IT system specialist (m/f/d) for environmental management
The Environmental and Consumer Protection Office has a vacancy in the administration department in the IT specialist applications area for a
IT system specialist (m/f/d) for environmental management
The main focus of the position is the organization and support of Cologne's environmental information and management system. This is used to manage tasks within the office and to exchange data with the city offices, state offices and commercial enterprises.
The Environmental and Consumer Protection Office is heterogeneous in terms of its two eponymous core topics. As an employee, you will be entrusted in particular with the creation, operation, maintenance and expansion of the office-specific IT infrastructure (hardware and software, data supply and processing, connection to municipal and external third-party systems of the state, federal government and the European Union). They work on IT projects, provide practical, methodical, advisory and conceptual support to users in the area of general IT tasks and in the area of special tasks that are implemented on the IT side via so-called specialist applications or special programs.
The special specialist procedures to be supported as part of the Cologne Environmental Information System (UIS) are mainly ArcGIS / ArcGIS Pro, SDI-Suite, QGIS (geodata processing/geodata management), ASPE (species and animal protection), Balvi IP and Balvi Mobil XT (food and animal disease monitoring), ImmisLuft (air pollutants), LimA (noise), GWBase (groundwater data management), GKSMate (goods handling border control point) and the interdisciplinary environmental management system ProUmwelt, which is currently being introduced for processing contaminated sites, construction coordination, tree protection, soil protection, IWA, UNB and environmental planning.
integrate and expand the new environmental management system ProUmwelt and migrate the legacy system UMsys
link the environmental management system with the geodata infrastructure (GDI)
assume the interface function between the requirements of the specialist departments and the possibilities of IT
advise the specialist departments on the methodology used and its further development with IT tools
carry out training for users in the specialist departments on the new environmental management system
maintain and update the specialist area documentation, carry out error analyses independently and process faults
cooperate with the municipal computer center to meet the requirements of the specialist procedures for operating systems, network technology, database systems and data security
You have successfully completed a (technical) university degree in a subject area relevant to the task (e.g. computer science or business informatics)
proven equivalent skills and experience in the IT field.
have proven knowledge in the areas of relational databases, workflow management systems, document management systems and geodata management
have knowledge of data networks consisting of database-supported client server systems
have gender competence and a commitment to diversity and also have above-average individual resilience
are willing to undergo extensive induction and training as well as regular professional development
We offer you a future-oriented job in Cologne with a modern employer with all the advantages of the public sector and a regulated weekly working time of 39 hours for employees covered by collective agreements or 41 hours for civil servants with a high degree of flexibility within the scope of office-specific possibilities. The position is permanent and is available both part-time and full-time.
The position is graded according to salary group A11 career group 2, 1st entry level LBesG NRW (Salary Act for the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, formerly higher service) or according to pay group 11 of the collective agreement for the public service (TVöD IKT).
38 euros (experience level 1) and 5,975.Your professional experience will be taken into account when assigning you to the experience level within the pay group, insofar as this is possible under collective bargaining law.
An attractive company pension and regular pay rises
an annual performance-related payment in addition to the collectively agreed annual special payment
Internal career and promotion opportunities
Flexible working hours, opportunities for home office and mobile working, healthy work-life balance
Various training courses and 30 days annual leave
or preferably as an online application via our application portal.

University degree certificate + module overview of your studies For degrees obtained abroad, please enclose proof of recognition (equivalence with German degrees) and a certified translation.
We actively promote gender equality and the diversity of all people in the administration.
We therefore welcome applications from people of color, people of all nationalities, religions and world views, sexual orientations and gender identities, all age groups and people with disabilities. We also welcome applications from people with a family history of migration, particularly refugees.
The City of Cologne has been awarded the TOTAL E-QUALITY - Commitment to Equal Opportunities for Women and Men award as well as the additional DIVERSITY award and the audit berufundfamilie - Compatibility of Work and Family certificate.


In the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) professions, women are expressly encouraged to apply.
We offer flexible working hours and forms of work, which can also be combined with mobile working. As a public employer, we support the goal of integrating disabled, severely disabled and equivalent people into working life with our inclusion agreement.