Lead ArcGIS DevOps Engineer

Quick Facts

• Role: Lead ArcGIS DevOps Engineer

Description

Lead the design, configuration, upgrading, and lifecycle management of ArcGIS Enterprise components (Portal, ArcGIS Server, Data Store, Web Adaptors). Ensure platform reliability, performance, security, scalability, and take shared ownership of HA and DR design, while establishing best practices for authentication, authorization, certificate management, and licensing. Operate ArcGIS Enterprise on a customized AWS EKS (Kubernetes) platform using Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines, and an automation-first approach.

Responsibilities

• Design, configure, upgrade, and manage the ArcGIS Enterprise platform lifecycle
• Share ownership of platform reliability, performance, security, and scalability (including HA and DR design)
• Establish and evolve best practices for authentication, authorization, certificate management, and licensing
• Act as ArcGIS Enterprise technical authority alongside the other Lead Engineer
• Design and operate ArcGIS Enterprise on customized AWS EKS (Kubernetes)
• Define and implement Infrastructure as Code and environment standards (e.g., Terraform, Helm)
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for deployments, upgrades, and configuration management
• Partner with cloud and platform teams on Kubernetes architecture, security, and observability standards
• Drive automation-first operations for provisioning, upgrades, scaling, backup, and recovery
• Implement and maintain monitoring, logging, alerting, and operational dashboards
• Maintain runbooks, operational documentation, and incident response processes
• Reduce operational toil and improve platform resilience
• Provide hands-on technical leadership and mentor senior engineers
• Collaborate with the peer Lead GIS DevOps Engineer and GIS Engineering Manager
• Collaborate with application, data, and analytics teams

Requirements

• Strong hands-on experience operating ArcGIS Enterprise in production environments
• Experience running enterprise workloads on AWS, ideally including 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 (Python, Bash)
• Experience working in collaborative, multi-engineer environments with shared ownership
• Excellent communication skills and comfort working across organizational boundaries
• English proficiency at C1 level

Nice to have

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

Benefits

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