Agri GIS Architect

ENVIRONMENT A dynamic AgriTech Start-Up in Pretoria seeks your deep knowledge of remote sensing databases and GIS work, an understanding of agricultural systems, coding experience and a drive to make an impact in South African agriculture to be its next Agri GIS Architect. You will lead the initial direction of GIS & Remote Sensing capabilities, including building various tools aiding data collection and soil carbon modelling processes. The successful incumbent must possess a Degree GIS / Geo-Informatics, Environmental Sciences, Agriculture, or other relevant qualification with 10 years’ experience in a relevant line of work with proficiency coding in R and using open-source GIS databases. You must also have SAGC membership or with a similar organisation. DUTIES Assist in building ground-breaking GIS capabilities and helping build up a team of GIS Specialists over the coming years. Assess which satellite imagery or remote sensing data is most applicable and cost-effective for the business purposes. Use farmer data to develop / improve various tools which aid carbon projects and data collection processes. These include the following potential tools that can be developed with time: Cover crop biomass determination Grassland biomass production determination Cash crop identification tool Tillage intensity tool Automated field delineations or removal of non-cultivated areas from polygons Automated field history determinations (e.g. conversions from forestry to cultivation or grassland to cultivation, etc.) Field stratification Support Carbon Model Developers to develop tools/data feeding into digital soil mapping carbon models. With time, building tools which add value to farmer’s operations. REQUIREMENTS A suitable Degree GIS / Geo-Informatics, Environmental Sciences, Agriculture, or other relevant qualifications. Have >10 years’ experience in a relevant line of work. Have some experience in coding (such as Python) and am proficient in coding in R. Cleaning, interpreting and managing remote sensing databases. Experience in open-source GIS databases / coding. Understand agricultural systems and enjoy adding value to farmers. Have membership with SAGC or a similar organisation. Technically strong in Statistics and Data Analysis. ATTRIBUTES Energetic, am looking for a new challenge and am eager to learn new skills. Communicate well with people and am able to work independently, staying focused on an agreed strategy / goal. #J-18808-Ljbffr