Geospatial Data Specialist
On-siteBrussels, Brussels Capital, Belgium
Job Summary
Research, scrape, and acquire geographic and postal data sources, then perform cleaning, validation, and integration into our PostGIS database. Integrate vector and polygon data or build maps from available sources, ensuring polygons match perfectly within a topological model during regular country updates. Contribute to day-to-day maintenance of global boundaries datasets while helping define methodologies for boundary processing and geometric modeling. Identify automation opportunities to improve existing data processes and internal tooling, and guide colleagues in applying geospatial methodologies. Collaborate on small-scale internal projects to process and analyze geographic data.
Required Qualifications
- Strong proficiency in SQL
- 3-5 years of experience with GIS software such as QGIS or ArcGIS to visualize and process geospatial data
- Excellent written and spoken English language skills
- A Bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant field such as Geomatics, Geography, Data Science, or Computer Science
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with PostGIS
- Competency in Python for data processing and scripting tasks
- Good coaching skills
- Experience with spatial data formats (Cloud GIS, STAC, GeoParquet, shapefile, GeoJSON, ...)
- Experience with web scraping tools and techniques
- Experience with applying AI to geo-spatial problems
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