s leading broadband investors. Searchlight is a $9 billion fund that is the largest private investor in residential fiber in the United States, primarily through All Points, Consolidated Communications, and Ziply Fiber (formerly Frontier in the northwest states).

We are a team of hardworking individuals who are passionate about our mission and take pride in our work. We like what we do and who we do it with. We have empathy for others, and we treat our customers and coworkers with respect. We are cool under pressure and do not let obstacles or challenges stand in our way. We are objective, self-critical, and always looking to improve ourselves and our methods and procedures.

Position Summary

All Point Broadband (APB) is seeking and experienced GIS Developer to grow the automation team in the Engineering Department. APB is in the process of automating high and low -level fiber-to-the-home network designs, and client data validation. The GIS Developer will assist the automation team in the creation, maintenance of, and documentation of FME workspaces or other applications, when necessary. As workflows and processes are automated and production-ready, the GIS Developer will seek ways to integrate into an enterprise solution.

GIS Developer critical responsibilities:

• Design, code, and integrate GIS applications, such as FME, with our fiber management, database, and billing systems
• Test GIA applications and perform bug fixes
• Maintain GIS application documentation
• Propose new technologies and techniques for application development
• Assist in data validation and quality assurance to ensure data integrity and application stability
• Understand customer requirements and develop GIS solutions to meet their business needs
• Stay current with the last developments within the GIS field.

Qualifications of a strong candidate:

• 2+ years professional experience in geospatial application design, development, and operations
• 3+ years Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) network design (required)
• Experience with FME Desktop and FME Server; FME professional certification a plus
• Fluency in GIS software and geospatial processing using ESRI suite, QGIS, or comparable
• Experience with Open-Source Mapping technologies such as Mapbox GL JS, Turf Js, GeoPandas, GDAL, Vector Tiles
• Understanding of application architecture best-practices
• Understanding of relational database design
• Experience developing REST Services using ASP.NET Core or Python
• Experience using and designing relational databases in PostgreSQL/PostGIS, SQL Server Spatial, or comparable
• Experience with full stack development including SQL, Python, and JavaScript
• Experience working with Linear referenced data
• Interest working with cloud technologies such as AWS and Azure

Characteristics of a great APB team member:

• A consummate team collaborator! You ensure alignment to core values, vision, and mission throughout the organization.
• Intense and natural mission alignment with All Points Broadband
• Love working in a fast paced, entrepreneurial culture. Thus, you thrive in building things successfully from scratch.
• A systems thinker who gets a charge out of progress and continuous improvement as much as big milestones

Work Requirements

The GIS Developer will be expected to report to work in the Company’s headquarters in Richmond, Virginia. The headquarters are located in the James Center in the heart of downtown with easy access to I-95 and the Downtown Expressway. A hybrid work schedule will be considered once deliverables are completed.

All new All Points employees are required to be vaccinated for COVID-19.

Compensation

GIS Developer will receive a competitive salary based on qualifications.

All Points offers industry-leading medical, dental and vision coverage, paid-time-off and 401(k) with Company match, among other benefits.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

COVID-19 considerations:
All new All Points employees are required to be vaccinated for COVID-19.

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Richmond, VA 23219: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• FTTH Network Design: 3 years (Required)
• SQL: 1 year (Required)
• Python: 1 year (Required)

Work Location: Remote