Senior Geospatial Enterprise Database Engineer

Esri; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 121,000 - 198,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Esri is seeking a senior database engineer to design and implement scalable, secure enterprise database environments supporting geospatial applications, with a focus on performance, automation, and high availability. You will work with Defense and Intelligence customers to optimize database architectures and migrations.

The role requires 8+ years of experience across Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or SAP HANA, strong scripting in SQL and Python, and cloud database familiarity (AWS RDS, Azure

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on experience in database design, administration, and optimization for Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or SAP HANA.
• Scripting in SQL and Python for automation and data workflows.
• Experience with cloud-based database solutions (AWS RDS, Azure SQL Database).
• Understanding of geospatial concepts such as spatial data types and spatial indexing.
• Ability to clearly communicate complex technical concepts to technical peers and non-technical stakeholders.
• US citizenship with Active or Current Top Secret Security Clearance with SCI eligibility.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, mathematics, GIS or related STEM field.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable, secure, enterprise database environments.
• Configure and maintain database platforms.
• Develop high availability, backup, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies.
• Monitor and optimize database performance.
• Implement database security and access controls.
• Automate database loading, maintenance, and monitoring.
• Support database migration and integration initiatives.
• Apply geospatial concepts including spatial data types and spatial indexing.
• Advise customers on enterprise database best practices.

Skills

Database design

Database administration

Performance tuning

SQL scripting

Python scripting

Cloud databases

Geospatial concepts

Communication

US citizenship with TS clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, mathematics, GIS

Tools

ArcGIS Enterprise

AWS RDS

Azure SQL Database

Job description

Esri is seeking a senior database engineer to design and implement scalable, secure enterprise database environments supporting geospatial applications, with a focus on performance, automation, and high availability. You will work with Defense and Intelligence customers to optimize database architectures and migrations.

The role requires 8+ years of experience across Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or SAP HANA, strong scripting in SQL and Python, and cloud database familiarity (AWS RDS, Azure