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# GIS Technician - 12 Month Rolling Contract - Remote Working

- **Company:** The Huntsmith Limited
- **Location:** London, UK (Remote available)
- **Salary:** £40,000.0 - £45,000.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Geographic Information Systems, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Data Analysis, Databases, Data Governance, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Spatial Databases, GIS Applications, Metadata, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle (Applications), PostGIS, Cloud Services, Systems Integration, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** August 6, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5829646675

## About the Role

* Professional experience in GIS principles, GIS applications, data analysis, and associated technologies.

 * Extensive experience with GIS architecture, enterprise GIS solutions, geospatial applications, spatial databases, metadata, data governance, cartography, spatial analytics, location intelligence, mapping, dashboards, reporting, APIs, cloud services, ETL/ELT processes, and enterprise-scale databases (Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, PostGIS, or MySQL).

 * Experience with GIS application development, configuration, system integration, automation workflows, and data pipelines.

 * Experience leading complex GIS, data, or technology projects and coordinating other specialists.

## Description

My client has a requirement for a GIS Technician on an initial 12 month contract assignment - this role will be remote working.

Project Responsibilities

 * Assess existing GIS platforms, spatial databases, data models, schemas, storage environments, integrations, metadata, governance, quality issues, and technical constraints.

 * Develop or validate a GIS strategy aligned with organisational objectives, digital transformation initiatives, architecture, scalability, integration, automation, analytics, dashboards, reporting, and location-intelligence requirements.

 * Improve spatial dataset quality, accuracy, consistency, preparation, transformation, optimisation, stewardship, and maintenance.

 * Provide technical leadership for GIS application development, configuration, system integration, spatial analytics, web maps, dashboards, location-intelligence solutions, APIs, automation workflows, and data pipelines.

 * Advise on GIS data modelling, geospatial analysis, cartography, web mapping, reporting, system performance, scalability, security, and development standards.

 * Support planning, delivery, and implementation with internal teams, vendors, and subject-matter experts.

 * Produce and maintain technical documentation covering GIS architecture, data models, integrations, workflows, application configurations, administration procedures, development standards, testing, and operational support.

 * Deliver workshops, demonstrations, training, and knowledge-transfer sessions.

 * Attend weekly project meetings, provide written progress reports, and ensure deliverables comply with project governance, quality assurance, and reporting standards


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