E T Consultant (Wide Area Network Engineer)

Job #: req36646
Organization: World Bank
Sector: Information Technology
Grade: EC1
Term Duration:  1 year 0 months
Recruitment Type: Local Recruitment
Location: Washington, DC,United States
Required Language(s): English
Preferred Language(s):
Closing Date: 6/2/2026 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC

Description

Do you want to build a career that is truly worthwhile? Working at the World Bank Group provides a unique opportunity for you to help our clients solve their greatest development challenges. The World Bank Group is one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries; a unique global partnership of five institutions dedicated to ending extreme poverty, increasing shared prosperity and promoting sustainable development. With 189 member countries and more than 130 offices worldwide, we work with public and private sector partners, investing in groundbreaking projects and using data, research, and technology to develop solutions to the most urgent global challenges. For more information, visit www.worldbank.org
ITS Vice Presidency Context:
The Information and Technology Solutions (ITS) Vice Presidential Unit (VPU) enables the World Bank Group to achieve its mission of ending extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity on a livable planet by delivering transformative information and technologies to its staff working in over 150+ locations. For more information on ITS, see this video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=VTFGffa1Y7w
Department Context
The World Bank Group Technology Office (ITSTO) defines and executes the technology strategy for the World Bank Group, ensuring that technological investments and standards deliver secure, resilient, and efficient platforms to support global operations. Through strategic planning, enterprise architecture, platform engineering, and core infrastructure management, ITSTO aligns technology initiatives with the Bank Group’s mission and business objectives.
ITSTO drives technology-enabled innovation, modernizes infrastructure, and enhances organizational agility. By fostering collaboration across all World Bank Group entities—including IBRD, IDA, IFC, MIGA, and ICSID—ITSTO leverages technology as a catalyst for accelerating development impact and advancing digital transformation. Its leadership ensures that technology serves as a strategic enabler for achieving the Bank Group’s development goals, empowering the institution to address emerging challenges and opportunities with greater efficiency and effectiveness.
Unit Context:
The Infrastructure Engineering team is instrumental in advancing the World Bank Group’s mission by designing, building, and maintaining the foundational IT infrastructure that supports global operations. The team manages critical infrastructure components end-to-end, including data centers, infrastructure as code, enterprise networks, storage systems, compute resources, virtualization platforms, and disaster recovery solutions. Their efforts ensure that infrastructure services are robust, secure, scalable, and cost-effective, forming the backbone for reliable digital services across all business units.
Committed to operational excellence and continuous improvement, Infrastructure Engineering proactively monitors and optimizes infrastructure performance to meet evolving business needs. The team leads modernization initiatives, adopts emerging technologies, and implements best practices in infrastructure management. Collaboration with other technology teams—including cloud engineering, cybersecurity, application development, and IT service management—ensures seamless integration of cloud, automation, and security strategies.
Supporting the World Bank Group’s digital transformation agenda, Infrastructure Engineering champions innovative solutions and automation to enhance the productivity and efficiency of IT operations. The team also plays a vital role in ensuring business continuity and resilience through comprehensive disaster recovery planning and execution. By fostering a culture of collaboration, agility, and technical excellence, Infrastructure Engineering empowers the organization to deliver reliable, high-performing digital services that enable global development operations and advance the Bank’s strategic objectives.
Duties and accountabilities: 
• Manage the product lifecycle of the wide area network infrastructure to ensure operational availability; design and specify changes for implementation.

• Implement global network projects, including device configuration, and deployment, link acceptance testing, and troubleshooting of network events.  

• Enhance the team’s proactive monitoring capability and compliance by creating automated reports/alerts for network events using Splunk and OpenText Network Automation. 

• Handle escalation calls from the NOC, perform triage, and resolve problems.

• Provide continuous monitoring, troubleshooting, and maintenance of the various network equipment and associated peripherals, including adequate follow up on problem resolution tracking using the ServiceNow tool. 

• Follow and comply with the World Bank Group policies, processes, and procedures.

Selection Criteria

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or a related field with 4+ years of relevant experience.

• Advanced knowledge of Cisco operating systems (IOSXE).

• Hands-on experience with Cisco routers and switches, Meraki dashboard, Riverbed SteelCentral, and OpenText Network Automation.

• Good understanding of networking protocols and services, including TCP/IP, IPSec, GRE, VRF, OSPF, BGP, STP, QoS, and policy-based routing.

• Hands-on experience with 802.1x in a large-scale enterprise network.

• Hands-on experience with MPLS, VSAT, and VPN.  This includes testing and provisioning of links.

• Hands-on experience with packet capture tools (e.g., Wireshark, tcpdump) and the ability to analyze them.

• Ability to work independently, with minimal supervision.

WBG Culture Attributes:

1. Sense of urgency: Anticipate and quickly respond to the needs of internal and external stakeholders.
2. Thoughtful risk-taking: Challenge the status quo and push boundaries to achieve greater impact.
3. Empowerment and accountability: Empower yourself and others to act and hold each other accountable for results.

World Bank Group Core Competencies

As per WBG policy, an Extended Term (ET) appointment is subject to a lifetime maximum of three (3) years. Former and current ET staff who have completed or are in the process of completing their third-year ET appointment are not eligible for future ET appointments.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity and inclusive employer with a dedicated and committed workforce, and do not discriminate based on gender, gender identity, religion, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability.

Learn more about working at the World Bank and IFC including our values and inspiring stories. 

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