Enterprise Database Engineer – Geospatial | TS/SCI

Overview

Design the data foundation behind mission-critical geospatial systems.

Join Esri`s Professional Services organization and partner with Defense and Intelligence customers to design, implement, secure, and optimize enterprise database environments supporting geospatial applications.

You`ll bring deep database engineering expertise to complex customer environments, working across database architecture, performance, automation, security, high availability, disaster recovery, cloud database technologies, and spatial data. You`ll also advise customers on database design, migration, and integration approaches throughout the engagement lifecycle.

Esri has a Relocation Assistance Program and can provide support with relocating to the Washington DC area for this position.

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

Requirements

• 8+ years of hands-on experience in database design, administration, and optimization for Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or SAP HANA
• Demonstrated experience with database design principles, data loading techniques, backup and recovery solutions, performance monitoring and tuning, database maintenance, and security
• Scripting skills in SQL and Python for automation and data workflows
• Experience with cloud-based database solutions (such as AWS RDS, Azure SQL Database)
• Understanding of geospatial concepts such as spatial data types, coordinate systems, and spatial indexing
• Ability to clearly communicate complex technical concepts to technical peers and non-technical project managers or customers
• 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, GIS, or related STEM field

Recommended Qualifications

• Experience with ArcGIS Enterprise geodatabases
• Knowledge of integrating GIS with other enterprise systems
• CompTIA Security + certification
• One or more industry-standard IT certifications (such as Esri, Microsoft, Amazon, PostgreSQL, Oracle)
• Master's degree in computer science, mathematics, GIS or related STEM field

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