C005472 Geospatial Data Manager (NS) - TUE 13 Oct
Key Skills
Job Description
Deadline Date: Tuesday 13 October 2026
Requirement: Geospatial Data Manager
Location: The Hague, NL
Full Time On-Site: Yes
Time On-Site: 100%
Total Scope of the request (hours): 244
Required Start Date: 23 November 2026
End Contract Date: 31 December 2026
Required Security Clearance: NATO SECRET
Duties & Role:
Geospatial Data Management
- Maintain, organize, and manage geospatial datasets and metadata.
- Support data ingestion, transformation, validation, and quality assurance processes.
- Develop and maintain geodatabases and spatial data repositories.
- Monitor and maintain spatial data integrity, consistency, and version control.
- Coordinate data backups and archival procedures.
- Maintain documentation for geospatial datasets, workflows, and system configurations.
- Support data governance and compliance with organizational GIS standards.
Cloud and On-Premises GIS Administration Support
- Support geospatial environments hosted in cloud platforms and on-premises servers. (Regular backups, up to date documentation, system improvement, obsolescence management, etc.)
- Coordinate with Geospatial IT personnel to maintain secure GIS operations.
- Assist with deployment, maintenance, and troubleshooting of GIS services and applications.
Spatial Analysis Support
- Perform basic spatial analysis using GIS software and scripting tools.
- Create maps and visualizations to support operational and business needs.
- Support data preparation for modelling, reporting, and decision-making activities.
- Assist in generating standard GIS products and analytical outputs.
Collaboration and Support
- Participate in project meetings and provide status updates.
- Support documentation on all levels.
- Collaborate with analysts, developers and engineers.
- Recommend improvements to geospatial workflows, data management practices, and system efficiency.
- Integrate into an international team of geospatial experts.
Specific Working Conditions: All documentation provided under this statement of work will be based on NCI Agency templates and/or agreed with the NCI Agency project manager. All developed solutions, tools and code under this project will be the property of the NCI Agency. Expected extensions for this post for 2027-2029.
Skills, Knowledge & Experience:
- The candidate must have a currently active NATO SECRET security clearance
- A minimum requirement of a Bachelor's degree at a nationally recognised/certified University in the area of Geospatial Sciences or related field and 2 years post-related experience. Alternatively, the lack of a university degree may be compensated by the demonstration of a candidate's particular abilities or experience that is/are of interest to NCI Agency, that is, at least 6 years extensive and progressive expertise in duties related to the function of the post.
- At least 2 years professional experience in the area of geospatial data management
- Minimum 2-year experience on the ESRI Enterprise SW Suite, especially desktop component used for geospatial data production and maintenance
- Solid understanding of geographic matters: data types, coordinate systems, projections, metadata
- Solid experience with different GI data formats for vector and raster
- Experience in quality assurance and quality control in Geospatial data
- Expert level understanding of vector data manipulation
- Expert level understanding of raster data manipulation
- Expert level understanding of common raster formats and their pro's and con's
- Minimum 2 years' experience using ArcGIS Desktop Software (ArcGIS Pro), including data editing, data management and advanced functionalities of mosaic datasets
- Understanding of geospatial analysis
- Familiarity with data transfer protocols and tools
- Expert Knowledge in Microsoft Excel
- General Office software familiarity
- Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills
- Proven ability to integrate and work in a multinational team
- Fluent business English Professional
Desirable:
- Knowledge and experience working against NATO standards
- Experience preparing geospatial data for NATO systems
- Proven experience in development of tools using ArcGIS Toolbox and ArcPy
- Expert level understanding of raster tile creation based on tiling schemas including the ArcGIS/Google/Bing tiling schema
Core Responsibilities
The Geospatial Data Manager will maintain, organize, and manage geospatial datasets while supporting data ingestion, validation, and quality assurance processes. They will also provide GIS administration for cloud and on-premises environments and perform spatial analysis to support operational decision-making.
Requirements
Candidates must hold an active NATO SECRET security clearance and possess a bachelor's degree in Geospatial Sciences or equivalent experience. A minimum of 2 years of professional experience in geospatial data management and proficiency with the ESRI Enterprise software suite are required.
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