Requirement: Geospatial System Operator
Location: The Hague, NETHERLANDS
Full Time On-Site: Yes
Time On-Site: 100%
Not to Exceed Rate: 63 EUR
Total Scope of the request (hours): 1125
Required Start Date: 4 May 2026
Required Security Clearance: NATO SECRET
Please do NOT apply for any NATO contract positions unless you meet ALL the following criteria:
- Current National or NATO SECRET clearance
- Nationality of one of the NATO member countries
- Current work visa for the specific location if applying for an in-country position
Duties & Role:
- Design conceptual, logical, and physical spatial data models;
- Implement enterprise geodatabases using Microsoft SQL Server;
- Optimize complex SQL queries and spatial joins;
- Create stored procedures, triggers, and database functions;
- Deploy and manage geodatabases for ArcGIS Enterprise;
- Monitor database health and resource utilization;
- Implement performance monitoring tools;
- Optimize Storage straegies for large datasets;
- Automate database maintenance tasks (vacuum, indexing, statistics updates);
- Develop scripts for backup validation and restore testing;
- Translate business requirements into spatial database architecture;
- Collaborate with GIS analysts, developers, and IT teams;
- Provide technical documentation and system diagrams;
- Lead troubleshooting and root cause analysis;
- Contribute to architectural decision-making;
- Integrate in current Image provisioning Team;
- Operate established multi-source imagery provisioning service including trouble shooting;
- Manage all relevant imagery and other data;
- Suggest improvements, discuss with supervisor and implement as agreed;
- Maintain provisioning environment;
- Maintain user-facing GIS web-based tools, e.g. dashboards, portals, etc.
- Support multidisciplinary teams of users and technical and operational stakeholders;
- Participate in technical and operational meetings, offering advice and seeking solutions;
- Support NATO in the development of recommendations for updates to current services;
- Provide meaningful input to envisioning IT solutions that fit best NATO requirements.
Skill, Knowledge & Experience:
- The candidate must have a currently active NATO SECRET security clearance
- Education - BSc or equivalent in a geospatial or IT domain;
- Minimum 3 years' experience Microsoft SQL Server & Database Development, including: Advanced SQL (complex joins, CTEs, window functions, indexing strategies); Stored procedures, functions, triggers; Query optimization and performance tuning; Data modeling (conceptual, logical, physical); Normalization and denormalization strategies; ETL process design;
- Minimum of 3 years' experience and deep knowledge in all IT aspects of the Esri enterprises, including: ArcGIS Pro; ArcGIS Portal and components; ArcGIS Server, advanced publishing mechanisms and best practices
- Minimum of 3 years' experience and deep knowledge in configuration and maintenance of Esri components (Experience Builder, Dashboards, Story Maps, etc.)
- Excellent knowledge of Commercial Satellite Imagery, formats and metadata;
- Excellent knowledge of vector data manipulation and data management in a complex multi- network/multi-user environment;
- Experience in automating GIS workflows;
- Solid experience in working in a Microsoft environment with shared data access;
- Ability to independently plan and execute assigned project tasks under guidance, taking into account policies, programmer goals, priorities, funding and other planning constraints;
- Ability to receive and execute tasking in accordance with direction from NCI Agency staff;
- English Fluent
- Knowledge Java/Python scripting skills;
- Knowledge of NATO responsibilities and organization;
- Knowledge of NATO Functional Area Services;
- Knowledge of NATO Communication and Information Systems Infrastructure;
- Prior experience of working in an international environment comprising both military and civilian elements;
- Knowledge of Microsoft Word/Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint;
- NATO and/or military experience;
- Highly motivated, good communication skills, team player.
