Solution Engineer - Defense

Posted 22 Days Ago
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Vienna, VA
77K-127K Annually
Mid level
Other • Software • Analytics
The Role
As a Solution Engineer for Defense, you will leverage GIS technology to solve complex business challenges faced by customers in the defense community. Your role includes building relationships, demonstrating Esri solutions, and presenting to both technical and non-technical audiences. You will also act as a subject matter expert in the defense industry, creating innovative and problem-solving strategies to align GIS technology with business needs.
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Overview

We invite you to bring your experience and passion for supporting the Defense community. As a GIS subject matter expert, you’re a natural at identifying the right analysis tools for the problem at hand. Not only do you create innovative solutions, you talk about solutions in ways that get others excited about the power of GIS technology. Join an account team and advise customers on their most complex business challenges. Leverage your problem-solving skills to demonstrate the value of GIS and how it finds unique patterns, trends, and understanding.

At Esri, we are committed to our customers and their success. It is a place for you to do your best work and partner with our customers amid a supportive culture that encourages creativity, collaboration, and passion.

Responsibilities

  • Build relationships. Present, demonstrate, and support selling Esri software and solutions as part of the account team. Support your team as you help plan and execute sales strategies.
  • Be an expert. Become a subject matter expert of the defense industry as well as a technical expert of ArcGIS. Speak confidently with customers about Esri technologies and thoroughly communicate the Esri message. Be a visionary for your customers anticipating their needs and the technology trends that may impact them.
  • Solve problems. Proactively craft and propose solutions that clarify how GIS brings business value to our customers by addressing the critical challenges they face. Define and deliver strategies to customers that align Esri technology with their business.
  • Tell our story. Present technical demonstrations of proposed solutions to customers. Successfully design presentations for technical and non-technical customers. Provide best practices related to the use, deployment, and administration of Esri technology. Present at conferences and trade shows.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience with Esri technology creating maps, performing spatial analysis, and configuring web applications
  • 1+ years of experience in the defense industry
  • Understanding of ArcGIS from an IT context (such as hardware, storage, security, networking, web services, virtualization, cloud computing)
  • Experience in technical consulting and conceptual solution design as well as an understanding of sales and business development processes
  • Experience with geodatabases and underlying DBMS technology
  • Knowledge of cloud computing concepts and environments (Microsoft Azure or AWS)
  • Remarkable presentation, interpersonal, and listening skills
  • Ability to travel domestically or internationally 25-50% of the time
  • Bachelor’s in geography, computer science, data science, or a related field
  • US citizenship and ability and willingness to obtain a security clearance

Recommended Qualifications

  • Ability to troubleshoot client issues related to Esri application deployment and system architecture
  • Experience integrating software solutions with other business systems including data warehousing, BI, CRM, ERP, and analytics platforms
  • Experience incorporating real-time information streams with existing GIS data and IT infrastructure
  • Basic understanding of artificial intelligence/machine learning concepts
  • Programming and scripting experience with languages, such as Python and JavaScript
  • Experience deploying, upgrading, and administrating ArcGIS Enterprise
  • Master’s in geography, computer science, data science, or a related field

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Total Rewards

Esri’s competitive total rewards strategy includes industry-leading health and welfare benefits: medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance for employees (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

$76,960$126,880 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.

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Top Skills

JavaScript
Python
The Company
HQ: Redlands, CA
5,436 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 1969

What We Do

As a leading location intelligence platform provider (Forrester Wave 2020), Esri empowers leaders with innovative tools to help create sustainable prosperity. Esri's customers drive digital transformation by embracing the power of location.

We pioneer problem solving with GIS to help you see what others can’t.

We build ArcGIS, the world’s most powerful mapping & spatial analytics software. ArcGIS software and apps combine mapping and data analytics to deliver location intelligence and meet digital transformation needs for organizations of all sizes.

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