Solutions Architecture, Data Engineering and Application Engineering support Consultant, SD-OATC-PADU, 11 months, Copenhagen, Denmark (Remote), Req: 593423
Provide ongoing solutions architecture, data engineering, and application support services.
Overview
Provide ongoing solutions architecture, data engineering, and application support services.
You have:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Software Engineering
- 5+ years supporting enterprise digital platforms and cloud-based applications
- Proven experience with Microsoft Azure infrastructure, deployments, and application support
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and DevOps practices
- Experience in data engineering, ETL/ELT workflows, and analytics/reporting platforms
- Experience integrating enterprise systems, APIs, and third-party applications
- Strong troubleshooting, maintenance, and operational support experience for enterprise applications
- Experience with Databricks and modern data warehouse implementations
- Exposure to microservices architecture and application modernization initiatives
- Experience supporting enterprise dashboards, analytics, and reporting systems
- Knowledge of Kubernetes and cloud-native deployment approaches
- Experience working in international or multi-stakeholder environments
- Understanding of security optimization and application performance tuning
- English (Required)
Contract
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UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.
At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.
UNICEF is a place where careers are built. We offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.
Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.
How can you make a difference?
Provide ongoing solutions architecture, cloud infrastructure, data engineering, DevOps, and enterprise application support services for UNICEF Supply Division digitalization initiatives, including support for enterprise platforms, analytics solutions, integrations, data warehouse modernization, and application infrastructure setup and optimization for 11 months.
The Consultant will report to the Project Officer and work under the general supervision of the Business Analysis Manager at the Information Communication Technology team at Supply Division, in close collaboration and matrix management with Supply Division business units, technical teams, external vendors, and implementation partners.
The consultancy will operate deliverables-based engagement model whereby technical priorities, implementation activities, and assignments may evolve during the consultancy period based on operational requirements, programme priorities, infrastructure needs, and digital transformation initiatives.
The Consultant will provide ongoing architecture, cloud engineering, DevOps, data engineering, analytics, application modernization, infrastructure support, and technical advisory services within the approved level of effort and contract ceiling, including:
If you would like to know more about this consultancy, please review the complete Terms of Reference here: ToR Solutions Architect Consultant.pdf
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
Minimum requirements:
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Software Engineering
Work Experience:
• 5+ years supporting enterprise digital platforms and cloud-based applications.
• Proven experience with Microsoft Azure infrastructure, deployments, and application support.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and DevOps practices.
• Experience in data engineering, ETL/ELT workflows, and analytics/reporting platforms.
• Experience integrating enterprise systems, APIs, and third-party applications.
• Strong troubleshooting, maintenance, and operational support experience for enterprise applications.
Should Have
• Experience with Databricks and modern data warehouse implementations.
• Exposure to microservices architecture and application modernization initiatives.
• Experience supporting enterprise dashboards, analytics, and reporting systems.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes and cloud-native deployment approaches.
• Experience working in international or multi-stakeholder environments.
• Understanding of security optimization and application performance tuning.
Language Requirements:
English (Required)
Knowledge/Expertise/Skills:
- Azure – Advanced
- Solution and Architecture design – Advanced
- DevOps – intermediate to advanced
- Agile/ Scrum – Intermediate
Desirables:
- Requirements analysis
- Project Management
- Work experience in UN organizations
For every Child, you demonstrate...
UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values
UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status.
UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence. We offer reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. throughout the recruitment process. If you require any accommodation, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF. Should you be shortlisted, please get in touch with the recruiter directly to share further details, enabling us to make the necessary arrangements in advance.
UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, religious or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially.
Qualified candidates are invited to submit the following documents via the online recruitment portal, TMS (Talent Management System):
- An up-to-date TMS profile and curriculum vitae (CV)
- Cover letter
- A separate financial proposal (only acceptable in the format of the linked template: Financial Proposal xxx2765.docx)
Remarks: If the TOR or financial proposal documents are not visible on certain recruitment platforms, please visit our official page Vacancies | UNICEF Careers.
UNICEF does not charge a processing fee at any stage of its recruitment, selection, and hiring processes (i.e., application stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and training). UNICEF will not ask for applicants’ bank account information.
All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
Additional information about working for UNICEF can be found here.
Potential interview questions
| Describe a challenging technical problem you faced and how you resolved it. | The interviewer wants to assess your problem-solving and technical skills in real-world scenarios. | Provide a clear context of the problem, the actions you took, and the outcome of your efforts. |
| Can you explain your experience with Azure and its capabilities in cloud infrastructure? | The interviewer is evaluating your specific technical proficiency and knowledge of Azure services. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| How do you prioritize tasks in a DevOps environment? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What techniques do you use to ensure successful data integration? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| How do you approach troubleshooting an application in production? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Describe your experience with CI/CD pipelines and their importance in software deployment. | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What role does data analytics play in your previous projects? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| How do you ensure application performance and security? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
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