Consultancy: Senior Technical Architect, ICTD Digital Core (12 months, remote)

UNICEF works in a number of the world’s hardest locations, to succeed in the world’s most deprived kids. To avoid wasting their lives. To defend their rights. To assist them fulfill their potential. 

Throughout 190 international locations and territories, we work for each baby, all over the place, every single day, to construct a greater world for everybody. 

And we by no means quit. 

For each baby, a linked world

The overarching strategic purpose of UNICEF’s Data and Communication Know-how Division (ICTD) is to remodel and construct partnerships with our stakeholders to efficiently implement UNICEF programmes globally via using modern technology-enabled options. 

To realize higher outcomes for youngsters, in a extra environment friendly and efficient method, UNICEF has developed a customized Partnership administration and monitoring system named eTools. This method is used globally by the 190 Nation Workplaces through which UNICEF operates. The continual progress, enhancements and upkeep of the system in addition to help to the end-users of the eTools Ecosystem have to be managed to satisfy the wants of stakeholders.

eTools undertaking workforce is regularly tasked with necessities, which embody the digitization of the Authorities Workplan and integration with numerous inner enterprise methods.  For all present modules, the requirement is to construct new enhancements and guarantee system progress, safety and efficiency. 

Know-how: 

eTools makes use of Python as a programming language and Django as a framework for its admin interface. Polymer is used for entrance finish growth. Extra on the eTools codebase could be discovered right here: https://github.com/unicef/etools.

How are you going to make a distinction? 

UNICEF is presently in quest of a Senior Technical Architect. This Senior Technical Architect will function inside the purview of the ICT Specialist inside the Answer Middle and Assist Part of the ICTD division. Their main accountability might be to actively lead and contribute to the workforce’s efforts in creating options for brand new insurance policies, information administration and group. This position will heart on duties akin to enterprise system integration, spearheading the event of each back-end and front-end functions, bettering present structure and constructing architectural and design points of latest modules.

Scope of Work: 

•  Necessities:

Liaise with enterprise customers and ICTD on necessities and create specs and consumer tales in DevOps. 

Create detailed design documentation, indicating the technical and enterprise answer.  Documentation have to be accessible via a hyperlink from the Digital Instruments and Platforms intranet web site. 

• Design and Growth:

Plan and orchestrate software program growth for each net and cell frameworks. 

Lead the technical answer actions and direct builders within the workforce. 

Palms-on take part within the growth of options. 

Adhere to the technical and safety requirements and insurance policies offered by UNICEF. 

Inform and create further technical requirements the place relevant. 

• Testing:

Liaise with enterprise customers to carry out testing, produce check packs and supply check studies for every launch (i.e. check protection, check go price, mitigation actions). 

Liaise with ICTD to carry out the required technical assessments, together with safety testing, quantity and stress testing the place required. 

Guarantee automated check scripts are regularly stored updated and preserve the general check dashboard to watch protection and to establish frequent check patterns and downside areas. 

• DevOps:

Accomplice with the SCS technical groups to design, doc and implement a fit-for-purpose DevOps course of. 

Accomplice with inner UNICEF SCS technical workforce to construct and deploy options. 

• Go-live:

Communication of software program adjustments and enhancements via the required channels (Yammer, Groups and publication). 

Stabilise the options after go reside and procure closing sign-off from ICTD and Enterprise Product Homeowners to shut the request. 

System upkeep, dealing with of points, incidents, and consumer requests for help:

• Person requests for help and system incidents have to be logged within the designated system. 
• Resolve points as per the agreed service ranges. 
• Guarantee strict SDLC governance through the deployment of fixes. 
• Guarantee all tickets are regularly up to date to offer progress transparency. 
• Work intently with the Enterprise Homeowners to make sure that options and associated infrastructure meet the enterprise wants
• Implement required monitoring and automatic error dealing with and alert performance. 
• Carry out periodic infrastructure opinions to make sure an evergreen know-how stack (all parts and software program have to be stored updated). 
• Make sure that Safety Insurance policies are complied with within the surroundings. 
• Work intently with Options Centre and Platforms & Service Supply workforce leads to make sure that know-how 
  and implementation selections are aligned with present or deliberate company enterprise structure options and established manufacturing operations. 

