Staff Software Engineer/ ArcGIS

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The Hartford’s Corporate IT organization is seeking a highly motivated, detail‑oriented Software Engineer to join Enterprise Risk Management IT (ERMIT) as part of the GIS team.

This role’s primary responsibilities are the ownership, administration, stability, security, and ongoing operation of the enterprise ArcGIS platform, supporting critical underwriting, claims, and risk management capabilities across the firm.

The position emphasizes end‑to‑end accountability for ArcGIS Enterprise system administration, cloud‑hosted infrastructure, enterprise geodatabases, and automated data and ETL workflows.

The successful candidate will own and operate platform components hosted in AWS, spanning both Windows and Linux environments, and will be responsible for driving platform stability, security, scalability, and operational excellence.

This role requires strong engineering fundamentals, an AI mindset, deep hands‑on experience with Esri technologies, and the ability to independently manage, evolve, and harden GIS platforms and data pipelines with minimal oversight.

Candidates will work closely with peer engineering teams, database and infrastructure partners, and business stakeholders, providing technical leadership while adhering to established standards, operational processes, and security practices.

Own and operate the ArcGIS Enterprise platform (Portal, Server, Data Store) for The Hartford

Support the underlying ArcGIS platform Windows infrastructure, including installations, configurations (ArcGIS Portal, Server, Data Store, IIS, Web Adaptor, Tomcat & Java), server migrations, patch management, and upgrades.

Monitor system performance, health, and availability.

Maintain enterprise geodatabases (Oracle, PostgreSQL), managing schema objects and content updates, SDE connectivity, and ST Geometry configuration as well as Enterprise Geodatabase upgrades