Geographic Information System Specialist

Radiant Systems Inc; Varese; In loco; EUR 45.000 - 60.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

A technology services company is seeking an experienced GIS Specialist fluent in English to develop GIS solutions in Ispra, Italy. The candidate will support emission inventory projects, develop necessary database infrastructures, and ensure data integrity. A Master's degree in IT and at least 5 years of relevant experience are required. Proficiency in GIS software and programming languages like Python and R is essential.

Competenze

• Minimum 5 years of relevant working experience in IT.
• Experience in integrating high spatial resolution data.
• Excellent command of the English language.

Mansioni

• Provide support for the preparation and computation of the project's global emission inventory data.
• Develop a database infrastructure for high-spatial resolution emission inventory.
• Ensure data quality control and database optimization.

Conoscenze

Geographical Information Systems software (ArcGIS, ArcMap, QGIS)

Python

R

Data quality control

Database optimization

Formazione

Master's degree in IT or relevant discipline

Strumenti

MySQL Database

Microsoft SQL Server Database

Descrizione del lavoro

We can consider only EU candidates for this position.

Description

We currently have a vacancy for a GIS Specialist fluent in English, to offer his / her services as an expert who will be based in Ispra, Italy. The work will be carried out either in the company's premises or on site at customer premises. In the context of the first assignment, the successful candidate will be integrated in the Development team of the company that will closely cooperate with a major client's IT team on site.

Your Tasks

• Provide support for the preparation and computation of the project's global emission inventory data;
• Develop a database infrastructure to host a high-spatial resolution emission inventory for greenhouse gases and air pollutants;
• Develop high-spatial resolution proxies at European and global level to downscale national emissions for all emitting sectors;
• Develop and apply a consistent methodology for greenhouse gas and air pollutant emission estimation for global urban areas and sub-national level;
• Ensure data quality control, data integrity, database optimization.

Requirements

• Master's degree in IT or relevant discipline, combined with minimum 5 years of relevant working experience in IT;
• Good knowledge of Geographical Information Systems software (ArcGIS, ArcMap, QGIS);
• Good knowledge of Python and R applied to spatial data and data visualization;
• Experience in integrating high spatial resolution data from a variety of different systems to database format, with increasing volumes of data and ensuring optimal performance;
• Deep knowledge in provision of technical evaluations;
• Experience in quality assessment provision;
• The following would be considered valuable assets :
• Understanding of environmental and climate change related issues;
• Experience in developing up to date greenhouse gas emission inventories at global, national, sub-national and urban level;
• Experience in the processing and analysis of data, preferably in the area of emissions, air quality and climate change;
• Knowledge of PHP, JavaScript (incl. Ajax), XHTML, CSS;
• Knowledge of MySQL Database, Microsoft SQL Server Database, IIS and PHP configuration of web-server;
• Excellent command of the English language.