GIS Specialist

GIS Specialist / Developer – Lyon (69)

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SYSTRA

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About The Role

Company SYSTRA is an international engineering and consulting group specializing in public transport and sustainable mobility. For 65 years, SYSTRA has supported cities and regions in their development by designing, improving, and modernizing transport infrastructure and systems. The company operates across the full project lifecycle—from concept through testing, deployment, and maintenance—both in France and internationally. Through its new digital, ecological, and energy transition services, SYSTRA helps clients and partners shape the mobility of tomorrow.

Context The Direction Conseil, Aménagement et Territoires (CAT) is structured around six complementary competencies: Stakeholder engagement and territorial dialogue Environmental and sustainable engineering Mobility strategy and studies Land strategy and engineering Program management and project delivery Safety and health protection coordination (CSPS) Cross-cutting activities support study delivery.

Within CAT, the Digital & SIG (GIS) team supports business operations and project implementation through: Study support (data science, modeling, GIS/cartographic production) Dataset development (land potential, brownfield identification, business mobility, etc.) Automation and web application development

Mission / Main Duties The GIS Specialist / Developer position reports to the Digital & SIG service, which comprises approximately 7 staff members. You will work in a multidisciplinary team alongside GIS/engineering specialists, SIG developers, data scientists, data analysts, and IT developers.

Key Responsibilities

• Organize, manage, and/or contribute to consulting studies and assignments—particularly those related to geospatial data and information.
• Collect, integrate, and process statistical and georeferenced data.
• Produce cartographic deliverables (maps, atlases, web maps) using GIS tools.
• Design and develop processing chains and software tools tailored to user needs (e.g., QGIS ModelBuilder, FME, Python scripts).
• Contribute to internal projects involving GeoAI and field-deployable (mobile) applications.
• Draft and analyze functional and technical specifications for GIS desktop tool extensions and web-based SIG applications.
• Document and review code related to implemented automations.
• Collaborate in multidisciplinary teams with IT developers, product owners, and managers.
• Provide technical support for Python-based developments.

Profile / Skills

Education: Bachelor’s +3 to Master’s +5 (Bac +3 to Bac +5) in GIS or geographic information processing

Experience: 2 to 5 years of relevant experience

Technical Skills

• GIS & cartographic tools (QGIS, ArcGIS, FME, Illustrator, etc.)
• Geospatial database administration (PostgreSQL/PostGIS) and SQL
• Programming languages (Python)
• Basic knowledge of web cartography development
• Proficiency in office automation tools

Preferred Technical Skills

• Project management
• Graphic design

Personal Qualities

• Team spirit
• Curiosity about GIS tools and emerging technologies (GeoAI, agentic AI, etc.)
• Autonomy, rigor, and organization
• Clarity, proactivity, and solution-oriented mindset in analysis and cartographic production

SYSTRA is a disability-inclusive employer.

Workplace Type On-site / Hybrid (Lyon, 69)

Domain

SYSTRA

Leading-edge innovations and technical excellence in the geospatial domain.