About the Role
Company
SYSTRA is an international engineering and consulting group specializing in public transport and sustainable mobility. For 65 years, SYSTRA has supported cities and regions in their development by designing, improving, and modernizing transport infrastructure and systems. The company operates across the full project lifecycle—from concept through testing, deployment, and maintenance—both in France and internationally. Through its new digital, ecological, and energy transition services, SYSTRA helps clients and partners shape the mobility of tomorrow.
Context
The Direction Conseil, Aménagement et Territoires (CAT) is structured around six complementary competencies:
Stakeholder engagement and territorial dialogue
Environmental and sustainable engineering
Mobility strategy and studies
Land strategy and engineering
Program management and project delivery
Safety and health protection coordination (CSPS)
Cross-cutting activities support study delivery. Within CAT, the Digital & SIG (GIS) team supports business operations and project implementation through:
Study support (data science, modeling, GIS/cartographic production)
Dataset development (land potential, brownfield identification, business mobility, etc.)
Automation and web application development
Mission / Main Duties
The GIS Specialist / Developer position reports to the Digital & SIG service, which comprises approximately 7 staff members. You will work in a multidisciplinary team alongside GIS/engineering specialists, SIG developers, data scientists, data analysts, and IT developers.
Key Responsibilities:
Organize, manage, and/or contribute to consulting studies and assignments—particularly those related to geospatial data and information.
Collect, integrate, and process statistical and georeferenced data.
Produce cartographic deliverables (maps, atlases, web maps) using GIS tools.
Design and develop processing chains and software tools tailored to user needs (e.g., QGIS ModelBuilder, FME, Python scripts).
Contribute to internal projects involving GeoAI and field-deployable (mobile) applications.
Draft and analyze functional and technical specifications for GIS desktop tool extensions and web-based SIG applications.
Document and review code related to implemented automations.
Collaborate in multidisciplinary teams with IT developers, product owners, and managers.
Provide technical support for Python-based developments.
Profile / Skills
Education:
Bachelor’s +3 to Master’s +5 (Bac +3 to Bac +5) in GIS or geographic information processing
Experience:
2 to 5 years of relevant experience
Technical Skills:
GIS & cartographic tools (QGIS, ArcGIS, FME, Illustrator, etc.)
Geospatial database administration (PostgreSQL/PostGIS) and SQL
Programming languages (Python)
Basic knowledge of web cartography development
Proficiency in office automation tools
Preferred Technical Skills:
Project management
Graphic design
Personal Qualities:
Team spirit
Curiosity about GIS tools and emerging technologies (GeoAI, agentic AI, etc.)
Autonomy, rigor, and organization
Clarity, proactivity, and solution-oriented mindset in analysis and cartographic production
SYSTRA is a disability-inclusive employer.
Workplace Type
On-site / Hybrid (Lyon, 69)