About the Role
Company Description
As a leader in ecological transformation and the world’s leading environmental company, Veolia provides integrated solutions for water, waste, and energy management—driving sustainable development across cities, industries, and agriculture.
Veolia is a publicly traded company and the global leader in the environmental sector.
Our core activities span three key areas:
💧 Water: Urban and industrial water management solutions
♻ Waste: Transforming waste into new resources
🔋 Energy: Improving efficiency and reducing consumption and emissions in buildings, industries, and cities
Job Description
We are seeking a highly specialized senior professional with strong project management experience and deep technical expertise in GIS solution architecture.
Key Responsibilities:
Lead planning, execution, monitoring, and closure of three major GIS projects
Manage scope, budget, schedule, risks, dependencies, resources, and key performance indicators (KPIs)
Prepare progress reports for stakeholders and management
Ensure business objectives, timelines, and quality standards are met
Define high- and low-level GIS solution architectures
Establish technical requirements for application evolution, maintenance, integration, and scalability
Design solutions leveraging GIS platforms, web services, APIs, spatial databases, cloud environments, and hybrid architectures
Review and validate technical proposals, architectures, designs, and developments delivered by subcontractors
Audit code quality, configurations, technical documentation, and development practices
Ensure compliance with criteria for security, performance, availability, interoperability, and maintainability
Define standards, best practices, and technological governance frameworks for GIS solutions
Additional Responsibilities:
Analyze current products and solutions to identify improvement opportunities
Propose new functionalities, architectures, and service models
Evaluate emerging technologies applicable to the geospatial domain
Drive adoption of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in areas such as:
- GIS process automation
- Image classification and analysis
- Pattern and anomaly detection
- Predictive analytics
- Automated geospatial data processing
- Geographic information generation and enrichment
Translate business needs into technology and product roadmaps
Qualifications
A formal university degree in one of the following fields is required:
Computer Engineering or equivalent
Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, or related disciplines
Telecommunications Engineering, especially with focus on systems, data, or technological architectures
Geomatics and Surveying, Geomatics, or Spatial Engineering
Cartography, Geodesy, or equivalent
Geography, provided there is demonstrable and solid specialization in Geographic Information Systems
Other STEM-related degrees, provided they are complemented with relevant professional experience in GIS architecture and project management
Preferred qualifications:
Master’s or postgraduate degree in GIS, Geomatics, Data Science, Software Engineering, Systems Architecture, Digital Transformation, or Project Management
Required experience:
Minimum of 10 years of verifiable experience in the GIS sector
Proven experience in designing, architecting, evolving, and managing geospatial solutions
Demonstrated track record leading complex technology projects from inception to completion
Additional Information
Join a multinational leader in the environmental sector
Permanent contract
Flexible work arrangements and partial remote work options
Opportunities for professional growth within the organization
What unites all Veolia employees is a shared passion, enthusiasm, and commitment to excellence—working every day to protect the environment and ensure access to water, building a green and inclusive future together.
If you want to join this team and take on this important challenge with us, don’t hesitate to apply! Are you up for it?
As an inclusive company, Veolia is committed to diversity and gives equal consideration to all applications, without discrimination.
Contract type: Standard