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# System Engineer - ArcGIS (Mission-Focused)

- **Company:** Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.
- **Location:** Redlands, CA, United States
- **Salary:** $120,640.0 - $197,600.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** JavaScript (Programming Language), Microsoft Windows, Geographic Information Systems, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Proxy Servers, Systems Engineering, ArcGIS (Software), C Sharp (Programming Language), Cloud Computing, CompTIA Security+, Relational Databases, Linux, Domain Name System (DNS), Information Systems Security Architecture Professional, Python (Programming Language), Network Security, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Networking Basics, Oracle (Applications), Windows PowerShell, SQL Databases, Esri GIS (Software), Scripting, Load Balancing, Firewalls (Computer Science), Information Technology, Deployment Automation, Operational Systems, Programming Languages
- **Published:** August 25, 2026
- **Apply:** https://diversityjobs.com/main/sendform/8/8/28176/1/18063953?backUrl=%2Fcareer%2F18063953%2FSystem-Engineer-Arcgis-Mission-Focused-California-Redlands

## About the Role

* 8+ years of professional experience in a similar position supporting similar responsibilities
 * Experience designing, implementing and/or administrating enterprise ArcGIS or other comparable IT systems (desktop, server and online)
 * Broad system administration experience on Windows and/or Linux
 * Working knowledge of at least one scripting or programming language (such as Python, PowerShell, Javascript, C#)
 * Familiarity with network concepts and topics (such as domains, directories, DNS, HTTPS, firewalls, proxies, load-balancing)
 * Experience with at least one RDBMS, including SQL query writing (such as SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL)
 * 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, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) or STEM related field, * Master's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) or STEM related field
 * One or more industry-standard IT certifications (such as Esri, Microsoft, Amazon)
 * CompTIA Security + certification
 * Experience with Esri software including ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Online, Portal for ArcGIS and ArcGIS Runtime and their associates APIs or interfaces
 * Cloud-based system operations (SysOps)

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## Description

In this role, you will work directly with mission focused organizations to implement and modernize enterprise ArcGIS environments across complex, secure infrastructures. You will architect and support deployments across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments, ensuring performance, scalability, and reliability for high impact operational systems.

You`ll serve as a trusted technical partner, solving complex system challenges, guiding architecture decisions, and enabling customers to fully leverage location intelligence in support of their missions.

This is an opportunity to apply your system engineering expertise in environments where scale, security, and performance matters, and where your work directly supports mission success.

Esri has a Relocation Assistance Program and can provide support with relocating to the Redlands, CA area for this position.

Responsibilities

 * Deploy and configure ArcGIS in a wide variety of environments across operation systems, cloud providers, security architectures, customer types and organizations, to meet the customer's service level agreement
 * Plan and execute the migration of content from one ArcGIS deployment to another, encompassing different architectures, deployment strategies and software components
 * Troubleshoot advanced ArcGIS deployments, providing guidance for platform components such as storage, networking and security
 * Work closely with customers and partners to identify, design, and certify key GIS workflows for the ArcGIS platform
 * Collaborate internally to help customer organizations align their technical objectives and business goals with Esri's technology platform


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