GIS Data Specialist (ESRI Enterprise, Quality Control, Metadata) for NATO with security clearance

WLG; Den Haag; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

WLG in The Hague is seeking a Data Manager to maintain a large estate of geospatial data on on-site servers and in the cloud. You will organize datasets, perform validations, and support GIS platforms with the IT team, delivering maps and standard products for internal teams.

We value a geospatial degree with two years of experience or six years of progressive work, plus ArcGIS Pro expertise, mosaics, and strong data QA/QC. Fluent English and Excel prowess are essential.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Organise and maintain geospatial datasets, metadata, geodatabases and spatial repositories.
• Run ingestion, transformation, validation and quality checks, and manage versions and data integrity.
• Support GIS platforms on premises and in the cloud—backups, documentation, obsolescence and day-to-day fixes.
• Perform daily spatial analysis, produce maps and standard products for teams.
• Participate in project meetings and propose more efficient data workflows.

Skills

Geospatial data management

Data QA/QC

Excel

Analytical thinking

Organisational skills

English fluency

Education

Geospatial degree

Tools

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.