GIS Specialist - Geospatial Systems Integration

Parsons; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 201,000 - 312,000; Full time

Job summary

Parsons Corporation is hiring a GIS Specialist - Geospatial Systems Integration in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to manage ESRI platforms, integrate datasets, and perform advanced spatial analysis.

The role coordinates BIM and CAD information, maintains geospatial standards, and ensures data quality across Districts, Zones, and Precincts for master planning and infrastructure delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in GIS or related field.
• Minimum 6 years of GIS experience.
• Strong ESRI and GIS data standards knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Operate and administer ESRI-based GIS environments supporting Qiddiya development activities.
• Apply Client GIS policies, templates, naming conventions, data structures, and operating procedures.
• Maintain standardized geospatial datasets covering Districts, Zones, Precincts, infrastructure, and development assets.
• Review GIS information submitted by designers, consultants, contractors, and delivery partners.
• Validate incoming spatial datasets before incorporation into the Client GIS environment.
• Check coordinate systems, geometry, attributes, topology, metadata, and file structures for compliance.
• Identify incomplete, duplicated, inconsistent, or non-conforming geospatial information.
• Coordinate correction of GIS deficiencies with the originating consultant or contractor.
• Integrate approved project data into centralized GIS databases and platforms.
• Maintain interoperability between GIS, BIM, and CAD information.
• Coordinate spatial information exchanges between ArcGIS and multidisciplinary design environments.
• Support alignment of geospatial data with asset information required for project handover.
• Perform spatial analysis to support master planning and infrastructure decisions.
• Apply geoprocessing and spatial modeling techniques to assess project constraints and opportunities.
• Conduct geostatistical analysis where required for complex development studies.
• Develop thematic maps for planning, design, construction, and management purposes.
• Build interactive maps and dashboards using ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Enterprise.
• Create clear geospatial visualizations that communicate complex project information to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Support project teams with location-based analysis for development interfaces and infrastructure coordination.
• Maintain accurate GIS metadata and data lineage.
• Document GIS workflows, approvals, submissions, and correspondence within Aconex.
• Apply quality assurance procedures to maintain reliable spatial information throughout the program.
• Develop GIS data validation routines and repeatable quality checks.
• Investigate geospatial data inconsistencies and implement appropriate corrections.
• Provide GIS information required for master planning activities.
• Support preparation of spatial deliverables for regulatory approvals and permitting.
• Coordinate GIS requirements associated with CSP and other project approval processes.
• Assist interface management where development boundaries, assets, permits, or constraints overlap.
• Coordinate with delivery partners to ensure compatibility between separate GIS environments.
• Work with design consultants to establish consistent GIS deliverable requirements.
• Collaborate with planning, engineering, architecture, infrastructure, environmental, and construction teams.
• Provide geospatial support to multidisciplinary workshops and design coordination activities.
• Liaise with relevant stakeholders such as the Saudi Heritage Commission when spatial information supports permitting or interface requirements.
• Support the Integrated Master Programme with accurate GIS information and spatial reporting.
• Ensure GIS delivery milestones align with wider project planning and schedule requirements.
• Assist construction teams with geospatial information required for field coordination.
• Prepare handover-ready GIS datasets for completed assets.
• Confirm final spatial records reflect approved and constructed conditions where required.
• Coordinate GIS workflows with Client IT and information governance requirements.
• Review alignment between GIS and other project systems used by delivery partners.
• Identify opportunities to improve system integration and information exchange.
• Provide recommendations regarding tools such as Fuzor or Autodesk Vault where they affect geospatial workflows.
• Support appropriate integration with Primavera P6 information where spatial and schedule data can enhance reporting.
• Develop scripts to automate recurring GIS processes and improve data consistency.
• Use Python, JavaScript, or SQL to streamline spatial processing, validation, and reporting tasks.
• Support spatial database administration and structured data management.
• Work with PostgreSQL or comparable database technologies where required.
• Troubleshoot GIS application, database, projection, and data integration issues independently.
• Maintain high-quality cartographic standards across published mapping products.
• Manage common vector, raster, CAD, and other spatial data formats.
• Provide technical guidance to GIS technicians.
• Train Client personnel, consultants, and contractors on GIS procedures and project standards.
• Promote consistent GIS practices across multidisciplinary delivery teams.
• Maintain accurate records and meet scheduled GIS deliverable deadlines.

