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ICT Senior Developer

Valencia

  • Organization: UNOPS - United Nations Office for Project Services
  • Location: Valencia
  • Grade: Administrative support - LICA-6, Local Individual Contractors Agreement
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Information Technology and Computer Science
  • Closing Date: 2023-05-28
Job categories IT
Vacancy code VA/2023/B5007/26015
Department/office ECR, GVA, Geneva
Duty station Valencia, Spain
Contract type Local ICA Support
Contract level LICA-6
Duration One year (12 months) initially, renewable subject to satisfactory performance and availability of funds
Application period 11-May-2023 to 28-May-2023
Applications to vacancies must be received before midnight Copenhagen time (CET) on the closing date of the announcement.

Functional Responsibilities

Under the direct supervision of the ICT Analyst - ICT Project Manager, the ICT Senior Developer will be responsible for:

  • Validates functional requirements integration.

  • Leads on the definition, design and development of enterprise applications using Open Source technologies. Knowledge of Drupal is desired.

  • Actively contributes ideas and approaches during design sessions with other developers.

  • Contributes to tracking emerging technologies and solutions for improvements.

  • Leads in the implementation of web applications ensuring optimal performance, scalability, and usability of systems by assisting in adhering to established and evolving architectural standards.

  • Leads on adapting mock-up themes or design of new ones with other developers and/or clients.

  • Supports the migration of existing sites and applications.

  • Has ample knowledge of manual and automated testing techniques to ensure the proper performance of deliverable functionalities, providing test cases and avoiding regressions

  • Supports in the application deployment and maintenance of the infrastructure

  • Supports in the development of innovative concepts that could be implemented in addition to, or as a replacement of, existing solutions

  • Supports the creation of user and project documentation

  • Contributes to the tracking and reporting times and efforts invested on the assigned tasks. Knowledge on Atlassian products is highly desirable (Jira, Confluence).

  • Performs other ICT related duties as required.


Education/Experience/Language requirements

a. Education 

  • Secondary education and diploma in Information technology, computer science, information systems, mathematics, statistics, engineering or a related field are required. 
  • A university degree in information technology, computer science, information systems, mathematics, statistics, engineering or related fields is an asset and may substitute some years of experience.

b. Experience     

  • Minimum of 6 years of professional experience in open source information and communications technology is required.
  • Minimum 2 years of professional experience in Code Writing with HTML, CSS, JS, PHP.
  • Experience in Drupal development is desired.
  • Experience in Wordpress development is desired.
  • Experience in LAMP stack is desired.
  • Experience in AWS, Azure or GCP is desired.

c. Languages

  • English fluency is required. Knowledge of other UN languages, especially Spanish, is desirable
The candidate shall be a Spanish national or have a valid residency in spain to be eligible and considered for this position.
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Before applying, please make sure that you have read the requirements for the position and that you qualify.
Applications from non-qualifying applicants will most likely be discarded by the recruiting manager.
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