Grade Level (for internal use):
10The Team:
The Geospatial Solutions team sits within the Data Stewardship pillar of SPGI’s Enterprise Data Organisation and focuses on building scalable, reproducible geospatial solutions that support enterprise data initiatives. The team values standardization, collaboration, and knowledge sharing, working closely across EDO Geospatial and with partner verticals such as Partnerships and Operations to ensure alignment, data integrity, and shared innovation.
The team dynamic is collaborative, solution-oriented, and driven by natural problem-solving, bringing together geospatial expertise and engineering best practices to deliver consistent, high-quality geospatial capabilities across SPGI.
Responsibilities and Impact:
Steward and maintain authoritative spatial datasets, ensuring geodetic integrity, attribute consistency, and alignment with enterprise geospatial standards.
Implement and oversee robust data quality, QA/QC, and validation processes to identify and remediate spatial, topology, and schema issues.
Design, build, and optimise scalable geospatial ETL workflows using tools such as FME, Python, and cloud-native technologies.
Automate data ingestion, validation, and delivery pipelines to improve reliability, efficiency, and reduce manual processes.
Collaborate closely with operations, product and technology teams to ensure accurate updates to spatial data and integration into enterprise platforms and client-facing products.
Contribute to geospatial modernisation initiatives across SPGI, including standardisation, cloud adoption, and preparing geospatial datasets for advanced analytics and AI-driven use cases.
What We’re Looking For:
Basic Required Qualifications:
Basic Key Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Geography, Geospatial Science, GIS, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
Strong experience in geospatial data management, governance, and spatial data quality assurance.
Hands-on experience building and maintaining geospatial ETL pipelines using tools such as FME, Python, and GIS platforms.
Strong understanding of spatial data standards, coordinate reference systems (CRS), topology, and geodetic principles.
Basic Soft Skills
Strong analytical thinking and natural problem-solving ability.
Ability to collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Strong attention to detail and commitment to data quality and accuracy.
Clear communication and documentation skills in a collaborative environment.
Additional Preferred Qualifications:
Preferred Key Qualifications
Experience working with large-scale/global infrastructure or spatial datasets (e.g., pipelines, utilities, transportation).
Experience with cloud-based geospatial data platforms or modern data engineering workflows.
Familiarity with spatial ecosystems, open-source GIS tools (e.g., QGIS), spatial databases (e.g., PostGIS/Oracle/ESRI), APIs, and enterprise data platforms.
Experience supporting data standardisation, governance frameworks, or geospatial modernisation initiatives.
Preferred Soft Skills
Proactive mindset with the ability to identify improvement opportunities.
Strong stakeholder engagement and cross-team collaboration skills.
Curiosity and willingness to learn new tools, technologies, and approaches
What’s In It For You?
Our Mission:
Advancing Essential Intelligence.
Our People:
We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide—so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.From finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We’re committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference.
Our Values:
Integrity, Discovery, Partnership
Throughout our history, the world's leading organizations have relied on us for the Essential Intelligence they need to make confident decisions about the road ahead. We start with a foundation of integrity in all we do, bring a spirit of discovery to our work, and collaborate in close partnership with each other and our customers to achieve shared goals.
Benefits:
We take care of you, so you can take care of business. We care about our people. That’s why we provide everything you—and your career—need to thrive at S&P Global.
Our benefits include:
Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.
Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.
Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.
Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.
Family Friendly Perks: It’s not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best-in class benefits for families.
Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards—small perks can make a big difference.
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