Senior GIS Specialist
Together Group
Hirezar Summary for South African Applicants
This fully remote contract position at Together Group is open worldwide, so South Africans can apply. This role is suited for senior-level professionals. As a remote position, you can work from anywhere in South Africa — whether you're based in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, or a smaller town.
Job Description
Imerza is a global digital twin consultancy partnering with visionary placemakers - developers, architects, and brands - to visualize complex information and data across every stage of the development lifecycle. From concepting to closing and beyond, we deliver measurable value through immersive intelligence: transforming raw geospatial and project data into powerful, real-time 3D environments that drive better decisions.Imerza is part of theTogether Group- a collective of world-class creative and marketing agencies including Noe & Associates, Visualisation One, Purple, Construct, Folk at Purple, HotPot China, and North Six.Together Groupbrings together specialist expertise across branding, visualisation, communications, and digital experience, giving Imerza access to an unparalleled network of talent and resources to deliver transformative outcomes for clients globally.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and manage all GIS technical deliverables across multiple projects, ensuring timely, high-quality outputs aligned with client requirements and company standards.- Oversee the full GIS workflow, from data acquisition and processing to final integration into immersive environments.- Maintain strict adherence to standardised data structures, schemas, naming conventions, and metadata protocols for all geospatial datasets.- Develop, implement, and enforce best-practice GIS data management policies to ensure consistency, accuracy, and scalability.- Perform advanced geospatial data processing, cleaning, transformation, and quality assurance using ArcGIS, QGIS, or similar platforms.- Prepare and optimise GIS datasets (vector, raster, elevation/DEM, 3D features, and attribute data) for ingestion into Unreal Engine.- Utilise Unreal Engine tools and plugins (e.g. ArcGIS Maps SDK for Unreal Engine) to import, geo-reference, and integrate GIS data into real-time 3D environments and digital twins.- Collaborate closely with Unreal Engine developers, 3D artists, and visualisation teams to troubleshoot geospatial integration issues (coordinate systems, scale, precision, performance optimisation).- Ensure geospatial accuracy, coordinate reference system alignment, and visual fidelity when translating GIS data into Unreal Engine scenes.- Manage version control, backups, and archiving of GIS datasets to support project iteration and long-term asset reuse.- Document GIS processes, data pipelines, and Unreal Engine ingestion workflows to facilitate team knowledge sharing and onboarding.- Identify and implement opportunities to automate GIS-to-Unreal data pipelines for increased efficiency on large-scale projects.- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior GIS team members on data standards, Unreal integration techniques, and project-specific requirements.- Research and source GIS datasets to support world-building teams.- Stay current with advancements in GIS technologies, game-engine geospatial tools, and emerging best practices for immersive digital twin development.
- Lead and manage all GIS technical deliverables across multiple projects, ensuring timely, high-quality outputs aligned with client requirements and company standards.- Oversee the full GIS workflow, from data acquisition and processing to final integration into immersive environments.- Maintain strict adherence to standardised data structures, schemas, naming conventions, and metadata protocols for all geospatial datasets.- Develop, implement, and enforce best-practice GIS data management policies to ensure consistency, accuracy, and scalability.- Perform advanced geospatial data processing, cleaning, transformation, and quality assurance using ArcGIS, QGIS, or similar platforms.- Prepare and optimise GIS datasets (vector, raster, elevation/DEM, 3D features, and attribute data) for ingestion into Unreal Engine.- Utilise Unreal Engine tools and plugins (e.g. ArcGIS Maps SDK for Unreal Engine) to import, geo-reference, and integrate GIS data into real-time 3D environments and digital twins.- Collaborate closely with Unreal Engine developers, 3D artists, and visualisation teams to troubleshoot geospatial integration issues (coordinate systems, scale, precision, performance optimisation).- Ensure geospatial accuracy, coordinate reference system alignment, and visual fidelity when translating GIS data into Unreal Engine scenes.- Manage version control, backups, and archiving of GIS datasets to support project iteration and long-term asset reuse.- Document GIS processes, data pipelines, and Unreal Engine ingestion workflows to facilitate team knowledge sharing and onboarding.- Identify and implement opportunities to automate GIS-to-Unreal data pipelines for increased efficiency on large-scale projects.- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior GIS team members on data standards, Unreal integration techniques, and project-specific requirements.- Research and source GIS datasets to support world-building teams.- Stay current with advancements in GIS t
Tips for South African Applicants
Timezone Advantage
South Africa (SAST, UTC+2) overlaps well with European business hours and has a few hours of overlap with US East Coast. Mention your timezone flexibility in your application.
Salary in Context
Even without a listed salary, international remote roles typically pay 2-3x more than equivalent local positions in South Africa due to the exchange rate advantage.
Application Tips
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About Together Group
Together Group is a company in the AI Cinematographer industry that hires remote workers from South Africa.