Sr. Technical Consultant

Overview

Are you up to the challenge of being in a highly visible role, where you’ll function as both a technical expert and a business consultant supporting businesses? Utilize your strong GIS technical know-how to support both new customers and seasoned users develop best practices for implementing Esri's enterprise to realize their vision and goals. 

ArcGIS brings together maps, apps, data, and people to make smarter decisions and enable innovation. Our Professional Services Division plays a crucial role in the deployment, usage, and innovation of the ArcGIS platform. Our mission is simple yet powerful: enable user success through the deployment of ArcGIS, broaden the impact of geospatial technology, and push the platform to make our own technology better.

Responsibilities

Senior technical consultants at Esri have the opportunity to impact our customers in a variety of industries, including utilities, natural resources, public safety, health, and state/local government. As a strategic advisor, you will provide vision and leadership while promoting the use of Esri technology to enable customer success. You will impact the development and growth of our technology into new domains by working closely with industry experts throughout the company. 

Regardless of the industry, all senior technical consultants will: 

• Be a thought leader. Help foster a sense of community among industry and public sector leaders. Advise customers regarding innovative solutions using Esri technology and content to help them make better decisions. Recommend relevant strategies, architectures, and solutions and work with customers to prepare implementation and migration strategies. 
• Understand our customers and know their business. Be familiar with the mission and operations of our customers' industries, including knowledge of common goals and initiatives, procurement cycles, and business processes. Advise customers regarding innovative solutions using Esri technology and content to help them make better decisions. 
• Enable our customers to be successful. Work closely with customers to identify, design, and certify key GIS workflows for the ArcGIS enterprise. Provide configuration guidance and best practices to customers and understand how Esri’s technology enables the customer’s stated vision. Collaborate with customer IT organizations to align their technical objectives and business goals with Esri’s technology enterprise. 
• Develop and grow business. Collaborate with Esri’s practice managers and marketing and sales teams to support business development for technology and implementation patterns with new and existing customers. Identify the value of location within customer workflows and drive substantial return on their investment in Esri's enterprise platform and services by creating outstanding proposals and winning work with strategic customers. Present complex GIS technical demonstrations to various levels of technical and non-technical staff in a diverse range of customer organizations. 

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience designing, implementing, and/or administrating enterprise GIS solutions/systems that leverage ArcGIS
• Ability to clearly communicate technical ideas, whether to other technical peers or non-technical project managers or customers 
• Demonstrable ability to evaluate and translate a customer’s business goals, objectives, and strategies into technical plans and solutions 
• Self-motivated, a proactive problem solver, team-oriented, and creative 
• Exceptional interpersonal, written/verbal communication, multi-tasking, and presentation skills 
• Entrepreneurial attitude and willingness to learn--you must thrive in a dynamic cross-functional team environment 
• US citizenship and ability and willingness to obtain a security clearance  
• Bachelor’s in geography, computer science, business administration, GIS, or a related field, depending on position level (master's in GIS, information systems, or computer science preferred)

Recommended Qualifications

• Knowledge of and experience with software engineering and/or robust application development principles and practices 
• Experience with ArcGIS, location-based services, geo-enabled apps, spatial analytics, or similar geospatial technology 
• Experience with current technology implementation patterns including service-oriented and cloud computing architecture

About Esri

Our passion for improving quality of life through geography is at the heart of everything we do. Esri’s geographic information system (GIS) technology inspires and enables governments, universities, and businesses worldwide to save money, lives, and our environment through a deeper understanding of the changing world around them.

Carefully managed growth and zero debt give Esri stability that is uncommon in today's volatile business world. Privately held, we offer exceptional benefits, competitive salaries, 401(k) and profit-sharing programs, opportunities for personal and professional growth, and much more.

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 a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email askcareers@esri.com 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.