Geospatial Data Specialist

Geospatial Data Specialist

GeoPostcodes

Brussels, Belgium

Your Mission

• Research, scrape and acquire geographic and postal data sources.
• Perform data cleaning, validation and integration into our PostGIS database.
• Integrate pre-existing vector and polygon data or build polygon maps from available sources
• Insert pre-processed data into a topological model to ensure polygons continue to match perfectly, even after simplification.
• Perform regular country updates and contribute to the day-to-day maintenance of our global boundaries datasets.
• Help define and improve the methodologies used for boundary processing, geometric modelling and topological validation.
• Identify opportunities to automate or improve existing data processes and internal tooling.
• Guide colleagues in applying geospatial methodologies and making appropriate modelling choices.
• Collaborate on small-scale internal projects to process and analyse geographic data.

Job requirements

• 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.
• A work permit that allows you to work in Belgium

It's a plus if you have:

• 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