Geospatial Data Engineer (Mosaic Datasets, Tiling Schemes, ArcPy) for NATO with security clearance

Wlgroup; Den Haag; On-site; EUR 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

Wlgroup in The Hague seeks a data manager to organize and maintain a large estate of geospatial data on its servers and in the cloud, fully on site in Den Haag with years of continued work ahead. You will perform ingestion, transformation, validation and quality checks, keeping versions and integrity under control while supporting GIS platforms on premises and in the cloud.

Join an international GIS team and contribute to data standards, metadata, and actionable maps produced for defence-related

Qualifications

• Degree in geospatial science or related field with two years of experience, or six years of progressive hands-on work.
• At least two years of geospatial data management and ArcGIS Pro including mosaic datasets.
• Deep knowledge of coordinate systems, projections, metadata, vector and raster formats, and QA/QC.
• Strong Excel skills and fluent business English.
• Nice to have: ArcPy and ArcGIS Toolbox development, tile cache creation, and data prep for defence standards.

Responsibilities

• Organise and maintain geospatial datasets, metadata, geodatabases and spatial repositories.
• Run ingestion, transformation, validation and quality checks, track versions and integrity.
• Support GIS platforms on premises and in the cloud - backups, documentation, obsolescence and day-to-day fixes.
• Perform everyday spatial analysis and generate maps and standard products for the teams.
• Attend project meetings and suggest improvements to data workflows.

Skills

Geospatial data management

ArcGIS Pro

Mosaic datasets

Coordinate systems

Metadata

QA/QC

Excel

Business English

ArcPy

Tile cache

Defence data standards

Education

Geospatial science degree

Tools

ArcGIS Pro

Job description

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.