GIS Specialist

We currently have a vacancy for a GIS Specialist fluent in English, to offer his/her services as an expert who will be based in Ispra, Italy . The work will be carried out either in the company’s premises or on site at customer premises. In the context of the first assignment, the successful candidate will be integrated in the Development team of the company that will closely cooperate with a major client’s IT team on site. Responsibilities Provide support for the preparation and computation of the project’s global emission inventory data; Develop a database infrastructure to host a high-spatial resolution emission inventory for greenhouse gases and air pollutants; Develop high-spatial resolution proxies at European and global level to downscale national emissions for all emitting sectors; Develop and apply a consistent methodology for greenhouse gas and air pollutant emission estimation for global urban areas and sub‑national level; Ensure data quality control, data integrity, database optimization. Qualifications Master’s degree in IT or relevant discipline, combined with minimum 5 years of relevant working experience in IT; Good knowledge of Geographical Information Systems software (ArcGIS, ArcMap, QGIS); Good knowledge of Python and R applied to spatial data and data visualization; Experience in integrating high spatial resolution data from a variety of different systems to database format, with increasing volumes of data and ensuring optimal performance; Deep knowledge in provision of technical evaluations; Experience in quality assessment provision; Excellent command of the English language. The following would be considered valuable assets: Understanding of environmental and climate change related issues; Experience in developing up to date greenhouse gas emission inventories at global, national, sub‑national and urban level; Experience in the processing and analysis of data, preferably in the area of emissions, air quality and climate change; Knowledge of PHP, JavaScript (incl. Ajax), XHTML, CSS; Knowledge of MySQL Database, Microsoft SQL Server Database, IIS and PHP configuration of web-server; If you are seeking a career in an exciting and dynamic company, where you will offer your services as part of a team of a major European Institution, operating in an international, multilingual and multicultural environment where you can expect real chances to make a difference, please send us your detailed CV in English, quoting reference: (19161/11/25). We offer a competitive remuneration (either on contract basis or remuneration with full benefits package), based on qualifications and experience. All applications will be treated as confidential. You may also consider all our other open vacancies by visiting the career section of our web site ( and follow us on Twitter (@EURODYN_Careers) and LinkedIn. EUROPEAN DYNAMICS ( is a leading Software, Information and Communication Technologies company, operating internationally (Athens, Brussels, Luxembourg, Copenhagen, Stockholm, London, Nicosia, Hong-Kong, Valetta, etc). The company employs over 1000 engineers, IT experts and consultants (around 3% PhD, 36% MSc and 53% BSc or equivalent). We design and develop software applications using state-of-the‑art technology. The group generates annual revenues in the range of EURO 40 million, with an EBITDA in the range of 20%. The value of our contract portfolio exceeds EURO 250 million. EUROPEAN DYNAMICS is a renowned supplier of IT services to government institutions, multinational corporations, public administrations and multinational companies, research and academic institutes. As part of our dedication to the diversity of our workforce, we are committed to Equal Employment Opportunity without regard for race, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or religion. EUROPEAN DYNAMICS (ED) adheres to the General Data Protection Regulation principles by applying its Privacy Policy as published in By submitting an application to this position and by sharing your personal data with ED, you acknowledge and accept its Policy and authorise ED to process your personal data for the purposes of the company's recruitment opportunities, in line to the Policy. Furthermore, when providing your data, it is up to you to explicitly consent that your data can be assessed for future job openings, for as long as you do not withdraw such consent. If you do not consent, we will not be able to consider the data you provide to us for future job openings. #J-18808-Ljbffr