GIS Technical Architect

An exciting opportunity to work on unique projects using the latest technologies. This vacancy is for an experienced, GIS Technical Architect to join a team catering to the needs of a variety of public and private sector organisations. This is a hands-on role, so the successful candidate will be expected to be involved in technical solution design and delivery, including creation of prototypes and proof of concepts and the development of GIS software applications. They will also be involved in aspects of sales and pre-sales support, including customer presentations tender preparations and business requirements analysis.

In addition to a background in GIS application software development and excellent knowledge of GIS architectures, with particular expertise in Open Source GIS solutions. The successful candidate should have a good knowledge of database and cloud technologies.

The ideal candidate will have the following experience:

• Knowledge of Open Source GIS e.g. GeoServer, PostGIS & PostgreSQL, GeoExt, JQuery
• Experience of the software development lifecycle with demonstrable experience in a number of the following technolgies: o .Net, Python (Django), JavaScript (Angular, JQuery), PHP, SQL o PostgreSQL / PostGIS o OpenLayers, GeoNetwork, GeoServer, ESRI ArcGIS 10.x o Drupal, Geonode, Alfresco o Cloud hosting technologies - AWS, Azure, Ansible
• Experience of working with UK mapping data e.g. Ordnance Survey MasterMap etc.
• Knowledge of UK, European & Worldwide GIS standards (e.g. OGC, INSPIRE, ISO 19115, ISO 19119).
• Experience of pre-sales support

• Must either have SC clearance or be able to obtain it