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Requirements
Must:
- An engineering background, educated to degree level or with equivalent previous related experience
- Demonstrable experience managing spatial data or geospatial intelligence within complex technical or operational environments
- Strong understanding of spatial data lifecycle management including acquisition, cataloguing, validation, metadata management, and governance
- Experience implementing geospatial metadata standards and maintaining spatial data catalogues or repositories
- Knowledge of MOD or UK geospatial data standards and frameworks (e.g. JSP 465, Def Stan 00-102, MGMP2, GEMINI2)
- Experience working within spatial data infrastructure environments or geospatial governance frameworks
- Understanding of spatial data provenance, traceability, and configuration management principles
- Experience implementing spatial data quality assurance, audit, and compliance processes
- Knowledge of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) dependencies within geospatial or simulation systems
- Experience using geospatial information systems (e.g. ArcGIS or equivalent GIS platforms)
- Understanding of geospatial data formats, coordinate reference systems, and spatial data processing techniques
- Experience integrating spatial data into modelling, simulation, or analytical environments
- Ability to develop policies, procedures, and documentation related to spatial data governance and management.
Responsibilities
- Lead the governance, management, and lifecycle control of spatial data supporting modelling and simulation (M&S) capabilities within ACTS
- Develop, implement, and maintain the Spatial Data Management Plan (SDMP), ensuring compliance with MOD geospatial policies and standards
- Manage the ingestion, cataloguing, validation, and discoverability of geospatial data within the ACTS Content Catalogue (ACC)
- Ensure all spatial data is configuration managed with appropriate metadata, provenance, revision control, and traceability
- Establish and maintain processes for spatial data acquisition, validation, integration, and lifecycle management in collaboration with the Specialist Geospatial Centres (SGCs)
- Ensure all GEOINT and spatial datasets comply with relevant MOD and UK geospatial standards (e.g. JSP 465, Def Stan 00-102, MGMP2, GEMINI2)
- Liaise with the MOD Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI), including the SDI Gatekeeper, Spatial Data Assurance Group (SDAG), and Defence Geospatial Management Board (DGMB)
- Audit and validate spatial data holdings to ensure accuracy, currency, and operational relevance for training and simulation systems
- Identify and manage Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) dependencies across systems and maintain the PNT Dependency Register
- Provide spatial data expertise to design reviews, change control boards, and system integration activities
- Establish effective working relationships with SGCs, MOD SDI stakeholders, and acquisition organisations to ensure efficient spatial data management.
Description
We are seeking a Spatial Data Subject Matter Expert to join our OMNIA Data Team, which consists of Data Analysts and Engineers. This position involves working in a dynamic and multidisciplinary engineering environment, focusing on the British Armys mission to champion innovation in military collective training. We value a customer-first mindset and strong stakeholder engagement skills, and we offer a collaborative work culture aimed at shaping the future of military training through effective spatial data management.
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