Senior Cloud GIS Engineer for ArcGIS Enterprise

SAIC

Richmond (VA)

On-site

USD 140,000 - 180,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Job summary

SAIC seeks a GIS Administration Cloud Engineer to support federal geospatial cloud-hosting clients in AWS, delivering high-availability ArcGIS Enterprise platforms across Windows, Linux, and Kubernetes. You will provide technical leadership and hands-on administration of ArcGIS Enterprise systems, including installation, patching, security, and design of cloud infrastructure using IaC and CI/CD.

The role requires 5+ years of ArcGIS Enterprise administration, strong Kubernetes experience, and a

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, GIS, Engineering, or related field; or 4 additional years of related experience in lieu of degree.
5+ years administering ESRI ArcGIS Enterprise in production, including ArcGIS Server, Portal for ArcGIS, ArcGIS Data Store, and related components.
Administration on both Windows and Linux.
3+ years as a Cloud Engineer with at least one major provider (AWS, Azure, GCP).
Implementing monitoring, logging, and backup for cloud-hosted workloads.
Familiarity with IaC (Terraform, Terragrunt, CloudFormation, ARM) and ability to design and maintain production IaC solutions.
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Azure DevOps).
2+ years with Kubernetes (production), including cluster configuration, management, and troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

Administer, configure, and optimize ESRI ArcGIS Enterprise on Windows, Linux, and Kubernetes in cloud-hosted environments.
Support ArcGIS Enterprise architectures on EC2 and containerized deployments (Kubernetes).
Work in a ticket-driven support model (Jira, ServiceNow) handling incidents, requests, and changes.
Lead cloud infrastructure design, deployment, and maintenance in AWS, Azure, or other clouds.
Implement and maintain IaC solutions for automated provisioning and configuration of GIS components.
Design, implement, and support CI/CD pipelines for ArcGIS configurations, extensions, and infrastructure.
Support ArcGIS for Kubernetes deployments, including cluster configuration and troubleshooting.
Collaborate with cloud and security teams to meet federal security and compliance requirements.
Troubleshoot complex issues across application, OS, network, and cloud layers; perform root cause analysis.
Create and maintain documentation (architectures, SOPs, runbooks).
Gather requirements with stakeholders and implement changes under change management.
Participate in on-call or after-hours maintenance windows.