Job purpose

GICHD supports the development of the national information management system for mine action in Ukraine (IMSMA Core), built on ArcGIS Enterprise and PostgreSQL/PostGIS.

We are looking for a specialist to design, develop, and maintain relational databases with integrated geospatial capabilities, ensure data quality, and contribute to the development of analytical products for end users to support and scale mine action in Ukraine. This role is for those who enjoy complex, system-level data challenges, enterprise GIS solutions, and want to work with data that has a real impact on decision-making at the national level.

Key responsibilities

  1. Close collaboration with the GICHD Ukraine Programme team to understand mine action data requirements and to design database schemas, functions, and procedures that meet these requirements.
  2. Design, development, and maintenance of PostgreSQL/PostGIS databases
  3. Creation and optimization of SQL queries, indexes, views, and materialized views
  4. Administration and support of ArcGIS Enterprise geodatabases and services
  5. Provision of data archiving, backup, and data recovery (as needed)
  6. Support of data import, synchronization, and validation processes
  7. Development and testing of tools to ensure the quality of geospatial and tabular data
  8. Contribution to the development of analytical products (dashboards, views, services)
  9. Documentation of schemas, processes, and workflows
  10. Delivery of specialized trainings for the GICHD Information Management team in Ukraine and mine action stakeholders
  11. Contribution to the improvement of system architecture and scalability
  12. Participation in the development of technical documentation and training materials (as needed)

Additional duties

  1. Maintaining project and software documentation using GitHub or JIRA.
  2. Proposing improvements to the system as a whole;
  3. Monitoring the security situation in Ukraine and consulting with the GICHD.
  4. Fulfilling other technical tasks as assigned by line manager and IM technical lead/support.

Qualifications and professional experience

  • University degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or an equivalent field.
  • Experience with PostgreSQL
  • Strong SQL skills (querying, optimization, indexing)
  • Experience working with geospatial data (PostGIS, QGIS, or ArcGIS)
  • Experience in data automation or processing using Python
  • Understanding of database design and data modelling principles
  • At least 2 years of experience in related roles (Database Engineer, GIS Engineer, Data Engineer, etc.)
  • Fluency in Ukrainian and working proficiency in English
  • Experience administering ArcGIS Enterprise and ArcGIS Server
  • Experience writing server-side logic in PostgreSQL (functions, procedures, triggers)
  • Experience integrating with other systems (data import and synchronization via APIs, ETL processes)
  • UML or other approaches to architecture documentation
  • Experience with JavaScript

 Contract information

This is a fix term contract of 12 months, ideally from of 19 July 2026 to 18 July 2027.

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