Database Geologist

De Beers Group
Finland
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Solutions Engineering & Sales EngineeringEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Data governance","Quality mindset","Stakeholder support","Collaboration","Mentoring"]

Manage and maintain geoscience drill hole, sampling, assay, and geological databases to ensure data integrity, governance, quality control, security, and long-term preservation. Build audit-ready workflows aligned to company requirements, support QAQC and laboratory data workflows, and provide fit-for-purpose datasets for resource estimation, technical studies, mine planning, and operational reporting. Enable users through database access, support, training, and collaboration across geoscience teams and external partners.

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De Beers Group
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Database Geologist

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Job Summary

Manage and maintain geoscience drill hole, sampling, assay, and geological databases to ensure data integrity, governance, quality control, security, and long-term preservation. Build audit-ready workflows aligned to company requirements, support QAQC and laboratory data workflows, and provide fit-for-purpose datasets for resource estimation, technical studies, mine planning, and operational reporting. Enable users through database access, support, training, and collaboration across geoscience teams and external partners.
Location: Finland
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering
Seniority: Entry level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Manage, maintain, and develop the acQuire drill hole, sampling, assay, and related geoscience databases with integrity, security, accessibility, and long-term preservation.
  • •Implement best-practice data governance, standards, procedures, and audit-ready workflows aligned with company requirements.
  • •Ensure validated, fit-for-purpose geoscience data is available to support modelling, resource estimation, technical studies, reporting, and mine planning.
  • •Support QAQC, sample tracking, laboratory data workflows, and data quality reviews through data capture, loading, validation, and availability.
  • •Provide database access, user support, training, and mentoring, and collaborate with relevant internal teams, laboratories, and vendors to improve data integration and digital tools.

Key Requirements

  • •MSc degree in Geology, Geoscience, Mining Geology or similar.
  • •Proven geoscience database management experience, including advanced SQL skills, data validation, governance, quality control, maintenance, and reporting.
  • •Highly preferred: acQuire database administration experience beyond user-level, including back-end configuration, development, and troubleshooting.
  • •Good understanding of assaying, sampling workflows, and QAQC principles to ensure data is accurate and fit for purpose.
  • •Good understanding of exploration and mining data types and how data is captured, managed, validated, and integrated within geoscience database workflows.
Experience:MiningGeoscienceResource estimationQAQC
Education:Bachelor's in Geology, Geoscience, Mining Geology
Skills:Data governanceQuality mindsetStakeholder supportCollaborationMentoring
Languages:English
Tech Stack:SQLAcQuireAssisted Core Logging

Company Brief

De Beers Group
Global diamond company specialising in diamond exploration, mining, trading and retail, operating across mining, polishing and luxury jewellery brands including De Beers London, Forevermark and Element Six.
Industry: Mining & Metals
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Established Company
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Founded: 1888
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