Geospatial Data Manager (ArcGIS Pro, Geodatabases, Raster and Vector) for NATO with security clearance

Wlgroup; Den Haag; On-site; EUR 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Wlgroup seeks a Data Manager to maintain a large geospatial data estate in The Hague, ensuring clean, well-documented datasets and reliable workflows. The role is fully on site with continuation possible beyond the initial period.

You will organize datasets, run quality checks, support GIS platforms, and contribute to spatial analyses and standard products for project teams.

Qualifications

• Degree in geospatial science or related field with 2 years' experience, or ~6 years of progressive hands-on work.
• Proficiency with ESRI suite including ArcGIS Pro and mosaic datasets.
• Strong knowledge of coordinate systems, projections, metadata, and QA/QC.

Responsibilities

• Organising and maintaining geospatial datasets, metadata, geodatabases and spatial repositories.
• Running ingestion, transformation, validation and quality checks.
• Supporting GIS platforms on premises and in the cloud - backups, documentation, obsolescence and day-to-day fixes.
• Day-to-day spatial analysis, maps and standard products for the teams.
• Participating in project meetings and suggesting improvements in data handling.

Skills

Geospatial data management

ArcGIS Pro

Coordinate systems

Metadata

QA/QC

Excel

Business English

Education

Geospatial degree

Tools

ESRI ArcGIS Pro

ArcPy

ArcGIS Toolbox

Mosaic datasets

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.