GIS Production Engineer - Geospatial Automation & Life Days

Leidos; South Canberra; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life Days program

Family Friendly certified workplace

Job summary

Leidos Australia is seeking a GIS Production Engineer to join a high-performing geospatial delivery team. You will contribute to the production, maintenance, and enhancement of enterprise GIS data and products to support mission-critical outcomes.

You will work in a secure environment and execute GIS production tasks within engineering, quality, and service management frameworks. You will apply geospatial engineering, data management and automation skills, collaborating with engineers, analysts

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in GIS production or geospatial data engineering roles.
• Strong knowledge of GIS platforms and tools (Esri ArcGIS suite or equivalent).
• Experience working with spatial data formats, coordinate systems, geodatabases, and metadata standards.
• Understanding of geospatial data quality, validation, and production workflows.
• Ability to follow structured production processes while identifying opportunities for improvement.

Responsibilities

• Produce, maintain, update, and validate geospatial datasets in line with defined standards, schemas, and production schedules.
• Support end-to-end GIS production workflows, including data ingestion, processing, quality assurance, and release.
• Apply spatial analysis and geoprocessing techniques to generate accurate GIS products.
• Develop and maintain automated or semi-automated geospatial production processes using scripting and GIS tools.
• Perform quality assurance and resolve routine data or production issues, escalating complex problems as required.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and contribute to documentation, continuous improvement, and informal mentoring of junior team members.

Skills

GIS production

Geospatial data engineering

Automation/scripting

Team collaboration

Tools

Esri ArcGIS suite

Job description

Leidos Australia is seeking a GIS Production Engineer to join a high-performing geospatial delivery team. You will contribute to the production, maintenance, and enhancement of enterprise GIS data and products to support mission-critical outcomes.

You will work in a secure environment and execute GIS production tasks within engineering, quality, and service management frameworks. You will apply geospatial engineering, data management and automation skills, collaborating with engineers, analysts