Skills

Geographic Information Systems

ESRI GIS

ArcGIS Pro

ArcGIS Online

ArcGIS Enterprise

GIS administration

Geospatial data management

Spatial analysis

Spatial modeling

Geostatistics

GIS dashboards

Web mapping

Cartography

Geoprocessing

Python

JavaScript

SQL

PostgreSQL

GIS automation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

ArcGIS Pro

ArcGIS Online

ArcGIS Enterprise

Aconex

Primavera P6

Fuzor

Autodesk Vault

PostgreSQL

Job description

GIS Specialist - Geospatial Systems Integration Job Snapshot

Role: GIS Specialist - Geospatial Systems Integration

Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Industry: I T and Services

Function: Information Technology

Experience: 6 years in GIS, geospatial data management, and major development projects

Job Type: Full-time

Position Overview

GIS Specialist - Geospatial Systems Integration in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is an I T and Services opportunity supporting geospatial information management for the Qiddiya development across planning, design, construction, regulatory approval, and asset handover stages. Parsons Corporation is hiring an experienced Saudi GIS professional to manage ESRI platforms, integrate consultant and contractor datasets, perform advanced spatial analysis, coordinate BIM and CAD information, and maintain reliable geospatial standards across Districts, Zones, and Precincts.

Job Details

Country: Saudi Arabia City: Riyadh Industry: I T and Services Function: Information Technology Salary: 18000-28000 Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer. Gender: Any Candidate Nationality: Saudi Nationals only Job Type: Full-time

Role Context

The GIS Specialist will provide the geospatial information backbone needed to connect Qiddiya 's master planning, design, infrastructure delivery, permitting, construction, and eventual asset handover. The position will manage spatial data from multiple consultants and delivery partners while maintaining consistent schemas, metadata, coordinate standards, and quality controls. Reliable GIS integration will allow project teams and Client stakeholders to visualize development conditions, identify spatial interfaces, support approvals, and make evidence-based decisions throughout the project lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Operate and administer ESRI-based GIS environments supporting Qiddiya development activities.
• Apply Client GIS policies, templates, naming conventions, data structures, and operating procedures.
• Maintain standardized geospatial datasets covering Districts, Zones, Precincts, infrastructure, and development assets.
• Review GIS information submitted by designers, consultants, contractors, and delivery partners.
• Validate incoming spatial datasets before incorporation into the Client GIS environment.
• Check coordinate systems, geometry, attributes, topology, metadata, and file structures for compliance.
• Identify incomplete, duplicated, inconsistent, or non-conforming geospatial information.
• Coordinate correction of GIS deficiencies with the originating consultant or contractor.
• Integrate approved project data into centralized GIS databases and platforms.
• Maintain interoperability between GIS, BIM, and CAD information.
• Coordinate spatial information exchanges between ArcGIS and multidisciplinary design environments.
• Support alignment of geospatial data with asset information required for project handover.
• Perform spatial analysis to support master planning and infrastructure decisions.
• Apply geoprocessing and spatial modeling techniques to assess project constraints and opportunities.
• Conduct geostatistical analysis where required for complex development studies.
• Develop thematic maps for planning, design, construction, and management purposes.
• Build interactive maps and dashboards using ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Enterprise.
• Create clear geospatial visualizations that communicate complex project information to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Support project teams with location-based analysis for development interfaces and infrastructure coordination.
• Maintain accurate GIS metadata and data lineage.
• Document GIS workflows, approvals, submissions, and correspondence within Aconex.
• Apply quality assurance procedures to maintain reliable spatial information throughout the program.
• Develop GIS data validation routines and repeatable quality checks.
• Investigate geospatial data inconsistencies and implement appropriate corrections.
• Provide GIS information required for master planning activities.
• Support preparation of spatial deliverables for regulatory approvals and permitting.
• Coordinate GIS requirements associated with CSP and other project approval processes.
• Assist interface management where development boundaries, assets, permits, or constraints overlap.
• Coordinate with delivery partners to ensure compatibility between separate GIS environments.
• Work with design consultants to establish consistent GIS deliverable requirements.
• Collaborate with planning, engineering, architecture, infrastructure, environmental, and construction teams.
• Provide geospatial support to multidisciplinary workshops and design coordination activities.
• Liaise with relevant stakeholders such as the Saudi Heritage Commission when spatial information supports permitting or interface requirements.
• Support the Integrated Master Programme with accurate GIS information and spatial reporting.
• Ensure GIS delivery milestones align with wider project planning and schedule requirements.
• Assist construction teams with geospatial information required for field coordination.
• Prepare handover-ready GIS datasets for completed assets.
• Confirm final spatial records reflect approved and constructed conditions where required.
• Coordinate GIS workflows with Client IT and information governance requirements.
• Review alignment between GIS and other project systems used by delivery partners.
• Identify opportunities to improve system integration and information exchange.
• Provide recommendations regarding tools such as Fuzor or Autodesk Vault where they affect geospatial workflows.
• Support appropriate integration with Primavera P6 information where spatial and schedule data can enhance reporting.
• Develop scripts to automate recurring GIS processes and improve data consistency.
• Use Python, JavaScript, or SQL to streamline spatial processing, validation, and reporting tasks.
• Support spatial database administration and structured data management.
• Work with PostgreSQL or comparable database technologies where required.
• Troubleshoot GIS application, database, projection, and data integration issues independently.
• Maintain high-quality cartographic standards across published mapping products.
• Manage common vector, raster, CAD, and other spatial data formats.
• Provide technical guidance to GIS technicians.
• Train Client personnel, consultants, and contractors on GIS procedures and project standards.
• Promote consistent GIS practices across multidisciplinary delivery teams.
• Maintain accurate records and meet scheduled GIS deliverable deadlines.

