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GIS Technician (I, II, III)

IFS

IFS

Colombo, Sri Lanka
Posted on May 14, 2025

Company Description

IFS is a billion-dollar revenue company with 7000+ employees on all continents. Our leading AI technology is the backbone of our award-winning enterprise software solutions, enabling our customers to be their best when it really matters–at the Moment of Service™. Our commitment to internal AI adoption has allowed us to stay at the forefront of technological advancements, ensuring our colleagues can unlock their creativity and productivity, and our solutions are always cutting-edge.

At IFS, we’re flexible, we’re innovative, and we’re focused not only on how we can engage with our customers but on how we can make a real change and have a worldwide impact. We help solve some of society’s greatest challenges, fostering a better future through our agility, collaboration, and trust.

We celebrate diversity and understand our responsibility to reflect the diverse world we work in. We are committed to promoting an inclusive workforce that fully represents the many different cultures, backgrounds, and viewpoints of our customers, our partners, and our communities. As a truly international company serving people from around the globe, we realize that our success is tantamount to the respect we have for those different points of view.

By joining our team, you will have the opportunity to be part of a global, diverse environment; you will be joining a winning team with a commitment to sustainability; and a company where we get things done so that you can make a positive impact on the world.

We’re looking for innovative and original thinkers to work in an environment where you can #MakeYourMoment so that we can help others make theirs. With the power of our AI-driven solutions, we empower our team to change the status quo and make a real difference.

If you want to change the status quo, we’ll help you make your moment. Join Team Purple. Join IFS.

Job Description

GIS Technician is a seasoned, experienced professional with a full understanding of relevant oil and gas upstream data areas of responsibility. This individual identifies points, lines, and polygons with associated data, related to the oil & gas industry – wells, mineral leases, surface ownership, and/or land grid. The GIS Technician works on problems of diverse scope where analysis of situations or data requires a review of a variety of factors and demonstrates good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions. This individual provides training to colleagues in assigned areas of responsibility as needed.

Responsibilities:

  • Collect, interpret, and maintain a wide variety of documents related to Oil & Gas Upstream and Land data

  • Create and edit geospatial data (points, lines, and polygons) based on available documentation

  • Master key concepts and terminology related to geospatial data (i.e.: survey methods and legal descriptions of land) and Oil & Gas Upstream asset management and lifecycle events (i.e.: permits, leases, ownership, completions, plugs, and monument control points)

  • Create, maintain, and own internal documentation with respect to data workflows, processes, etc.

  • Provide quality control of data in areas of subject matter expertise

  • Resolve assigned customer concerns and data quality and/or geospatial accuracy. Assess, assign, monitor, and report result of client and partner cases.

  • Participate in a knowledgeable manner concerning workflows, data quality, and team priorities. This includes understanding similarities in workflows, quality expectations, and assigned priorities. Knowledge management: create and edit standard operating procedures reflecting workflows priorities, and quality expectations.

  • Train colleagues in team processes and procedures

  • Troubleshoot hardware and work with off-site IT to resolve issues; Beta test software releases to identify bugs; Recommend software enhancements to improve process when possible.

  • Excellent verbal and written interpersonal and business communication skills; strong collaboration

  • Well organized and efficient with keen judgment, problem-solving and decision-making skills

  • Self-starter, able to work with minimal direction from management. Understands need for lateral thinking; Displays willingness to adapt to new ways of doing business.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree and/or professional designation or certificate or equivalent experience with high school diploma.

  • Minimum of 1 - 5 years of relevant work experience in Oil & Gas Upstream data

  • Able to work / be available a couple hours a day that overlap with US Business Hours is a must.

Mandatory Skills

  • English Proficiency

  • ESRI

  • GIS Knowledge

  • Arc Pro

  • Arc Map

  • Arc Online

  • SQL

  • Python

Additional Information

We embrace flexibility and hybrid work opportunities to support diverse needs and lifestyles, while also valuing inclusive workplace experiences. By fostering a sense of community, we drive innovation, strengthen connections, and nurture belonging. Our commitment ensures you can work in a way that suits you best, while also engaging with colleagues to share ideas and build meaningful relationships.