Esri
At a Glance
Overview
Join Esri’s Software Security and Privacy team and play a critical role in protecting the technology that powers how organizations around the world understand and use geographic information. As an Incident Response Product Security Engineer, you’ll sit at the intersection of software security, privacy, engineering, and product development. You'll help turn complex security challenges into meaningful improvements across Esri’s products and the ArcGIS platform.
This is an opportunity to make a visible impact in a highly collaborative, fast-moving environment where your technical perspective will help shape how Esri identifies, understands, and responds to emerging security and privacy risks. You’ll work alongside talented engineers, security professionals, product teams, and customers, bringing curiosity, sound technical judgment, and a continuous-improvement mindset to some of the most important challenges in software security.
If you enjoy digging into complex problems, connecting technical findings to real-world risk, and influencing how teams build more secure software, this role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful difference at global scale.
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Recommended Qualifications
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Total Rewards
Esri’s competitive total rewards strategy includes industry-leading health and welfare benefits: medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance for employees (and their families), 401(k) and profit-sharing programs, minimum accrual of 80 hours of vacation leave, twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year, and opportunities for personal and professional growth. Base salary is one component of our total rewards strategy. Compensation decisions and the base range for this role take into account many factors including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs.
The Company
At Esri, diversity is more than just a word on a map. When employees of different experiences, perspectives, backgrounds, and cultures come together, we are more innovative and ultimately a better place to work. We believe in having a diverse workforce that is unified under our mission of creating positive global change. We understand that diversity, equity, and inclusion is not a destination but an ongoing process. We are committed to the continuation of learning, growing, and changing our workplace so every employee can contribute to their life’s best work. Our commitment to these principles extends to the global communities we serve by creating positive change with GIS technology. For more information on Esri’s Racial Equity and Social Justice initiatives, please visit our website here.
If you don’t meet all of the preferred qualifications for this position, we encourage you to still apply!
Esri is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email askcareers@esri.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please note that only those inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this e-mail address.
Esri Privacy Esri takes our responsibility to protect your privacy seriously. We are committed to respecting your privacy by providing transparency in how we acquire and use your information, giving you control of your information and preferences, and holding ourselves to the highest national and international standards, including CCPA and GDPR compliance.
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Esri (Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.) is a leading American company founded in 1969, based in Redlands, California. It specializes in geographic information system (GIS) software, location intelligence, mapping, and geodatabase management applications. With a significant market share of approximately 45%, Esri serves over a million active users across 350,000 organizations worldwide. The company began as a land-use consulting firm and transitioned to software development, launching its first commercial GIS product, ARC/INFO, in 1981. Esri's core offering is the ArcGIS platform, which provides a comprehensive suite of digital mapping and analytics tools. This platform supports various sectors with solutions for mapping, spatial analysis, and cloud-based data integration. Esri is committed to advancing geospatial analytics, investing 30% of its annual revenue into research and development. The company operates numerous offices and research centers globally and hosts an annual user conference that attracts around 18,000 attendees.
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Security Philosophy
Security Team
The AppSec team is embedded within product operations and engineering and reports to the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)-Products. Key leaders include Kevin Ford (CISO-Products) and Pete Buwembo (Principal Software Security Engineer). While there are no currently active 'Application Security Engineer' job postings, previous listings emphasized collaborating with development and DevSecOps to design security into applications upfront. Total team size and formal headcount are not publicly available
Key Initiatives
Esri maintains a 'Security & Privacy Champion' program to foster security culture. They practice 'Shift Left' by designing security into applications upfront and providing developer guides. Vulnerability management is handled by a Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT), which uses CVSS for scoring. Intake occurs via standard support or the Trust Center. Operational ceremonies include static/dynamic analysis, third-party component analysis, and periodic penetration testing. Specific new initiatives from the last six months are not publicly documented
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