ICT Senior Associate (Data Architect and Developer)

Application deadline: 15 May 2022

Duty Station: Valencia, Spain

Fixed Term: G7

• Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply!!!
• * THIS IS A LOCAL POSITION FOR WHICH ONLY APPLICANTS WHO ARE SPANISH OR EUROPEAN UNION CITIZENS OR APPLICANTS WHO POSSESS A VALID RESIDENCE AND WORK PERMIT IN SPAIN ARE ELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION*

Functional Responsibilities:

The Data and Reporting Unit at ICTS is responsible for delivering innovative, best-in-class analytics, BI and data solutions to the United Nations.

Under the overall supervision of UNOPS Senior Programme Manager or an assigned person, the main role of the ICT Senior Associate – Data Architect and Developer is to work with the client in UNOG to analyze, improve and develop quality reporting, BI, business analysis and decision support tools, as well as support those tools to increase efficiency of manual administrative process steps and facilitate timely and cost-effective process execution.

This is a position in UNOPS for supporting projects carried out for the United Nations Secretariat.

The incumbent of this position will be a staff member of UNOPS under its full responsibility.

The ICT Senior Associate – Data Architect and Developer will be responsible for the following duties:

Summary of Key Functions:

1. Business Analysis and Data Architecture Support
2. Development and Quality Assurance Support

3. Training, Maintenance and Support
   1. Business Analysis and Data Architecture Support

4. Implements and monitors projects involving feasibility studies, data and systems analysis improvement, development and implementation of reporting and business intelligence solutions.

5. Organizes and performs unit and integrated testing, designing and utilizing test bases; assists users in acceptance testing.

6. Provides guidance to clients, analyzing clients’ requirements and supports in translating these into new applications; determines application systems integration and linkage issues.

7. Researches, analyzes and evaluates new technologies and makes suggestions as to supervisor for their deployment.

8. Participates in writing reports and papers on systems-related topics, system requirements, information strategy, etc.
   2. Development and Quality Assurance Support

9. Assists in developing detailed system and other functional specifications and user documentation for major systems.

10. Supports in designing and building data models/databases, data warehouses and tools to integrate and store data from several sources. Supports in designing and implementing ETL processes.

11. Maintains, upgrades or enhances existing user systems; troubleshoots and provides continuing user support, to include resolving difficult problems, advising on the use of new techniques, monitoring transactions to measure performance and continued effectiveness of assigned systems, etc.

12. Supports in developing and maintaining computer programs in collaboration with other team members that require integration of many interrelated systems and program elements; ensures appropriate data security and access controls considering both local and wide area issues.

13. Creates visualizations and reports for requested projects using different Business Intelligence and reporting tools.

3.**Training, Maintenance and Support**

• Develops training materials, operating and user manuals; trains staff in assigned systems, prepares disaster recovery plans and ensures appropriate planning and training of those responsible.
• Provides guidance to, and may supervise, new/junior staff, consultants, etc.

4. Other tasks and responsibilities relevant to the scope of work as assigned.

The result of work of the ICT Senior Associate – Data Architect and Developer impacts directly on delivery of services that satisfy the requirements of the UN Office in Geneva (UNOG). It will also ensure proper processes and methodologies are followed and implemented according to the latest of the industry standards. The incumbent is responsible for ensuring activities for all UNOG stakeholders are in line with the overall business targets and UN policies, rules and regulations.

Education

• High school diploma or equivalent is required.
• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, engineering, statistics, or in a field related to the post description may replace some years of experience
• ITIL Certification is desirable
• Prince2 Certification is desirable**Experience**

Required:

• A minimum of 7 years of progressively responsible experience in planning, design, development, implementation and maintenance of computer information systems or related area;

• A minimum of 4 years of experience in database design, development and maintenance;

• A minimum of 2 years of experience with MS SQL Server, MySQL or ProstgreSQL;

• Experience in ETL software.

Desirable:

• Experience in data warehouse design;

• Experience in .Net, PHP and/or Python development;

• Hands-on experience on one or more visualization tools (i.e PowerBI, Qlik, Tableau, etc);

Language

• Fluency in English (write, speak, read) is required. Knowledge of French is desirable.