Agri GIS Architect (PTA/JHB Hybrid)

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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