Geospatial Specialist (Temporary opportunity up to 8 months)

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Transport for NSW is seeking a Geospatial Specialist for a temporary full‑time role in Macquarie Park up to 30 June 2026 to uplift GIS capability across the Transport Management Centre. You will enable access to high‑quality geospatial data, design build test and deploy GIS apps, and partner with analytics to generate visualisations and data‑driven insights using ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Online, open‑source GIS, React, ESRI JSAPI, GIT, relational databases and AWS. Strong collaboration, ELT ownership, and a curious, proactive mindset are essential. To stand out, tailor your CV with concrete project outcomes, quantify impact, and show stakeholder impact. Apply by 23 Oct 2025 11:59 pm; contact Ella Scotman for details.

You’re someone who wants to create outcomes that have a real impact on the people of NSW.

You’re a dynamic team player keen to be part of our innovation-driven journey, shaping the future of technology with your skills and creativity. Your experience will help drive digital transformation and make an impact that matters.

In this role, you'll:

Join our Enterprise Geospatial team as a Geospatial Specialist, where you will play an integral role in delivering a technical uplift project for our Transport Management Centre. You will influence and help shape how GIS is used across an organisation that moves millions of people every day.

You’ll play a key role in making high-quality geospatial data accessible across our organisation, driving the sourcing, transformation, and distribution of data from both internal and external sources. You’ll be building best-practice capabilities for how data is discovered, accessed, and shared.

You will work closely with business teams and projects to design, build, test, and deploy GIS applications that deliver value, and will collaborate with analytics teams to generate visualisations, insights, and help inform data-driven decision-making. Your work will support the full data lifecycle across geospatial platforms like ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Online, and open-source geospatial technologies.

You’ll be managing ELT processes to meet service level agreements and ensure that geospatial data is always accurate, timely, and fit for purpose, whether it’s for analytics, business intelligence, or data science. And just as importantly, you’ll be working with stakeholders such as technical teams, internal and external project planning and delivery teams, and business leaders, to deliver real solutions, on time and with impact.

This is a Temporary, Full-Time position up to 30 June 2026, and offers hybrid working options from our Macquarie Park office.

For more information on this position and business unit, view the role description and information pack.

About you

You will have the following skills and experience:

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in computing, spatial technologies, or information technology, along with experience in the spatial information technology industry.

• Strong understanding of geospatial information systems, both theoretical and practical.

• Experience building geospatial front-end applications using React and ESRI JSAPI.

• Confident using GIT version control and modern authentication methods.

• Skilled in working with relational databases.

• Hands-on experience with AWS Cloud environments.

• Technically strong, with a collaborative and curious mindset.

You’re also proactive in finding better ways to solve problems and deliver impactful solutions and have a flair for translating data into decisions and systems into real-world outcomes.

Who we are

Transport for NSW provides a safe, integrated, and efficient transport system. We connect people, communities and industry every day.

Join us

Our workforce is as diverse as the community we serve. If you’d like further information on our inclusion and diversity initiatives, visit Transport careers.

We offer a wide range of employee benefits, like our award-winning flexible and hybrid work options.

We’re a proud employer of veterans. Veterans looking for help finding and applying for roles at Transport can get dedicated support by contacting the talent team member.

This role is hybrid-friendly, meaning you can mix in-person days at your team’s home base location with remote days. 

What are you waiting for…? Connect with us.  Apply now!

Applications close: 11:59 pm Thursday 23rd October 2025.

For more information about this role, please contact [email protected].

Aboriginal people and people living with disability are supported throughout the recruitment process and at work, and we encourage you to apply. Visit Supporting Aboriginal people or Supporting people with disability for more info or speak to your talent team member to arrange any adjustments to how you interact with us. 

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