Geospatial Data Engineer – GIS & Python

Pauwels Consulting; Schaarbeek; Hybride; EUR 65 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Pauwels Consulting seeks a geospatial data specialist to oversee address data and geospatial systems for large-scale infrastructure projects in Brussels. The role focuses on data integrity across deployment phases, automating reporting, and developing scripts to optimize engineering workflows.

You will work with SQL, Python, FME, and QGIS, ensuring data quality and documenting workflows while collaborating with teams and partners. Hybrid work with site visits in Brussels is offered.

Qualifications

• You have 5+ years in data analysis, data quality, or data engineering within geospatial context.
• You possess advanced SQL skills for complex queries and reconciliation.
• You bring Python and pandas scripting for data processing and automation.
• You know geospatial data, coordinates, spatial joins, and QGIS workflows.
• You have ETL experience with FME or similar tools.
• You hold a Bachelor or Master in Geomatics, GIS, Data Science, or Engineering.
• You are autonomous, proactive, and able to triage based on impact.
• You are meticulous with address and geometry data and document processes.

Responsabilités

• Oversee end-to-end address lifecycle and ensure data consistency across inventories.
• Develop and validate build lists for deployment areas by reconciling data sources.
• Maintain high data quality with pre-submission checks and corrections.
• Build and reconcile databases for infrastructure assets (poles, registers).
• Automate regulatory reporting processes for reliable submissions.
• Create validation rules and scripts using geospatial tools to support design engineering.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external partners to document workflows.

Connaissances

Data analysis

Data quality

Data engineering

Scripting

Geospatial awareness

Autonomous

English proficiency

Formation

Bachelor/Master in Geomatics, GIS, Data Science or Engineering

Outils

SQL

Python

Pandas

QGIS

PyQGIS

ETL (FME)

Power BI

BeST Address / ICAR / Belmap

Description du poste

Our client, a leading organization in the telecommunications sector, is looking for a specialist to oversee address data and geospatial systems for large-scale infrastructure projects. This role focuses on ensuring data integrity across network deployment phases, automating reporting cycles, and developing scripts to optimize design engineering workflows.

Responsibilities

• Manage the end-to-end address lifecycle, ensuring consistency across various network inventory and building databases.
• Develop and validate build lists for network deployment areas by reconciling multiple data sources.
• Maintain high data quality standards by performing pre-submission checks and correcting source data to meet contractual requirements.
• Build and reconcile databases for infrastructure assets, including poles and street capacity registers.
• Automate regulatory reporting processes to ensure reliable and efficient data submission.
• Support design engineering by creating validation rules and scripts using geospatial and data analysis tools.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external partners to document workflows and share technical expertise.

Requirements

• You have 5+ years of experience in data analysis, data quality, or data engineering within a geospatial context.
• You possess advanced proficiency in SQL for complex queries, joins, and cross-system data reconciliation.
• You bring strong scripting skills using Python and pandas for data processing and workflow automation.
• You have deep knowledge of geospatial data, including coordinate systems, spatial joins, and geometry data using QGIS.
• You have hands-on experience running and modifying ETL workflows such as FME.
• You possess a Bachelor or Master in Geomatics, GIS, Data Science, or Engineering.
• You're autonomous and proactive in resolving complex data issues and triaging tasks by impact.
• You are meticulous with address and geometry data and focus on repeatable, documented processes.
• You are fluent in French with professional knowledge of English.

Nice to Haves

• Direct experience with PyQGIS or QGIS plugin development.
• Knowledge of regional address and cadastral references such as BeST Address, ICAR, or Belmap.
• Familiarity with telecommunications network inventories and infrastructure assets.
• Experience building internal tools with Power BI or Microsoft Fabric.
• Active knowledge of Dutch.

Offer

• Duration: project length until 30/06/2027
• Work regime: Full-time
• Location: Brussels
• Working model: Hybrid with occasional site visits
• Contract: open to both permanent employees and freelancers