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Johannesburg: Agri GIS Architect (PTA/JHB Hybrid) posted by Datafin

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Agri GIS Architect (PTA/JHB Hybrid)IT – Analyst, Data Management
Pretoria/Centurion – Gauteng – South Africa, Johannesburg – Gauteng – South Africa

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 farmers 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.
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