ICT Associate - Home based - remote

 Functional Responsibilities

Under the overall supervision of the UNOPS Senior Programme Manager, the incumbent will be responsible for collaborating with the Unite Aware team on the development of the required solutions to address business needs and work directly under the Solutions Architect and will:

• Validate functional requirements integration;

• Actively contribute ideas and approaches during design sessions with other developers;

• Contribute to tracking emerging technologies and solutions for improvements;

• Implement solutions for the integration of platforms and applications;

• Perform API Management for different tools;

• Implement message routing strategies;

• Manage high availability queue systems;

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

• Support in the application deployment and maintenance of the infrastructure;

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

• Support the creation of user and project documentation;

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

• Perform other duties as may be reasonably required and in line with the incumbent’s scope of services above.

Monitoring and Progress Controls

The result of work of the ICT Associate impacts directly on delivery of services that satisfy the requirements of the Department as well as the performance of the services implemented in the field missions and headquarters. It will also ensure proper processes and methodologies are followed and implemented according to the latest of the industry standards. The incumbent is responsible for ensuring activities for all global locations are in line with the overall business targets and UN policies, rules and regulations. 

 Education/Experience/Language requirements
* FEMALE CANDIDATES ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY
* CANDIDATES WITH NO UNITED NATIONS OR UNOPS EXPERIENCE ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY

a. Education

• High school diploma or equivalent is required; 
• A University degree or technical/professional diploma in Data Analytics, Statistics, Computer Science, Information Systems/Technology, Engineering or related field is an asset or advantage and may replace some of the required number of years of experience.

b. Work Experience

Required:

• A minimum of six (6) years of progressively responsible professional experience in the field of ICT, Information Systems, or other related fields.
• A minimum of three (3) years of experience in APIs management and rest services.
• A minimum of three (3) years of experience on Java EE and Tomcat.

Desirable: (The following experience is optional. Candidates who do not have it are welcome to apply.)

• Experience working with Apache ActiveMQ and Apache Camel is highly desired.

c. Language:

• Fluency in English (read, write, speak) is required for this post.
• Knowledge of one or more official UN languages will be considered an asset.