About the Role
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.