Geospatial Data Engineer – Satellite Collection Pipelines

• Integrate commercial imagery providers into the collection tool, including request protocols, data formats and delivery paths
• Gather map-interface user requests, determine underlying needs and implement changes
• Investigate data-flow bottlenecks and technical faults in a live production environment and fix them
• Work with planners and analysts to turn operational needs into concrete requirements
• Keep tool documentation current, including status, known issues, collection metrics and recommendations
• Report on tool performance, including availability, job success rates, changes since the previous period and recommended actions
• Own and maintain the satellite imagery collection tool, including its data integration, map interface and pipelines
• Collaborate with a small technical team through video reviews

• A working understanding of space-based intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, and of what current satellite capabilities can and cannot do
• Five years or more of multi-mission planning using orbit and sensor modelling
• Hands-on experience building and running satellite collection tooling for national or multinational customers
• Real proficiency with GIS and web mapping libraries
• Experience with the protocols used to integrate several commercial imagery providers into one collection capability
• Excellent spoken and written English, demonstrated in recent work
• Self-direction to work alone without supervision and ability to work well inside a team
• Strong research and analytical habits and a genuine appetite for problem solving
• Experience of defence or military intelligence processes is welcome, but not required
• Security clearance is referenced in the job title