United States onlyWho We Are:
Supported by more than 4,000 employees in nearly 80 locations across the United States, Michael Baker International provides a full continuum of engineering and consulting services, including design, planning, architectural, environmental, geospatial technologies, and construction and program management. Our clients include U.S. federal, state and municipal governments, foreign allied governments, and a wide range of commercial clients. Michael Baker is committed to delivering a standard of excellence that fosters a culture of innovation, collaboration, and technological advancement to help solve our clients' complex challenges.
About the Geospatial Practice:
Michael Baker International is a national leader in technology solutions supporting clients in local, state, and national government to solve complex problems with advanced technologies for the 21st century. Our National Geospatial Practice is comprised of over 70 GIS professionals across five time zones, collaborating on projects that range in size and complexity, from GIS data conversion to enterprise cloud solutions to application development. Our practice supports our internal clients in our infrastructure, federal, and technology verticals, along with external consulting with new and existing clients where we strive to bring cost-effective and innovative solutions to the market.
Summary:
In this technical position, the Solutions Engineer is responsible for supporting business development and technical project activities in the integration of geospatial solutions for our clients. Specifically, the Solutions Engineer will collaborate with other business development team members performing client technical briefings, presentations, analyses, and other forms of communication with clients; support project managers in client success; working with the practice on project growth; and provide day to day technical problem solving with both clients and internal program staff with geospatial solutions. The role will enhance our team’s ability to deliver top notch customer support as well as to maintain and evolve an in-depth understanding of technical innovations and potential solutions in the GIS industry that we can bring as trusted consultants to our clients.
Essential Duties:
Technical Advisement and Project Delivery
- Provide technical guidance to less experienced personnel on specific tasks
- If direct reports, manage staff utilization by scheduling, monitoring, and revising assignments
- Satisfy project requirements by ensuring that quality standards and deadlines are met
- Stay knowledgeable of trends and current developments within the Esri environment and other geospatial technical areas
- Provide guidance by mentoring and motivating staff on issues such as performance feedback and client relations
- May perform technical analyses, calculations, and tasks as needed
- Other duties as assigned by management
- Serve as a client advocate, educator, and technical expert by developing relationships with the goal of executing services.
- Effectively communicate with clients regarding data needs, priorities, geospatial/GIS service offerings, and on support matters.
- Address customer issues and concerns in a timely fashion to ensure customer success.
- Diagnose, research, escalate and/or resolve complex technical questions.
Business Development Technical Support
- Prepare scope of work and cost estimates for proposals
- Participate in internal and external professional development activities
- Provide technical methodology input on proposals
- Identify potential business development opportunities that are professionally challenging
- Bring recognition to the Michael Baker brand on a local, regional, and statewide basis
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in technical field or related field required
- 7-10 years related experience
- GISP certification preferred, but not required
- Experience and interest in managing 2-5 team members of varying technical ability
- Minimum of 5 years in the design or implementation of GIS technologies.
- Experience with configuring and deploying Esri Experience Builder
- Experience with implementing and managing ArcGIS Enterprise and ArcGIS Online
- Experience with cloud technologies – AWS and Azure
- Experience with relational database management systems (SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL) and management of geospatial data in database systems
- Strong analytical abilities, solid analytical and trouble-shooting skills with the ability to quickly identify and solve client issues.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, GIS and data processing software especially the Esri suite of products.
- Demonstrated experience in front-facing consulting with clients.
- Demonstrated analytical abilities through analysis and presentation of complex data
- Ability to translate technical issues to a nontechnical audience.
- Ability to use critical thinking and logic to isolate and resolve technical issues in a timely manner.
- Strong written, verbal, and organization skills.
- Ability to manage change in a fluid environment.
- Time management and prioritization skills.
Desired Qualifications:
- Experience with Utility Network and other Esri Advanced Solutions
- Understanding of basic network topologies and high availability architectures
- Understanding of development best practices and managing software development tasks
- Experience with Python and developing scripts for analysis or automated workflows
Work Environment:
The Geospatial Practice is dispersed nationwide across many states. Some of our team members work near physical Michael Baker offices and have the option to work an in-office, hybrid, or WFH model. Some team members are fully remote. Practice individuals are allowed the flexibility of determining a work schedule that is amenable to the individual based on project work assigned, provided approval is given by their supervisor. An individual may be asked to work business hours in another time zone if a specific project warrants the request.
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.
Compensation:
The salary range for this position is $93,844 - $147,818. This will be dependent on the experience and expertise of the incoming candidate, as well as their geographical location.
Michael Baker International, a leading provider of engineering and consulting services, including design, planning, architectural, environmental, construction and program management, has been solving some of the world’s most complex infrastructure challenges for more than 80 years with a legacy of expertise, experience, innovation and integrity.Based in Pittsburgh and with nearly 100 offices nationwide, we partner with clients on everything from roads, bridges, tunnels, mass transit, and airports, to water treatment plants, arctic oil pipelines, environmental restoration and specialized overseas construction. We serve as a trusted adviser to the communities we serve, making them safer, more accessible, more sustainable and more prosperous.
We provide visionary leadership in facilitating transformational change for our clients. Our work delivers differentiating innovations and dedicated experts who challenge the status quo and share a world of diverse experience and an impassioned entrepreneurial spirit. We deliver quality of life.
We Make a Difference.
Michael Baker International is proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Michael Baker International provides equal employment opportunity for all persons, in all facets of employment. Michael Baker International maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply for any open position for which they feel they are qualified and all will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status or any other legally protected status.
EEO is the Law. Applicants to and employees of Michael Baker International are protected under Federal law from discrimination.
