About the Role
Company Description
As a leader in ecological transformation and the world’s leading environmental services company, Veolia provides efficient 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. We operate primarily in three core 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 who combines solid experience in end-to-end project management with 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
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 the 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 a technology and product roadmap
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 a solid and demonstrable specialization in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is demonstrated
Other STEM degrees, provided they are complemented by relevant professional experience in GIS architecture and project management
Highly valued:
Master’s or postgraduate degree in GIS, Geomatics, Data Science, Software Engineering, Systems Architecture, Digital Transformation, or Project Management
Minimum of 10 years of proven experience in the GIS sector
Experience designing, architecting, evolving, and managing geospatial solutions
Experience leading complex technology projects from inception to completion
Additional Information
Be part of a multinational leader in the environmental sector
Permanent contract
Flexibility and partial remote work options
Professional growth opportunities within the organization
What unites all of us at Veolia is a shared passion, enthusiasm, and commitment to excellence—working every day to protect the environment and ensure access to water, building together a green and inclusive future.
If you want to join this team and take on this important challenge with us, don’t hesitate to apply! Are you in?
As an inclusive company, Veolia is committed to diversity and gives equal consideration to all applications, without discrimination.