Remote Geospatial Data Engineer Volunteer

The Opportunity  Are you a Geospatial Data Engineer Volunteer wanting to use your skills to help people in a humanitarian crisis and ultimately help save lives? Now we are looking for a enthusiastic Geospatial Data Engineer professional who has a desire to commit to a great team, and to help Map Action make a difference that has a lasting effect on vulnerable communities.
Map Action works with a range of humanitarian partners, from local organisations who are closest to the ground to a range of global UN partners.
Map Action is a leading humanitarian mapping charity, delivering information services and products to enhance decision making in disasters and conflicts. In collaboration with our partners, this mapped information helps responders understand vulnerabilities and target their response effectively, contributing to saving lives and minimising suffering. We have built a strong reputation in the humanitarian sector, and are a technical partner of the United Nations, Non-Government Organisations and Civil Society Organisations, the Red Cross, Red Crescent Movement, regional entities and national authorities.
The humanitarian sector is evolving, and technical expertise such as GIS, mapping, information management, data processing and visualisation are becoming increasingly utilised for improving decision making in complex humanitarian response. Map Action and our partners are uniquely positioned to provide technical expertise in support of this.
Once your onboarding is complete, you will be able to choose the tasks and projects that best fit your skillset and interests. Here below some activities that our data engineer volunteers can support with:
Map Action external projects that require a Data Engineer skillset (e.g.: data pipeline automation, hazard exposure platforms, multi-risk models, conflict incident reporting, etc…)
Work with external partners such as UN agencies, International NGOs and Academic Institutions
Conduct and automate data collection and processing scripts
Create and maintain optimal, performant data pipeline architectures, both internally and externally
Propose improvements to infrastructure, schemas, platforms, tool chains and configurations
Assist in the automation, provision and management of development environments, source-code, build-tools, pipelines and deployments
Support ad-hoc Data Processing during Map Action’s Emergency Responses in collaboration with Map Action’s GIS team
Support internal systems maintenance in collaboration with Map Action’s IT Support Engineer
Train other volunteers or external organizations on Data Engineer tools and processes
A desire to use their skills, experience and dedication in the cause of humanitarian ends
Good team player with leadership and/or project management experience or ambition wherever possible
Exceptional communication skills, to explain your work to people who don't understand the mechanics behind data analysis, and experience in understanding partner needs and requirements, in particular working with non-technical clients
Degree or equivalent experience in the field of Data Science, Data Engineering, Computer Science, Software Development, Information Technology or a related field
Three or more years of professional experience working in a data or information management team, as a data engineer, data scientist, developer or other similar role
Experience and proficiency working with Python and Jupyter Notebooks
Data pipeline design skills
Knowledge of cloud platforms like GCP, AWS or Azure
Project management experience.

Experience of participating in a volunteer organisation or open source projects.
Experience working with geospatial data (raster and vector)
Databases (No

SQL, SQL, Graph Dbs, Principles of RDBs)
Understanding of…