Spatial Data Subject Matter Expert in Warminster

As our Spatial Data Subject Matter Expert, you will be responsible to the Data Lead and form part of the OMNIA Data Team consisting of Data Analysts and Engineers. The position involves coordination across multi‑faceted teams. This position requires a customer first mindset, strong stakeholder engagement skills, and the ability to work in a multidisciplinary engineering team in a complex and evolving environment. You will work in a matrix organisation and report operationally through Training and functionally through the Data Lead and within the Data Team alongside other data specialists (analysts, engineers, architects). Ultimately, you will work for the British Army, championing innovation, and helping shape the future of military collective training.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the governance, management, and lifecycle control of spatial data supporting modelling and simulation (M&S) capabilities within ACTS.
• Develop, implement, and maintain the Spatial Data Management Plan (SDMP), ensuring compliance with MOD geospatial policies and standards.
• Manage the ingestion, cataloguing, validation, and discoverability of geospatial data within the ACTS Content Catalogue (ACC).
• Ensure all spatial data is configuration managed with appropriate metadata, provenance, revision control, and traceability.
• Establish and maintain processes for spatial data acquisition, validation, integration, and lifecycle management in collaboration with the Specialist Geospatial Centres (SGCs).
• Ensure all GEOINT and spatial datasets comply with relevant MOD and UK geospatial standards (e.g. JSP 465, Def Stan 00-102, MGMP2, GEMINI2).
• Liaise with the MOD Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI), including the SDI Gatekeeper, Spatial Data Assurance Group (SDAG), and Defence Geospatial Management Board (DGMB).
• Audit and validate spatial data holdings to ensure accuracy, currency, and operational relevance for training and simulation systems.
• Identify and manage Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) dependencies across systems and maintain the PNT Dependency Register.
• Provide spatial data expertise to design reviews, change control boards, and system integration activities.
• Establish effective working relationships with SGCs, MOD SDI stakeholders, and acquisition organisations to ensure efficient spatial data management.

Required Skills and Experience

• An engineering background, educated to degree level or with equivalent previous related experience.
• Demonstrable experience managing spatial data or geospatial intelligence within complex technical or operational environments.
• Strong understanding of spatial data lifecycle management including acquisition, cataloguing, validation, metadata management, and governance.
• Experience implementing geospatial metadata standards and maintaining spatial data catalogues or repositories.
• Knowledge of MOD or UK geospatial data standards and frameworks (e.g. JSP 465, Def Stan 00-102, MGMP2, GEMINI2).
• Experience working within spatial data infrastructure environments or geospatial governance frameworks.
• Understanding of spatial data provenance, traceability, and configuration management principles.
• Experience implementing spatial data quality assurance, audit, and compliance processes.
• Knowledge of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) dependencies within geospatial or simulation systems.
• Experience using geospatial information systems (e.g. ArcGIS or equivalent GIS platforms).
• Understanding of geospatial data formats, coordinate reference systems, and spatial data processing techniques.
• Experience integrating spatial data into modelling, simulation, or analytical environments.
• Ability to develop policies, procedures, and documentation related to spatial data governance and management.