Senior GIS Solutions Architect

About Us Veris is a market leading national survey, spatial and planning consulting business. With over 450 professionals working across Australia Veris combines innovative technologies with some of Australia’s best spatial experience to deliver an integrated approach to the full project life cycle, from initial planning and feasibility through to construction and beyond. The Opportunity Veris are seeking an experienced consultant to join our Data Insights & Solutions team, based in Melbourne. In this role, you will be delivering spatial and geospatial analysis services across a range of projects, with a strong focus on resourcing, and team development. This is a people and clients role, while a solid working knowledge of GIS platforms (Esri, Octave, QGIS or FME) is expected, deep technical expertise is not the primary focus. We're looking for someone who combines credible technical grounding with strong people leadership and client relationship skills, and who can also contribute to identifying and winning new work for the team. About You To be successful in this role you will be able to demonstrate: 7+ years' experience in a spatial/geospatial discipline, with demonstrated readiness to step into a formal people leadership role Working knowledge of major GIS platforms; deep technical/scripting expertise is not required but desirable Genuine motivation to move into people management, with the ability to lead, coach, and develop a small team Confidence taking day-to-day responsibility for a small team: workload allocation, resourcing decisions, and being a first point of contact for your people Strong client-facing skills, with the ability to build and maintain relationships with clients and multidisciplinary project teams Experience contributing to work-winning activities, such as supporting proposals, scoping, or identifying opportunities with existing clients Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to balance people leadership, client needs, and project delivery Sound judgement in resourcing decisions across projects and competing priorities Our Culture At Veris we value providing a diverse and inclusive workplace where every individual is treated with dignity and respect. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, cultural background, ethnicity, national origin, ability/disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, spirituality or religion and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds, communities and industries. We respect and honour Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders past, present and future. We acknowledge the stories, traditions and living cultures of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples on this land and commit to building a brighter future together.