WBG Young Professional

WBG Young Professional

Are you ready for a career with a lasting impact?

The World Bank Group’s Young Professionals Program (YPP) offers exceptional professionals from around the world the opportunity to apply their specialized technical expertise, broaden their experience, and contribute to solutions to some of the most pressing development challenges. Young Professionals (YPs) work across the World Bank, IFC, MIGA, and ICSID in support of our mission to create a world free of poverty on a livable planet. For more than 60 years, this highly competitive program has selected outstanding professionals to contribute to the institution’s work and develop as future leaders in global development.

We seek candidates who demonstrate strong leadership potential, exceptional technical skills, and a clear commitment to our mission and values. As a YP, you will collaborate with colleagues across disciplines and institutions, applying your expertise to help address pressing development challenges and improve lives around the world.

YPs join the World Bank Group on an initial two-year term contract, renewable subject to satisfactory performance. During this period, YPs complete three eight-month rotations: one with their primary function and area of expertise, one cross-institutional rotation, and at least one rotation based in a country office.  These assignments enable YPs deepen their technical and operational knowledge while gaining experience across different areas of the institution.

Through the YP Academy, YPs undertake a structured learning and development journey that includes technical and operational training, language programs, negotiation and business skills, and leadership development. They also receive individual coaching, connect with mentors, and participate in strategic dialogues with senior leaders.

The Systems and Infrastructure Management (ITSIN) unit within Information and Technology Solutions (ITS) is responsible for designing, engineering, operating, and securing the World Bank Group's global infrastructure platforms. ITSIN manages enterprise compute, storage, backup, datacenter, virtualization, cloud, monitoring, networking, and country office infrastructure services that support business operations across headquarters, regional offices, and more than 140 country offices worldwide.

ITSIN provides and supports a broad range of mission-critical services including Windows, Unix Server platforms, Active Directory and Identity Services, VMware virtualization, enterprise storage, backup and recovery, infrastructure security, disaster recovery, Network infrastructure, datacenter operations, and country office technology platforms. The team works closely with OIS, Cloud, application, and business teams to ensure secure, resilient, and highly available infrastructure services for the World Bank Group.

What You’ll Deliver

• Support the administration, monitoring, maintenance, and modernization of enterprise Windows Server environments across datacenters, cloud platforms, and country offices.
• Assist with Active Directory administration, including user and group management, Group Policy administration, identity services, and access management.
• Participate in operating system deployment, patch management, vulnerability remediation, security hardening, and compliance activities.
• Support VMware virtualization platforms, including virtual machine provisioning, lifecycle management, performance monitoring, capacity planning, and troubleshooting.
• Assist with business continuity, disaster recovery testing, and infrastructure resiliency initiatives for Windows and VMware workloads.
• Develop and maintain PowerShell scripts and automation solutions to improve operational efficiency and reliability.
• Contribute to Infrastructure as Code (IaC) initiatives and automated deployment, monitoring, and configuration management processes.
• Participate in vulnerability management, security assessments, compliance reviews, audit activities, and remediation initiatives.
• Explore and evaluate emerging technologies, including Artificial Intelligence (AI), Generative AI, intelligent automation, and predictive monitoring solutions to improve infrastructure operations.
• Contribute to proof-of-concept activities related to automation, observability, infrastructure modernization, and AI-powered operational capabilities.
• Participate in SAFe Agile planning and delivery activities while contributing to strategic technology modernization and operational excellence programs.

What You’ll Bring

• A minimum of a master’s degree in computer and science engineering.
• 2-6 years of relevant professional experience in infrastructure engineering.
• Strong technical knowledge of Windows Server administration, Active Directory, VMware virtualization, cloud infrastructure, and enterprise infrastructure technologies
• Experience with scripting and automation technologies.
• Knowledge of virtualization technologies, disaster recovery, backup, monitoring, and infrastructure resiliency concepts.
• Demonstrated interest in development work and the World Bank Group’s mission
• Strong analytical, research, and problem-solving skills
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work effectively in diverse, team-based environments
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities within tight deadlines
• Proficiency in English; fluency in additional languages is considered an advantage

WBG Culture Attributes:

1. Sense of Urgency – Anticipating and quickly reacting to the needs of internal and external stakeholders.
2. Thoughtful Risk Taking – Taking informed and thoughtful risks and making courageous decisions to push boundaries for greater impact.
3. Empowerment and Accountability – Engaging with others in an empowered and accountable manner for impactful results.

World Bank Group Core Competencies

The World Bank Group offers comprehensive benefits, including a retirement plan; medical, life and disability insurance; and paid leave, including parental leave, as well as reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.