Solution Engineer Staff - Lead

Job Posting End Date

09-15-2025

Please note the job posting will close on the day before the posting end date.

Job Summary

Part of a larger team delivering high quality technology solutions to the business. Design, develop and install software solutions. Build high-quality, innovative and fully performing software in compliance with internal architecture, development & design standards & best practices. Design, modify, develop, write, implement and troubleshoot software programming applications. Support and/or install software applications. Lead the testing process through test review and analysis, test witnessing and certification of software. Works within a Waterfall or Agile methodology/framework based team. Collaborates heavily with Project Management, Business Analyst and Infrastructure Job Families.

Job Description

Job Functions:

Works independently.

Responsibilities include one or more of the following for the largest and most complex projects: Develops advanced solutions to resolve customer and prospective customer issues in a logical, creative and structured manner.

Align the client’s goals, needs and objectives to the solutions. Communicate issues and status in a clear, timely manner. Interpret specifications and build advanced solutions to those specifications.

Collaborate on the business strategy by acting as an expert of the company's services and products, including usage, architecture, functionality and deployment.

Develop custom presentations and demonstrations for all audiences.

Generates infrastructure support documentation.

Make proposals and writes request for proposal (RFP) responses.

Evaluate and propose advanced process improvements. Maintain expert knowledge about the company's software/hardware products.

May provide training and mentoring, as well as work direction, to others on the team.

Utilize extensive knowledge of the ESRI ArcGIS solution stack, including ArcPy, ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Enterprise 11+ (Portal, ArcGIS Server, and related components), and Esri mobile tools, to communicate best practices across the organization.

Demonstrate architectural experience and knowledge of ArcGIS Enterprise hosted in both on-premises (VMware Windows) and cloud (PaaS Windows) environments.

Design supportable and efficient solutions leveraging tools within the ESRI ArcGIS ecosystem, including various data source types and GIS data integration tools.

Possess deep knowledge of spatially enabled relational databases and approach information architecture optimally for a GIS stack.

Utilize GitHub for code storage and GitHub Actions, understanding their applicability in the Esri ArcGIS environment.

Implement testing automation frameworks and understand their relevance to the Esri ArcGIS space.

What We're Looking For:

Solutions Engineer Staff (SG9):

Education: Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related technical field is required.

Experience: 8 years of relevant work experience is required. An equivalent combination of education and related experience may be considered.

Solutions Engineer Lead (SG10):

Education: Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related technical field is required.

Experience:10 years of relevant work experience is required. An equivalent combination of education and related experience may be considered.

What you’ll get:

Solutions Engineer Staff (SG9): $112,869 - $146,730

Solutions Engineer Lead (SG10): $132,562 - $172,333

Compensation Data

Compensation Grade:

SP20-009

Compensation Range:

$112,869.00-146,730.50 USD

The Physical Demand Level for this job is: S – Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally (Occasionally: activity or condition exists up to 1/3 of the time) and/or a negligible amount of force frequently. (Frequently: activity or condition exists from 1/3 to 2/3 of the time) to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.

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