Geospatial Data Manager

Spektrum supports apex purchasers (NATO, UN, EU, and National Government and Defence) and their Tier 1 supplier ecosystem with a wide range of specialist services. We provide our clients with professional services, specialised aerospace and defence sales, delivery, and operational subject matter expertise. We are looking for personnel to join our team and support key client projects.

Who we are supporting 

The NATO Communication and Information Agency (NCIA) is responsible for providing secure and effective communications and information technology (IT) services to NATO's member countries and its partners. The agency was established in 2012 and is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.

The NCIA provides a wide range of services, including:

• Cyber Security: The NCIA provides advanced cybersecurity solutions to protect NATO's communication networks and information systems against cyber threats.
• Command and Control Systems: The NCIA develops and maintains the systems used by NATO's military commanders to plan and execute operations.
• Satellite Communications: The NCIA provides satellite communications services to enable secure and reliable communications between NATO forces.
• Electronic Warfare: The NCIA provides electronic warfare services to support NATO's mission to detect, deny, and defeat threats to its communication networks.
• Information Management: The NCIA manages NATO's information technology infrastructure, including its databases, applications, and servers.

Overall, the NCIA plays a critical role in ensuring the security and effectiveness of NATO's communication and information technology capabilities.

The program

Assistance and Advisory Service (AAS)

The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) is NATO’s principal C3 capability deliverer and CIS service provider. It provides, maintains and defends the NATO enterprise-wide information technology infrastructure to enable Allies to consult together under Article IV, and, when required, stand together in the face of attack under Article V.

To provide these critical services, in the modern evolving dynamic environment the NCI Agency needs to build and maintain high performance-engaged workforce. The NCI Agency workforce strategically consists of three major categorise's: NATO International Civilians (NIC)'s, Military (Mil), and Interim Workforce Consultants (IWC)'s. The IWCs are a critical part of the overall NCI Agency workforce and make up approximately 15 percent of the total workforce.

Role ID – C005159 

Role Duties and Responsibilities  

• 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 

Essential Skills, Experience and Certifications 

• Education: 

• 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. 

• Experience: 

• 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 

• 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 

Working Location 

• The Hague 

Working Policy 

• On-site 

Travel 

• Some travel to other NATO sites may be required 

Security Clearance 

• Valid National or NATO Secret personal security clearance