GIS Specialist

SPECIFIC EXPERTISE AND TECHNOLOGIES

Minimum required level

- Very good experience with data wrangling, gathering, structuring, and transformation. Communicating results visually in tables, charts and documents: min 7 years.
- Good experience with geospatial data: spatial analysis, cartography, geoprocessing, geodatabase management, and production workflows. Handling various coordinate systems and management of metadata. Maps layouts and interactive web maps: min 3 years.
- Experience working with authoritative data from Eurostat, the European Environmental Agency (EEA) and the Joint Research Center (JRC): min 7 years.
- Experience in the use of territorial typologies: NUTS, rural-urban typologies, MetroRegions, Degree of Urbanisation, border regions, islands regions, coastal regions, mountain regions, Functional urban Areas, Local Administrative Units: min 7 years.

Additional expertise and technologies

- Knowledge of GIS methodologies, tools, and technologies (e.g., ArcGIS) supported by formal training or certification.
- Knowledge and practical experience with GIS methodologies, tools, and platforms (e.g., ArcGIS) for spatial analysis and mapping.
- Knowledge of geospatial database management (e.g.,Oracle) for dataset maintenance, analysis, and updates.
- Knowledge of geospatial data management operations, including modelling, transformation, enrichment, quality assurance, dissemination, and visualisation.
- Knowledge of spatial analysis methodologies (e.g., computational geometry, network analysis, geo-statistics, remote sensing) applied to geospatial problems.
- Knowledge of programming and scripting (e.g., Python) for automated GIS workflows.
- Knowledge of cartographic design principles and web mapping technologies (e.g., ArcGIS Online) to create interactive maps.
- Knowledge of web cartography technologies and standards (e.g., ArcGIS web mapping technologies) for interactive mapping.
- Knowledge of earth observation data operations (e.g., Copernicus, Sentinel, Landsat) including collection, processing, integration, and analysis.
- Knowledge of metadata standards and cataloguing (e.g., INSPIRE metadata) for geospatial data governance and discoverability.
- Accessing or downloading datasets.
- Combining data from different sources, formats, harmonising data.
- Maintenance of long time series, identification of outlyers, completion of missing data.
- Creating of new variables based on other variables (indicators).
- Production of charts.
- Spatial analysis, geo-processing.
- Automating geoprocessing workflows with Python
- Cartography, selection of class breaks and symbologies fit-for-purpose.
- Developing layouted maps, choropleth, interactive web maps.
- Use of online storytelling tools using maps, charts and texts (such as Esri StoryMaps)
- Experience with tabular data.
- Experience working with raster data and vector data.
- Experience working with time series.
- Experience working with environmental data.
- Experience working with economic, demographic data.
- Ability to identify NUTS versions and NUTS levels.
- Development of workflows to calculate indicators at specific territorial levels.
- Experience with aggregation of indicators from a grid level to a polygon level.

CERTIFICATES AND/OR STANDARDS

- Technical Certification ArcGIS Pro, level Foundation or equivalent – Mandatory

SKILLS

- Ability to analyse spatial data and provide geographic insights.
- Commitment to accuracy in spatial data capture and reporting.
- Skill in resolving GIS challenges from integration to configuration.
- Competence in managing multiple GIS projects effectively.
- Drive to explore emerging GIS tools and technologies.
- Ability to participate in multilingual meetings.
- Capacity to build trust and influence decision-making.
- Ability to work in a team as well as autonomously.
- Results-oriented mindset, focused on delivering

What can you expect from us?

Mind-blowing workplace culture. You will be integrated in a professional, dynamic and collaborative team.

100% Remote opportunities

We want you to have the flexibility to work where you feel most comfortable and productive.

International Career

- You can expect professional growth and to be connect with the world.
- We are represented in Portugal, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Denmark.
- And with projects in many other countries: Netherlands, Luxembourg, Singapore and in the United States of America (and a lot more is coming…)

Extra Benefits & Perks

If you wish to work with us and you are outside European Union (good news…) we are a Tech Visa Company, We will help!

As a plus, we provide Health and Life Insurance.