Senior Esri Enterprise Architect & Admin — Drive Migrations

Kimley-Horn; Saint Paul (MN); On-site; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent Retirement Plan

Comprehensive Health Coverage

Generous time off

Job summary

Kimley-Horn is seeking a Senior Esri Enterprise Systems Architect/Administrator to lead the ArcGIS Enterprise stack in our St. Paul, MN office.

Primary responsibilities include shaping the architectural roadmap, migrating large server deployments, and implementing robust data governance and DR practices. The role requires deep ArcGIS expertise, SQL Server/PostgreSQL administration, and Python/ArcPy scripting with a focus on scalability and reliability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Geography, Geospatial Science, Computer Science, or related field.
• Minimum 8 years of Esri ArcGIS Enterprise administration experience with end-to-end migration.
• Deep experience with ArcGIS Enterprise components (Server, Portal, Notebook Server, Data Store).
• Strong PostgreSQL administration, including performance tuning at scale.
• Experience with ArcGIS Enterprise backup methodologies and DR validation.
• Azure cloud environments and infrastructure migrations.
• SQL Server enterprise geodatabase management and versioning.
• Mentoring or training geospatial admins.

Responsibilities

• Own architecture and long-term roadmap for ArcGIS Enterprise environment and migrations.
• Design data lifecycle and archival strategy for Portal content.
• Own enterprise geodatabase performance in PostgreSQL and SQL Server.
• Establish data governance standards to prevent data degradation.
• Partner on backup/DR strategy and validate recovery processes.
• Coordinate OS patching and config with vendors.
• Mentor team members and develop runbooks, standards, documentation.
• Evaluate monitoring tools to ensure health and growth alignment.
• Drive continuous improvement across geospatial infra and workflows.
• Serve as senior escalation point for complex issues.
• Evaluate agentic AI tools for governance tasks with guardrails.
• Define human-in-the-loop checkpoints for agentic workflows.
• Assess data readiness for AI agents and retrieval workflows.
• Develop scripts to query platform health via ArcGIS Admin API.

Skills

ArcGIS Enterprise administration

SQL Server/PostgreSQL tuning

Python/ArcPy scripting

Azure cloud infrastructure

Data governance & archiving

Backup/DR planning

Monitoring & performance tuning

Team mentoring/training

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Geography/Geospatial Science/CS

Tools

ArcGIS Monitor

WebGISDR/BackupMyOrg

SQL Server

PostgreSQL

Job description

Kimley-Horn is seeking a Senior Esri Enterprise Systems Architect/Administrator to lead the ArcGIS Enterprise stack in our St. Paul, MN office.

Primary responsibilities include shaping the architectural roadmap, migrating large server deployments, and implementing robust data governance and DR practices. The role requires deep ArcGIS expertise, SQL Server/PostgreSQL administration, and Python/ArcPy scripting with a focus on scalability and reliability.