Result of Service

UNRWA is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from both women and men.
UNRWA encourages applications from qualified women. Only those applicants shortlisted for an interview will be contacted. UNRWA is a non-smoking environment.

Work Location

Gaza

Expected duration

6 to 11 months

Duties and Responsibilities

• Designing, developing, analyzing, and implementing Terraform Infrastructure as code (IaC) scripts to automate the provisioning, rebuilding, and management of application and database servers and other cloud components in Azure.
• Developing complete scripted solutions for over 10 UNRWA systems.
• In consultation with users, assessing system requirements to facilitate efficient and effective project implementation.
• Identifying means of applying IaC towards deploying disaster recovery environments in a consistent and repeatable manner.
• Producing the architectural diagram (with the dependencies) and documentation of the new server restore approach.
• Providing technical leadership in a related project, supporting successful outcomes.
• Assisting and reviewing related project plans to assess risks and make necessary recommendations and implementation. Similarly, assisting in the review of related policies and making recommendations that will comply with the strategic changes.
• Providing training for the IMTD team involved in DevOps operation and management.
• Performing other duties as may be assigned.

Qualifications/special skills

Academic Qualifications:

A university degree or master’s degree from an accredited educational institution in information technology, information management, Information systems, computer science, computer engineering, Software engineering, or other related disciplines;

Experience:

• A minimum of 5 years of experience for a bachelor’s degree or a minimum of 3 year for a master’s degree in information technology.
• Strong knowledge of Terraform and experience writing IaC scripts to manage infrastructure configuration and automatic provisioning.
• Excellent knowledge and experience in building and operating high-quality DevOps solutions.
• Knowledge of current industry trends and best practice techniques to formulate solutions within the context of assigned tasks.

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS

• Azure certifications, e.g. AZ-104, AZ-204, AZ-400
• Hands-on experience with Terraform and DevOps

COMPETENCIES:

• Applying technical expertise.
• Strong ability to drive for results to manage and deliver against multiple priorities on time.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, verbal and written.
• Ability to work under stress.
• Flexibility and adaptability.
• Good technical documentation skills.

Language:

Fluency in written and spoken English.

DELIVERABLIES

• Assess Azure current infrastructure landscape and systems layout.
• Define the required state of systems, resources, and characteristics.
• Generate configuration files that store the infrastructure specifications (with version control)
• Automate infrastructure/systems recovery.
• Generate configuration files that store the infrastructure specifications (with version control) for UNRWA systems
• Generate configuration files that store the infrastructure specifications (with version control) for UNRWA systems
• Generate configuration files that store the infrastructure specifications (with version control) for UNRWA systems
• Generate configuration files that store the infrastructure specifications (with version control) for UNRWA systems

Contract Conditions:

¿ The duration of the consultancy is 6 months, extendable according to performance and availability of funds.
¿ Remuneration for this consultancy will be 1,592.60 USD and depend on fund availability, qualifications, and relevant experience.
¿ The incumbent will be based in Gaza.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience for a bachelor’s degree or a minimum of 3 year for a master’s degree in information technology.

Languages

Fluency in written and spoken English.

Additional Information

UNRWA has implemented DevOps to accelerate the delivery of applications and services to the business. As the next step, UNRWA will introduce Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for workloads in Azure. This position will extend newly developed DevOps capability with Terraform scripts to build the infrastructure for production workloads.

The consultant will report administratively to Head Information Technology Service Centre at Headquarter Gaza and and technically to the Head, Infrastructure Operations Section at Headquarters Amman.

• Please indicate if you are a Palestinian Refugee and provide your registration card number if applicable.

No Fee

THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.