# C005159 Geospatial Data Manager (NS) - MON 24 Aug

**Company:** [EMW, Inc.](http://jobs.workable.com/companies/rxTcVwBJTwXzUuxD5bzFUW.md)
**Location:** The Hague, Netherlands
**Workplace:** on site
**Employment type:** Contract
**Department:** AAS

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## Description

**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