Cloud Architect

IMPORTANT NOTICE\: 

- The deadline for applications is indicated in local date and time.

- This post is a project post.

 

 

1. Organizational Setting

 

The post is located in the IT Technical Division, Information and Communication Technology Department, Administration, Finance and Management Sector.

 

The IT Technical Division (ITTD) is responsible for ensuring the maintenance, development and secure operations of the Organization's ICT platforms hosting all of WIPO's internal and outward facing business systems.

 

In May 2018, WIPO adopted a "Cloud First" policy and established a Cloud Management Unit (CMU) to coordinate the cloud transition activities. Subsequently, the Cloud Transition Project was initiated. At present, the CMU is part of ITTD.

 

2. Purpose Statement

 

We are entering Phase III of the Project, which foresees the migration of further business applications and moving cross-cutting applications and services to the cloud.

 

To support this transition, a strengthened governance mechanism is proposed in the form of an internal Cloud Center of Competence in order to\: (i) secure the provision of architectural competences and oversight for the migration of major business applications; (ii) drive effective development and operations (DevOps) practices, operations and platform management; (iii) manage financial aspects of the transition; and (iv) procure and start a Managed Services contract for Cloud operations.

 

The position is responsible for designing and supporting the migration of a significant number of business applications from WIPO's legacy infrastructure to the cloud environment and for planning, engineering and executing migration of an existing application farm to the cloud.

 

This position will also be responsible for strategizing cloud architecture and scalable solutions including choice of orchestration & container platforms.

 

3. Reporting Lines

 

The incumbent works under the supervision of a Senior Cloud Architect.

 

 

 

The incumbent will perform the following principal duties\:

 

a.  Participate in the design and architectural decisions for business applications to be deployed in a cloud environment;

 

b.  Work closely with application owners in other WIPO business units, transfer knowledge and propose architectural solutions designed for successful deployment in the cloud;

 

c.  Guide application owners to ensure success in building and migrating applications, software and services following the principles cloud architecture frameworks;

 

d.  Work with the operations team to implement system changes;

 

e.  Implement, manage, and support technical processes for deployment of infrastructure, automation of deployment and operations and related practices;

 

f.   Document all components of the infrastructure, document changes and follow change control management procedures;

 

g.  Ensure all cloud architecture designs are compliant with security policies and standards;

 

h.  Perform other related duties as required.

 

 

 

Education (Essential)

First-level university degree in Computer Science or another Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline.

 

AWS Solution Architect Certification\: Associate.

 

Education (Desirable)

AWS Solution Architect Certification\: Professional.

 

ITIL certification.

 

Experience (Essential)

At least six years of experience as a Solutions Architect, with at least three years in design and implementation of scalable, distributed cloud applications.
 

Proven AWS Cloud architecting experience, including refactoring or re-platforming applications for migration to AWS cloud, leveraging PaaS and FaaS.

 

Experience designing cloud-native applications and working with Containers and Microservices.

 

Experience in setting up and managing complex cloud landscapes making use of the tools below. Hands-on experience required.

-        IaC tools such as AWS CloudFormation or Terraform.

-        container orchestration tools such as OpenShift and Kubernetes.

-        DevOps toolchain such as Jira/GitHub/Jenkins/Liquibase.

-        automation tools like Chef/Puppet/Ansible.

 

Experience (Desirable)

Application development background.

 

Microsoft Azure experience or certification.

 

Working experience in the context of an international organization.

 

Language (Essential)

Excellent written and spoken knowledge of English.

 

Language (Desirable)

Knowledge of other UN official languages, particularly French.

 

Job Related Competencies (Essential)

Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.

 

Ability to clearly articulate and communicate design and implementation choices.

 

Excellent document production skills - high level and low level solution design documents, architecture diagrams.

 

Familiarity with a broad range of technologies supplemented by in-depth knowledge in specific areas of relevance.

 

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and ability to maintain effective partnerships and working relations in a multi-cultural environment with sensitivity and respect for diversity.

 

 

 

1. Communicating effectively.
2. Showing team spirit.
3. Demonstrating integrity.
4. Valuing diversity.
5. Producing results.
6. Showing service orientation.
7. Seeing the big picture.
8. Seeking change and innovation.
9. Developing yourself and others.

 

 

 

Mobility\:  WIPO staff members are international civil servants subject to the authority of the Director General and may be assigned to any activities, office or duty station of the Organization.  Accordingly, the selected candidate may be required to move from time to time to new functions and/or to another duty station.

 

Annual salary\:

Total annual salary consists of a net annual salary (net of taxes and before medical insurance and pension fund deductions) in US dollars and a post adjustment.  Please note that this estimate is for information only.  The post adjustment multiplier (cost of living allowance) is variable and subject to change (increase or decrease) without notice.  The figures quoted below are based on the July 2022 rate of 73.5%

 

P3
Annual salary	$62,692
Post adjustment	$46,079
Total Salary	$108,771
Currency USD

 

 

Please refer to WIPO’s Staff Regulation and Rules for detailed information concerning salaries, benefits and allowances.

 

Additional Information

 

Initial period of one year, renewable, subject to funding and satisfactory performance.  Fixed-term appointments granted for approved projects shall be for a period whose minimum and maximum duration are tied to the funding and terms of reference of the project.  The overall duration of a fixed-term appointment for a project shall normally not exceed five years.  Fixed-term appointments granted for approved projects shall not be converted to a permanent or continuing appointment.

 

Applications from qualified women as well as from qualified nationals of unrepresented Member States of WIPO and underrepresented geographical regions are encouraged. Please click on the following links for the list of unrepresented Member States and the list of underrepresented regions and the WIPO Member States in these regions.

 

The Organization reserves the right to make an appointment at a grade lower than that advertised.

 

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By completing an application, candidates understand that any willful misrepresentation made on this web site, or on any other documents submitted to WIPO during the application, may result in disqualification from the recruitment process, or termination of employment with WIPO at a later date, if that employment resulted from such willful misrepresentations.

 

In the event that your candidature is shortlisted, you will be required to provide, in advance, a scanned copy of an identification and of the degree(s)/diploma(s)/certificate(s) required for this position. WIPO only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU) / United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed through the link\: http\://www.whed.net/. Some professional certificates may not appear in the WHED and these will be reviewed individually.

 

Additional testing/interviewing may be used as a form of screening.  Initial appointment is subject to satisfactory professional references.

 

Additional background checks may be required.