Senior System Engineer – ArcGIS (Mission-Focused)

Join Esri’s Professional Services team and lead the design and delivery of mission-critical ArcGIS deployments supporting Defense and Intelligence operations. As a Senior System Engineer, you will architect and optimize enterprise-scale geospatial systems across complex, secure environments. You will guide customers on deployment strategies, high availability architectures, system performance, and integration across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid infrastructures. This role combines deep hands-on system engineering with technical leadership in environments where performance, security, and mission impact are critical.

Responsibilities

• Deploy and configure complex ArcGIS in a wide variety of environments across operating systems, cloud providers, security architectures, customer types, and organizations to meet the customer's service level agreement
• Plan and execute the migration of content from one ArcGIS deployment to another, encompassing different architectures, deployment strategies, and software components
• Troubleshoot advanced ArcGIS deployments, providing guidance for platform components such as storage, networking, and security
• Work closely with customers and partners to identify, design, and certify key GIS workflows for the ArcGIS platform
• Collaborate internally to help customer organizations align their technical objectives and business goals with Esri's technology platform

Requirements

• 12+ years of professional experience in a similar position supporting similar responsibilities
• Experience designing, implementing, and/or administrating enterprise ArcGIS or other comparable IT systems (desktop, server, and online)
• Broad system administration experience on Windows and/or Linux
• Working knowledge of at least one scripting or programming language (such as Python, PowerShell, JavaScript, C#)
• Familiarity with network concepts and topics (such as domains, directories, DNS, HTTPS, firewalls, proxies, load-balancing)
• Experience with at least one RDBMS, including SQL query writing (such as SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL)
• US citizenship with Active or Current (within 2 years of active) Top Secret Security Clearance with SCI eligibility
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), or STEM-related field

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), or STEM-related field
• One or more industry-standard IT certifications (such as Esri, Microsoft, Amazon)
• CompTIA Security+ certification
• Experience with Esri software including ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Online, Portal for ArcGIS, and ArcGIS Runtime and their associated APIs or interfaces
• Cloud-based system operations (SysOps)

Benefits

• Industry-leading health and welfare benefits: medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance for employees (and their families)
• 401(k) and profit-sharing programs
• Minimum accrual of 80 hours of vacation leave
• Twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year
• Opportunities for personal and professional growth

Esri has a Relocation Assistance Program and can provide support with relocating to the St. Louis, MO area for this position.

Pay

A reasonable estimate of the base salary range is $156,000 USD - $239,200 USD.