Essnova Solutions, Inc.

Database & Cloud Architect (Azure, ArcGIS Enterprise & SQL Server)

Essnova Solutions, Inc.  •  Sterling, VA (Onsite)  •  13 hours ago
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Job Description

Location: Remote (U.S.-based)

Employment Type: Full-Time (Contingent Upon Contract Award)

Security Requirement: Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a NACI (National Agency Check with Inquiries)

About Essnova

At Essnova Solutions, we're not just another IT services company—we're a catalyst for change in the federal contracting landscape. As a certified 8(a) and HUBZone small business, we've been recognized for our rapid growth and excellence, including being named Alabama's Minority-Owned Small Business of the Year and earning a spot on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies.

Our mission is clear: to empower those who serve by delivering bold, innovative solutions with unmatched efficiency. From geospatial analytics to healthcare IT, we tackle some of the most critical challenges across government, education, and healthcare sectors.

We're seeking driven professionals ready to take ownership, drive meaningful change, and grow alongside a company that's scaling smart and fast.

Essnova is seeking a Database & Cloud Architect to support a federal marine minerals and geospatial information program. This role combines enterprise database administration with cloud-hosted GIS infrastructure engineering, supporting Microsoft SQL Server environments, ArcGIS Enterprise deployments, Azure cloud services, and federal security compliance requirements.

The ideal candidate possesses expertise in enterprise geodatabases, database optimization, schema management, ArcGIS service publishing, Azure cloud architecture, and troubleshooting complex GIS environments supporting mission-critical federal programs.

Key Responsibilities

  • Maintain enterprise geospatial databases across development, test, and production environments
  • Administer Microsoft SQL Server and enterprise geodatabase environments
  • Support schema modifications, versioning workflows, backups, reconciliation, and performance tuning
  • Manage mosaics, rasters, indices, statistics, and database optimization activities
  • Publish and maintain geospatial services within ArcGIS Enterprise environments
  • Troubleshoot database, infrastructure, and service publishing issues within Azure-hosted systems
  • Support DOI security requirements, vulnerability remediation efforts, and FISMA Moderate compliance activities
  • Provide recommendations to improve system reliability, scalability, performance, and security
  • Maintain FGDC and ISO-compliant metadata and data management processes
  • Support cloud-hosted marine minerals and scientific data repositories

Requirements

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, GIS, Geography, Engineering, or a related field
  • Demonstrated expertise with Microsoft SQL Server administration and optimization
  • Experience with enterprise geodatabase design, maintenance, and versioned environments
  • Strong knowledge of Spatial SQL and geospatial database technologies
  • Experience supporting ArcGIS Enterprise architecture, deployment, and administration
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Azure cloud services, including storage, networking, compute, and security
  • Experience troubleshooting performance issues in complex cloud-hosted environments
  • Knowledge of FGDC and ISO 19115 metadata standards
  • Familiarity with federal security requirements and FISMA Moderate compliance
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a NACI/Public Trust clearance

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience supporting BOEM, DOI, NOAA, USGS, or other federal geospatial programs
  • Familiarity with marine mineral datasets and scientific data repositories
  • Experience with branch and traditional geodatabase versioning workflows
  • Knowledge of DOI cloud hosting requirements and enterprise GIS best practices
  • Relevant Microsoft Azure, Esri, or database certifications
  • Experience supporting large-scale environmental or natural resource management systems

Essnova Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected status.

Essnova Solutions, Inc.

About Essnova Solutions, Inc.

Ranked at 163 in the INC. magazine’s prestigious list of 500 fastest growing companies in the U.S, Essnova is an award winning, and mature small business offering broad range of technology and programmatic support services to the governmental and commercial customers. Essnova’s CEO is proud to be awarded with the Alabama’s SBA 2020 Small Business Person of the Year recognition.

We offer specialization in SETA Services, Geospatial, Environmental and Medical Services. Our Technology Integration/VAR reseller unit augments our services with SME Support, products and licensing from hundreds of manufacturers.

Essnova offers a highly capable management team, delivering mature management services as demonstrated by our Federal and commercial exceptional past performance. We utilize ISO-registered commercial best practices to deliver highly efficient and responsive solutions. Our team works diligently to ensure that we continue to be the world-class small business in our customers’ vendor portfolio.

Comprised of solution architects, engineers, subject matter experts – Team Essnova stands ready to assist our customers with deploying enterprise, agency wide solutions from assessment, concept, design, technology solutions procurement, implementation, training and ongoing maintenance and management.

We are the American Dream- a company comprised of normal everyday people who have a shared vision of being a contributing part of how this country and its people communicate, work together, and share together through technology and connection. This vision is what gives us the continued drive and excitement of working with the Federal agencies and Commercial organizations that are our clients, who all share our desire and goal to facilitate the implementation of systems and services that help communication and collaboration expand and be available to all who can benefit.

Industry
IT & Software
Company Size
11-50 employees
Headquarters
Birmingham, Alabama
Year Founded
2005
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