Product Engineer II – On-premises Kubernetes, ArcGIS Enterprise

Overview

At Esri, we believe in helping our customers take on challenging geospatial problems and making a difference in the world. Join our team of talented and passionate engineers and help us build the next generation of ArcGIS Enterprise, a suite of products delivering state-of-the-art geospatial capability to thousands of our customers and millions of users worldwide.

Our team builds cutting-edge, highly scalable, and reliable distributed software for on-premises and the cloud. We make maps, geographic information, and analyses available on any device, anywhere, at any time. We are looking for a talented and experienced individual to help us design, build, test, and deliver the next generation cloud native architecture of ArcGIS Enterprise built using microservices. Members of this team develop a deep understanding of customer needs and product capabilities. Our product engineers provide a strong technical voice in the product development process and use the best tools available to build highly reliable, sustained, and evolutionary software.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with software developers, product managers and other cross-functional teams to design, build, and deliver new ArcGIS Enterprise capabilities for self-managed Kubernetes clusters like Red Hat OpenShift, VMware Tanzu, and RKE2
• Research and test new features offered by Red Hat OpenShift, Tanzu, and RKE2
• Contribute to the design process for cloud-native microservices based software product
• Develop automated tests and drive quality assurance processes
• Plan, execute, and certify software releases
• Prioritize and triage software issues from customers
• Contribute to software documentarian, blog posts and conference presentations
• Share workflows via help topics, blog posts, conference presentations, tutorials, and samples

Requirements

• 2+ years of hands-on experience deploying and managing stateful and stateless applications in self-managed Kubernetes clusters
• Experience automating infrastructure and application provisioning using scripting and templating
• Familiarity with cloud-based Kubernetes services such as ROSA and/or ARO
• Background in software testing and/or software development
• Strong understanding of private cloud environments, Linux networking, and Kubernetes service meshes
• Experience working with RESTful APIs through scripting
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and time management skills, with a passion for delivering high-quality software in cross-functional environments
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, math, GIS, geography, or related field

Recommended Qualifications

• Familiarity with ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Online, or similar spatial technologies
• Ability to design and implement test plans and automation for UI and/or web services using tools like Selenium, JMeter, or ReadyAPI
• Understanding of Linux, Docker, and Kubernetes, including managed services (AKS, EKS, GKE) and platforms such as OpenShift, Tanzu, or RKE2
• Experience in deployment automation and infrastructure as code (such as Bash, Jenkins, Helm, CloudFormation, ARM templates)
• Solid grasp of cloud-native principles and modern application design
• Knowledge of relational databases such as SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, or DB2
• Experience using Java, Python, or similar scripting languages, with the ability to build and deliver production-quality software

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