 Auditability of the answer and the processes:

• A dashboard of consumer story and incident progress have to be made accessible and have to be introduced throughout a weekly administration assembly. 
• Experiences have to be produced on a quarterly foundation to indicate throughput of requests for brand new options and modules, in addition to for enhancements. 
• Help with assessments of the well being of the general surroundings and the well being of the processes put in place for necessities, growth, DevOps, Communication, Put up go reside Stabilisation. 

Management:

• Negotiation and settlement on know-how options and priorities with completely different ICT and Finish consumer teams. 
• Information the profitable completion of technical undertaking parts and act because the technical point of interest. 
• Guarantee steady enchancment – Facilitate planning, workforce studying within the type of opinions and retrospectives and adaption of the method to make sure high quality of options. 
   

Reporting construction:  The Senior Technical Architect will report back to the ICT Specialist SCS, ICTD. 

To qualify as an advocate for each baby you should have… 

• 8-10 years’ expertise in a Technical Architect position with sturdy emphasis on Python, Django.
• Expertise in working with an Agile growth workforce to with steady growth and deployment.  
• Expertise scoping, consumer testing and coaching for enterprise associated initiatives.
• Expertise with high quality assurance testing processes.
• Able to deploying and sustaining software program remotely on Kubernetes and Rancher.
• Information of constructing CI/CD Pipelines utilizing Azure DevOps and Circle CI. 
• Skill to align technical targets with UNICEF strategic targets—that all the time will imply prioritizing UNICEF’s mission over any explicit know-how.
• Expertise growing and deploying net options to be used in low-bandwidth, difficult work environments. 
• Expertise optimizing database fashions, SQL / NoSQL, Postgres.
• Expertise growing software program as a part of a distributed workforce utilizing Git, particularly in an open-source surroundings. 
• Skilled data with Docker, docker-compose.
• Skilled expertise in Javascript Framework with sturdy competency in Lit Ingredient. 
• Wonderful data of English (each spoken and written) is important. 

Fascinating abilities:

• Dynamic self-starter, who wants minimal supervision, who is extremely structured in methods of working and who can produce top quality outputs. 
• Wonderful communication abilities, each verbally and written. 
• Fast learner, who can shortly perceive complicated enterprise issues.
• Perceive the worth of commitments to end-users, product, and undertaking groups.
• Familiarity with waterfall, agile and hybrid practices particularly working with exterior distributors.
• Familiarity with UNICEF partnership administration processes together with the CSO process, HACT and Subject Monitoring Steerage.

For each Baby, you show… 

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Belief, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS). 

To view our competency framework, please go to  here.   

UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived kids and our world workforce should replicate the variety of these kids. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, regardless of their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender id, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or some other private attribute.

UNICEF gives reasonable accommodation for consultants/particular person contractors with disabilities. This may occasionally embody, for instance, accessible software program, journey help for missions or private attendants. We encourage you to reveal your incapacity throughout your utility in case you want cheap lodging through the choice course of and afterwards in your project. 

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and goals of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF additionally adheres to strict baby safeguarding rules. All chosen candidates might be anticipated to stick to those requirements and rules and can due to this fact bear rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will embody the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Chosen candidates could also be required to offer further info to conduct a background test. 

Remarks:  

Solely shortlisted candidates might be contacted and advance to the following stage of the choice course of. 

People engaged underneath a consultancy or particular person contract is not going to be thought-about “employees members” underneath the Employees Laws and Guidelines of the United Nations and UNICEF’s insurance policies and procedures, and won’t be entitled to advantages offered therein (akin to depart entitlements and medical insurance coverage protection). Their situations of service might be ruled by their contract and the Normal Situations of Contracts for the Companies of Consultants and Particular person Contractors. Consultants and particular person contractors are answerable for figuring out their tax liabilities and for the cost of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with native or different relevant legal guidelines. 

The chosen candidate is solely accountable to make sure that the visa (relevant) and medical health insurance required to carry out the duties of the contract are legitimate for the whole interval of the contract. Chosen candidates are topic to affirmation of fully-vaccinated standing towards SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Well being Group (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which have to be met previous to taking over the project. It doesn’t apply to consultants who will work remotely and are usually not anticipated to work on or go to UNICEF premises, programme supply places or instantly work together with communities UNICEF works with, nor to journey to carry out features for UNICEF at some stage in their consultancy contracts.