GIS Engineer at Rainforest Alliance

This position will not only work closely with the GIS team but also with the Technology team to maintain ArcGIS Enterprise for Kubernetes and other GIS applications/services in the geo-ecosystem.
Responsibilities: 

• The Rainforest Alliance’s Core Values are Impact, Change, Collaboration, Openness and Trust and as such they form the basis of the behaviours we demonstrate.
• Regulate operational technical continuity and effectiveness of the GIS platform, ETL and GIS applications.
• Contribute to the collection, analysis, updating, and distribution of geodata-oriented information and materials.
• Validate and analyse GIS data to produce dashboards and (web)maps for internal projects and initiatives
• Assist the sector leads in providing analytics/information to internal and external stakeholders.
• As appropriate undertake and or direct fieldwork data collection and analysis to support GIS model development
• Provide technical support and guidance for the development or troubleshooting of systems.
• Contribute to GIS data maintenance and processing to support owners/stewards and ensure data are well-versioned, documented and stored in the system.
• Provide regional training and coaching to disseminate good regional use of RA GIS resources and best practices.

Qualifications: 

• Minimum 3-5 years’ experience in GIS with a focus in quantitative analytics in a distributed (enterprise) environment, ideally ArcGIS; or master’s degree with 3-5 years of experience in forest conservation, biodiversity, agronomy, spatial ecology, land-water management, or related field.
• Strong experience in spatial analytics in ArcGIS or QGIS environment, excel in Python scripting. Experience with Google Earth engine and remote sensing is a plus.
• Experience with (geo)data management/processes, Gdb administration and metadata management in an ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Online environment and their associated extensions, APIs or interfaces
• Ability to organise and manage data and have a good knowledge of Excel and the metadata implementation in ArcGIS.
• Ability to understand and analyse data in various formats, aggregate information and report on trends and findings.
• Ability to work in a cross-functional, multi-cultural team with members in different parts of the world.
• Strong personal ethics and integrity and commitment to upholding the rules and values of the Rainforest Alliance; an accurate, analytical, quality-conscious attitude is a must have.
• Fluency in English is a mandatory requirement.