E T Consultant
| Job #: | req38382 |
| Organization: | World Bank |
| Sector: | Information Technology |
| Grade: | EC1 |
| Term Duration: | 1 year 0 months |
| Recruitment Type: | Local Recruitment |
| Location: | Chennai,India |
| Required Language(s): | English |
| Preferred Language(s): | |
| Closing Date: | 10/5/2026 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC |
Description
At the World Bank, a member of the World Bank Group (WBG), you’ll join a diverse, global community working across cultures, disciplines, and borders to address the world’s most pressing development challenges. With 1.2 billion young people reaching working age in the decade ahead, the challenge of job creation has never been greater. Through partnerships across 145 countries and more than 182 offices worldwide, we work with governments, private sector, development partners and other stakeholders to invest in people, strengthen markets, and deliver scalable, data-driven solutions that generate more and better jobs and improve lives. For more information, visit https://www.worldbank.org/en/who-we-are/ibrd
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
Unit Context:
Digital Solutions (ITSDS)
The Digital Solutions team delivers modern productivity, collaboration, and endpoint solutions to over 30,000 users. We support Microsoft 365, Power Platform, WebEx, and AI tools like Copilot, Claude, Google Gemini, and Grammarly, while engineering, deploying, and supporting Windows Endpoints. We are a collaborative, customer-focused team committed to solving problems with reliable, impactful technology.
Duties and accountabilities:
Role Purpose:
This is a hands-on role within our Power Platform team, contributing to the modernization of enterprise applications and the adoption of low-code, automation, and AI-driven solutions.
You will build, maintain, and support solutions across Power Apps, Power Automate, Dataverse, Copilot Studio, Power Pages, and Azure services (C#/.NET), developing strong engineering fundamentals - data modeling, API integrations, ALM, and DevOps practices - while leveraging GitHub Copilot and agentic tools to accelerate delivery. You will collaborate closely with stakeholders and team members to deliver reliable, secure, and scalable solutions.
Key Responsibilities:
• Solution Development: Build and maintain enterprise-scale solutions and establish reusable architecture patterns across Power Platform, Azure, and custom-built applications - balancing speed of delivery with long-term maintainability.
• Low-code & AI Enablement Support: Contribute to consistent, governed solution delivery by supporting citizen developers and pro dev teams with guidance, reusable templates, and platform guardrails.
• Integration & Customization: Develop custom connectors and integrate with C#/.NET, REST APIs, and enterprise systems.
• ALM & DevOps: Manage source control, support CI/CD pipelines, and maintain environment management practices using Azure DevOps or GitHub.
• Governance & Documentation: Apply and maintain DLP policies, security roles, and compliance standards, and contribute to team documentation and training materials
Selection Criteria
Education and Experience:
• Master's degree or a bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Core Competencies:
• Low-Code & AI Mindset: Ability to evaluate when to use low-code, AI-enabled automation, or custom-code approaches to solve business problems effectively.
• Automation & Integration Expertise: Hands-on experience designing and building automated workflows, event-driven integrations, and APIs across Power Platform, Azure, and enterprise systems.
• Analytical Thinking: Break down complex business problems, evaluate architectural trade-offs, and troubleshoot across integrations, data pipelines, and performance bottlenecks.
• Stakeholder Communication: Translate business requirements into practical technical solutions and communicate effectively with stakeholders.
• Adaptability: Comfortable working across multiple projects and shifting priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Attention to Detail: Deliver reliable, well-tested, and well-documented solutions with a high standard of quality and minimal rework.
• Growth Orientation: Proactively builds skills, stays current with emerging technologies, and continuously looks for better ways to solve problems.
Recommended Certifications:
• Microsoft 365 Certified: Power Platform Developer Associate / Microsoft Power Platform Solution Architect
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.