Deadline Date: Monday 24 August 2026

Requirement: Geospatial Data Manager

Location: The Hague, NL

Full Time On-Site: Yes

Time On-Site: 100%

Total Scope of the request (hours): 494

Required Start Date: 28 September 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.
• Conduct spatial queries, overlays, buffering, proximity analysis, and data summarization.
• 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.

Requirements

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 3 years professional experience in the area of geospatial data management
• Minimum 3-year experience on the ESRI Enterprise SW Suite including desktop and server components 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
• Expert level experience in GIS database management
• Solid experience in quality assurance and quality control in Geospatial data
• Expert level understanding of assessing accuracy of High-Resolution geospatial products
• 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 5 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 backup strategies
• 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

Education, Experience and Training (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
• Experience using ArcGIS Server/ArcGIS Image Server for data optimisation, publishing and caching of OGC web services such as WMS and WMTS
• Expert level understanding of raster tile creation based on tiling schemas including the ArcGIS/Google/Bing tiling schema
• Experience in designing and configuring an enterprise geodatabase as well as managing data within a geodatabase or a database
• Prior experience of working in an international environment comprising both military and civilian elements