Position Description
If you’re looking for a challenge that stretches your talents and you want to make a real difference in peoples' lives, come and help us support the digital transformation of the UK. Our Central Government Business Unit are looking for a skilled GIS Architect to join us, working with high-profile clients and building systems that make the everyday easier.
From public service transformation to cutting-edge commercial projects, our work has a wide reach, helping to make our daily lives more efficient. When you start your CGI story, not only will you be improving people’s lives, you can be sure we’ll do the same for you.
CGI was recognised in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work List 2024 and has been named one of the ‘World’s Best Employers’ by Forbes magazine. We offer a competitive salary, excellent pension, private healthcare, plus a share scheme (3.5% + 3.5% matching) which makes you a CGI partner not just an employee. We are committed to inclusivity, building a genuinely diverse community of tech talent and inspiring everyone to pursue careers in our sector, including our Armed Forces, and are proud to hold a Gold Award in recognition of our support of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant. Join us and you’ll be part of an open, friendly community of experts. We’ll train and support you in taking your career wherever you want it to go.
This role will involve mainly remote working with some occasional (expensed) travel to our offices, or client offices across the UK. All applicants must hold or be prepared to undergo National Security Vetting (NSV) Security Check (SC) level.
Your future duties and responsibilities
In this role, you will support the on-going growth of our geospatial capability within the Central Government business unit and across other areas, as needed.
Working with customers, you will act as a geopspatial proposition owner, working alongside our sales and technical teams. The successful candidate will provide technical leadership for new / emerging opportunities that have a geospatial element, including pre sales meetings with clients where we are looking to understand the problem space, creating of demonstrators / PoC to support the sales journey and involvement in formal bidding processes e.g. defining the geospatial solution, providing technical input to bid responses and involvement in early stage project activities.
This role will require a motivated individual with an excellent understanding of geospatial technologies, a good communicator and enjoys helping customers do more with the 'power of where'.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Act as the bridge between customer business solution owners and technical design / delivery
- Support pre sales activities
- Create proof of concept / demonstrators
- Estimating
- Authoring geospatial elements of bid responses
Required Qualifications To Be Successful In This Role
We're looking for a range of the following skills and experiences:
- A Bachelor’s degree in GIS, geography, computer science, or a related field or equivalent experience
- GIS Software: Proficiency in GIS software such as ArcGIS, GeoServer, GeoNode or OpenLayers.
- Databases: Familiarity with spatial databases like Oracle Spatial, PostGIS or SQL Server
- Programming languages like .NET, Python or Java.
- Front-End Design Languages: Knowledge of front-end design languages including HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
- Mapping Tools: Experience with mapping tools such as QGIS and Carto.
- Strong communication skills to interact with clients and explain geographic trends, as well as effective stakeholder management to collaborate with project teams and clients.
- Background in Software Development and experience in developing and implementing geospatial solutions.
Together, as owners, let’s turn meaningful insights into action.
Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you’ll reach your full potential because…
You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That’s why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company’s strategy and direction.
Your work creates value. You’ll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.
You’ll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You’ll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.
Come join our team—one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.
