Result of Service

The Data Engineer is expected to fulfill the following goals:

– Build processes supporting data transformation, data structures, metadata, dependency and workload management
– Performing root cause analysis on internal and external data and processes to answer specific business questions and identify opportunities for improvement
– Development of data related instruments/instances

Work Location

UN-House ESCWA

Expected duration

6 Months

Duties and Responsibilities

In line with the ICTS section’s objectives to expand and enhance ESCWA’s technological capabilities through various digital transformation initiatives, the section is actively engaged in various initiatives and projects encompassing data management, data pipelines, data visualization, pre-processing, machine learning and optimization solutions.

This job vacancy is for a Data Engineer who will be responsible for contributing to the interpretation of various data sources, including the acquisition of data sources through scraping, modelling and munging og datasets, executing data pre-processing tasks, and implementing state-of-the-art ETL pipelines.

Under the overall guidance of the Chief, ICTS, and direct supervision by the team leader, Data Unit, the contractor will perform the following tasks:

– Create and maintain optimal data pipeline architecture
– Assemble large, complex datasets that meet functional/non-functional business requirements
– Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements: automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery, re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability, etc.
– Building the infrastructure required for optimal extraction, transformation, and loading of data from a wide variety of data sources using SQL and Azure ‘big data’ techniques.
– Build analytics tools that utilize the data pipeline to provide actionable insights into customer acquisition, operational efficiency and other key business performance metrics.
– Create data tools for analytics and data scientist team members that assist them in building and optimizing innovative data-based products.

Qualifications/special skills

An advanced university degree in computer science, computer engineering or related area is required. A first-level university degree in combination with minimum of one additional year of qualifying work experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

All candidates must submit a copy of the required educational degree. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed.
A minimum of 1 year of proven experience as a data engineer or similar role is required.
A minimum of 1 year of proven experience with one of the following scripting languages: Python and/or Scala is required.
A minimum of 1 year of proven experience with relational databases is required.
Knowledge of Apache Spark and/or Kafka and experience with data pipeline and workflow management tools is required.
Hands on experience with Linux, Hands on experience with Microsoft Azure, and experience with stream-processing systems: Storm, Spark-Streaming, etc. is desirable.

Languages

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat; and Arabic is a working language of ESCWA.

For this position, fluency in English is required. Knowledge of Arabic is desirable.

Note: “Fluency” equals a rating of ‘fluent’ in all four areas (speak, read, write, and understand) and “Knowledge of” equals a rating of ‘confident’ in two of the four areas.

Additional Information

Recruitment for this position is on a local basis. The incumbent is required to have the legal right to live and work in the specified working location.

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.