
Sr. GIS Solution Engineer - Defense
Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc.
Louisville, COJob$99–174K/yrSeen 6 days agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago
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GIS Solution Engineers on Esri’s Defense team advise National Government customers on complex business challenges and mission-critical work. They develop and explain GIS solutions, collaborate across Esri, and demonstrate the value of ArcGIS. The role combines technical consulting, solution design, customer engagement, and sales support, with a focus on strategic Defense customers.
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Overview GIS Solution Engineers on our Defense team are highly technical, trusted advisors to customers across the National Government team. They inspire customers supporting mission-critical work pushing GIS to new heights. Not only do they create innovative solutions, they talk about solutions in ways that get others excited about the power of GIS technology. Solution Engineers collaborate across Esri and advise customers on their most complex business challenges. Leveraging problem-solving and critical listening skills, they demonstrate the value of GIS finding unique patterns, trends, and understanding. Each day poses new challenges and new discoveries with ArcGIS. At Esri, your ideas and curiosity are celebrated, and a growth mindset isn't just encouraged - it's the standard. Responsibilities - Build relationships. Present, demonstrate, and support selling Esri software and solutions as part of the account team. Gain access to technical enterprise-level decision makers and lead technical meetings that drive revenue. - Be an expert. Be a technicalleader of Esri technology as well as a subject matter expert of Defense. Demonstrate your advanced understanding of sales strategies and initiatives to develop complex solutions for Esri's most strategic customers. Understand an organization's business structure, associated workflows, third party business systems, and integration points. Share knowledge and coach new team members on best practices. - Solve problems. Proactively craftand propose solutions that clarify how GIS brings business value toour customers by addressing the critical challenges they face. Define and delivercomplex strategies that align Esri technology with our largest customers'business needs. - Tell our story. Design presentations for technical and non-technical audiences within Esri's largest customers. Provideconfiguration guidance and best practices. Present at large conferences and executive engagements. Requirements - 5+ years of experience with Esri technology, creating maps,performing spatial analysis, and configuring web applications - 3+ years of experience in the Defense space - Broad knowledge of ArcGIS from an IT context (such as hardware, storage, security, networking, web services, virtualization, cloud computing) - Demonstrated experience intechnical consulting and conceptual solution design - Understanding of sales and business development processes - Ability to troubleshoot client issues related to Esri application deployment andsystem architecture - Experience withgeodatabases and underlying DBMS technology - Knowledge ofcloud computing concepts and environments (Microsoft Azure or AWS) - Experienceintegrating software solutions with other business systems including datawarehousing, BI, CRM, ERP, and analytics platforms - Programming and scripting experience with languages such as Python and JavaScript, - Remarkable presentation, interpersonal, and listening skills - Ability to travel domestically or internationally 25-50% - Bachelor's degree in geography, computer science, or a related field - Applicants must be a US Citizen, undergo a background investigation, and obtain/maintain security clearance eligibility requirements for a Secret, Top Secret (TS), TS/SCI, or TS/SCI with polygraph Recommended Qualifications - Experience incorporating real-time information streams with existing GIS data and IT infrastructure - Knowledge of digitalization strategies that include mobile, IoT, advanced analytics and data science (AI/ML), and imagery - Master's degree in geography, computer science, or a related field Questions about our interview process?We have answers. #LI-KH3 #LI-ONSITE Total Rewards Esri's competitive total rewards strategy includes industry-leading health and welfare benefits: medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance for em loyees (and their families), 401(k) and profit-sharing programs, minimum accrual of 80 hours of vacation leave, twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year, and opportunities for personal and professional growth. Base salary is one component of our total rewards strategy. Compensation decisions and the base range for this role take into account many factors including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range is $98,592 $173,576 USD The Company At Esri, diversity is more than just a word on a map. When employees of different experiences, perspectives, backgrounds, and cultures come together, we are more innovative and ultimately a better place to work. We believe in having a diverse workforce that is unified under our mission of creating positive global change. We understand that diversity, equity, and inclusion is not a destination but an ongoing process. We are committed to the continuation of learning, growing, and changing our workplace so every employee can contribute to their life's best work. Our commitment to these principles extends to the global communities we serve by creating positive change with GIS technology. For more information on Esri's Racial Equity and Social Justice initiatives, please visit our website here. If you don't meet all of the preferred qualifications for this position, we encourage you to still apply! Esri is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please note that only those inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this e-mail address. Esri Privacy Esri takes our responsibility to protect your privacy seriously. We are committed to respecting your privacy by providing transparency in how we acquire and use your information, giving you control of your information and preferences, and holding ourselves to the highest national and international standards, including CCPA and GDPR compliance. Esri is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apply at: https://ipc.us/t/174A7A1C39594929.
How this job compares
Set against the 452 open Solution Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$99–174K/yr
- US median$140–235K/yr317 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $136K, is 28% below the US median midpoint ($190K) — in the lowest quarter of Solution Engineer salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 21 open Solution Engineer jobs in Colorado and 452 across the US. 10% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Colorado
- Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc. (this employer)5 open
- Oracle3 open
- Salesforce3 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Solution Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years at the median (342 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 127 of the 452 open Solution Engineer jobs (28%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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