Ideal Profile

• Bachelor 's degree in GIS, Geography, Urban Planning, Civil Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 6 years of professional GIS experience.
• Strong background in urban development, infrastructure, or major multidisciplinary projects.
• Advanced working knowledge of ESRI technologies.
• Practical expertise with ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, and ArcGIS Enterprise.
• Demonstrated experience managing geospatial information from multiple consultants and contractors.
• Strong understanding of GIS data standards, coordinate reference systems, topology, and metadata.
• Experience integrating GIS information with BIM and CAD environments.
• Familiarity with geospatial workflows supporting design and construction delivery.
• Strong spatial analysis and geoprocessing capability.
• Experience developing project dashboards and interactive mapping applications.
• Competence in professional cartography and spatial visualization.
• Ability to review and validate large volumes of GIS information systematically.
• Experience supporting asset handover or operational GIS datasets is advantageous.
• Understanding of spatial database management and PostgreSQL is highly desirable.
• Ability to use Python for GIS automation and data processing.
• JavaScript and SQL capability is advantageous.
• Experience automating repetitive geospatial workflows is beneficial.
• Familiarity with Aconex document management practices.
• Understanding of Primavera P6 and integrated project environments is advantageous.
• Exposure to Fuzor, Autodesk Vault, or comparable engineering information systems is beneficial.
• GCC project experience is strongly preferred.
• Experience supporting mega-projects or large-scale master-planned developments is advantageous.
• Strong troubleshooting capability across GIS applications and datasets.
• Able to communicate technical GIS information clearly to multidisciplinary stakeholders.
• Strong English communication skills, with Arabic capability considered an advantage.
• Organized and capable of managing multiple concurrent GIS deliverables.
• Comfortable working within Client IT, governance, and information management requirements.
• Able to mentor junior GIS personnel and deliver practical user training.
• Willing to work on-site at Qiddiya or relocate as required.
• Saudi National as required for this position.

Skills Set

• Geographic Information Systems
• ESRI GIS
• ArcGIS Pro
• ArcGIS Online
• ArcGIS Enterprise
• GIS administration
• Geospatial data management
• Spatial analysis
• Spatial modeling
• Geostatistics
• GIS dashboards
• Web mapping
• Cartography
• Geoprocessing
• Geospatial visualization
• Spatial databases
• PostgreSQL
• Python
• JavaScript
• SQL
• GIS automation
• GIS data validation
• Metadata management
• Topology validation
• Coordinate systems
• GIS quality assurance
• BIM integration
• CAD integration
• Asset information
• Master planning GIS
• Infrastructure GIS
• Urban development GIS
• GIS handover
• Data interoperability
• Regulatory mapping
• Permit support
• Interface management
• Aconex
• Primavera P6
• Fuzor
• Autodesk Vault
• Technical documentation
• GIS troubleshooting
• Data standardization
• GIS training

Why Join Us

Qiddiya 's scale and complexity create substantial demand for reliable geospatial information across master planning, infrastructure, construction, permitting, and asset management. This position provides a Saudi GIS professional with the opportunity to apply advanced ESRI technologies within one of Riyadh 's major development environments while building expertise in BIM integration, spatial databases, automation, multidisciplinary coordination, and lifecycle asset information. The role also offers direct involvement in a landmark Saudi development where accurate geospatial intelligence influences both project delivery and long-term operations.

About the Company

Parsons Corporation delivers engineering, infrastructure, program management, digital, and technology solutions for complex developments worldwide. In Saudi Arabia, its teams support major programs such as Qiddiya through geospatial systems, information management, engineering coordination, project controls, technical assurance, and integrated project delivery.