Lead ArcGIS DevOps Engineer ArcGIS, AWS, Python, Bash, Linux

DCG; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical care

Co-financing for sports card

Constant support of dedicated consul*

Mentoring and professional growth

Job summary

DCG is seeking a Lead GIS DevOps Engineer to design, implement, and operate ArcGIS Enterprise in a Kubernetes-based AWS environment. You will own platform reliability, security and scalability, collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams to drive automation and best practices.

You will lead infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines, and monitoring, while mentoring senior engineers and shaping the GIS DevOps roadmap. Strong communication across technical and business teams is essential.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience operating ArcGIS Enterprise in production environments.
• Experience running enterprise workloads on AWS, ideally with EKS / Kubernetes exposure.
• Experience deploying or operating ArcGIS on Kubernetes or containerized platforms.
• Solid understanding of Linux, networking, and cloud security fundamentals.
• Proven experience with Infrastructure as Code and automation.
• Strong scripting skills (e.g., Python, Bash) for operations and tooling.
• Experience working in collaborative, multi-engineer environments with shared ownership.
• Excellent communication skills and comfort working across organizational boundaries.
• Knowledge of English C1

Responsibilities

• Lead design, configuration, upgrading, and lifecycle management of ArcGIS Enterprise (Portal, ArcGIS Server, Data Store, Web Adaptors).
• Share ownership of platform reliability, performance, security, and scalability (HA/DR).
• Establish and evolve authentication, authorization, certificate management, and licensing practices.
• Act as technical authority for ArcGIS Enterprise within the team.
• Design and operate ArcGIS Enterprise on a customized AWS EKS (Kubernetes) platform.
• Define Infrastructure as Code and environment standards (Terraform, Helm).
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for deployments, upgrades, and configuration management.
• Collaborate with cloud and platform teams on Kubernetes architecture, security, and observability.
• Drive automation for provisioning, upgrades, scaling, backup, and recovery.
• Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and dashboards; maintain runbooks and incident response processes.
• Mentor senior engineers and collaborate with GIS DevOps peers.

Skills

ArcGIS Enterprise

AWS / EKS

Kubernetes

Terraform

Helm

CI/CD

Python / Bash

Linux

Networking & Security

Collaboration

Tools

ArgoCD

GitHub Actions

Prometheus

Grafana

CloudWatch

Job description

As a recruitment company, DCG understands that every business is powered by experienced professionals. Our management style and partnership approach enable us to meet your needs and provide continuous support. Due to our ongoing growth and the large number of recruitment projects we undertake for our partners, we are currently looking for:

Responsibilities:

• Lead the design, configuration, upgrading, and lifecycle management of ArcGIS Enterprise (Portal, ArcGIS Server, Data Store, Web Adaptors)
• Share ownership of platform reliability, performance, security, and scalability, including High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) design
• Establish and evolve best practices for authentication, authorization, certificate management, and licensing
• Act as a technical authority for ArcGIS Enterprise in partnership with the other Lead Engineer
• Design and operate ArcGIS Enterprise on a customized AWS EKS (Kubernetes) platform
• Define and implement Infrastructure as Code and environment standards (e.g., Terraform, Helm)
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for platform deployments, upgrades, and configuration management
• Partner with cloud and platform teams to align on Kubernetes architecture, security, and observability standards
• Drive an automation-first approach across provisioning, upgrades, scaling, backup, and recovery
• Implement and maintain monitoring, logging, alerting, and operational dashboards
• Contribute to and maintain runbooks, operational documentation, and incident response processes
• Proactively identify opportunities to reduce operational toil and improve platform resilience
• Provide hands-on technical leadership within the GIS DevOps team, mentoring senior engineers and supporting their growth
• Collaborate closely with the peer Lead GIS DevOps Engineer and the GIS Engineering Manager
• Collaborate with application, data, and analytics teams
• Take ownership of specific technical domains or initiatives while aligning with shared team standards and goals

Requirements:

• Strong hands-on experience operating ArcGIS Enterprise in production environments
• Experience running enterprise workloads on AWS, ideally with EKS / Kubernetes exposure
• Experience deploying or operating ArcGIS on Kubernetes or containerized platforms
• Solid understanding of Linux, networking, and cloud security fundamentals
• Proven experience with Infrastructure as Code and automation
• Strong scripting skills (e.g., Python, Bash) for operations and tooling
• Experience working in collaborative, multi-engineer environments with shared ownership
• Excellent communication skills and comfort working across organizational boundaries
• Knowledge of English C1

Nice to have:

• Familiarity with Helm, ArgoCD, GitHub Actions, or similar tools
• Experience operating or scaling enterprise-grade platforms
• Observability experience (Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, etc.)
• Background in geospatial data workflows or enterprise GIS use cases

Offer:

• Private medical care
• Co-financing for the sports card
• Constant support of dedicated consultant