Geospatial Data Engineer (Mosaic Datasets, Tiling Schemes, ArcPy) for NATO with security clearance
Summary
A geospatial data engineer keeps a defence organisation's geospatial estate in The Hague clean, documented and usable: managing geodatabases, metadata, ingestion/validation and QA/QC, and supporting ArcGIS Pro (ESRI) platforms on premises and in the cloud. Fully on-site role, with everyday spatial analysis and map production for GIS teams.
Every map is only as good as the data underneath it. That data would be yours.
A multinational defence organisation in The Hague keeps a large estate of geospatial data, on its own servers and in the cloud, and a team of GIS experts who depend on it. It needs a data manager who keeps that estate clean, documented and ready to use. Fully on site, with further years of work expected after the first period.
What you would be doing
- Organising and maintaining geospatial datasets, metadata, geodatabases and spatial repositories
- Running ingestion, transformation, validation and quality checks, and keeping versions and integrity under control
- Supporting the GIS platforms on premises and in the cloud - backups, documentation, obsolescence and day-to-day fixes - with the IT colleagues who run them
- Doing the everyday spatial analysis, maps and standard products the teams ask for
- Taking part in project meetings and suggesting better ways to work with the data
What you would bring
- A degree in geospatial science or a related field plus two years' experience, or around six years of progressive hands-on work in the field
- At least two years of geospatial data management and of the ESRI suite, ArcGIS Pro in particular, including mosaic datasets
- Real depth in coordinate systems, projections, metadata, vector and raster formats, and data QA/QC
- Strong Excel, good analytical and organisational habits, and fluent business English
- Nice to have: ArcPy and ArcGIS Toolbox development, tile cache creation on common tiling schemes, and experience preparing data for defence systems and standards
Why this one is worth a look
A specialist seat in an international GIS team, with follow-on years already expected and a standing framework behind it.