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Site Reliability Engineer II - Real-Time and Big Data

Esri Dubai, United Arab Emirates Posted: 13 May 2025

Financial

  • Estimate: $65k - $85k*
  • Zero income tax location

Accessibility

  • Hybrid
  • Apply from abroad
  • Visa Provided

Requirements

  • Experience: Senior
  • English: Professional

Position

Join our talented team of dynamic and passionate engineers at Esri to deliver capabilities that enable our customers to make a difference. In this role, you will deploy and operate ArcGIS Velocity and ArcGIS Workflow Manager SaaS solutions, while also designing, deploying, and operating next-generation real-time and big data GIS software-as-a-service (SaaS) capabilities for thousands of cloud users worldwide.

We prioritize professional development and career growth, assigning projects that help each team member evolve into a better-rounded engineer and tackle more complex tasks. We value work-life balance and offer a flexible hybrid schedule to maintain a productive and well-balanced life both in and outside of work.

Responsibilities:

  • Collaborate with a team of SRE engineers to operate SaaS capabilities across multiple cloud regions.
  • Design, implement, configure, and utilize monitoring systems for SaaS product health.
  • Manage infrastructure for ArcGIS Velocity and ArcGIS Workflow Manager, responding to alerts and troubleshooting problems.
  • Develop and maintain automation solutions for repetitive operational tasks, such as deployment pipelines and incident resolution.
  • Design and deploy containerized micro-service components powering Esri’s SaaS offerings.
  • Create and automate Git workflows for code integration and infrastructure deployments.
  • Participate in technical efforts to introduce innovative ideas for software versions.
  • Troubleshoot system incidents and provide root cause analysis reports.
  • Provide rotational on-call technical support.

Requirements:

  • 5+ years of experience managing Kubernetes (EKS), logging and monitoring (ELK, Prometheus), and container technologies (Docker).
  • Proficient in using Terraform for infrastructure automation.
  • Ability to write scripts to deploy infrastructure/applications (Bash, Python, Terraform).
  • Expert-level understanding of cloud computing platforms (AWS or Microsoft Azure).
  • Strong knowledge of Linux OS administration, including troubleshooting and shell scripting.
  • Proficient in cloud networking, including VPCs, security groups, and VPNs.
  • Skilled in identifying and resolving system and application issues through effective troubleshooting.
  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, GIS, or information systems.

Recommended Qualifications:

  • Experience maintaining cloud environments supporting 24x7 high-availability production.
  • Interest in GitOps principles for automating application deployment on Kubernetes.
  • Certifications: AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate, CKA/CKAD or similar.
  • Experience with OpenSearch, Kafka, and managing distributed data streams.
  • Knowledge of operating resilient, highly available, scalable, and performant SaaS capabilities.
  • Familiarity with Esri ArcGIS or web mapping technologies.

Language Requirements: Not specified.

Esri values diversity and inclusion and encourages all qualified applicants to apply regardless of background.

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About Esri

Esri is the global market leader in geographic information system (GIS) software, location intelligence, and mapping. Since 1969, we have supported customers with geographic science and geospatial analytics, what we call The Science of Where. We take a geographic approach to problem-solving, brought to life by modern GIS technology.