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UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.
Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.
And we never give up.
For every child, a digital future
The overarching strategic goal of UNICEF’s Information and Communication Technology Division (ICTD) is to transform and build partnerships with our stakeholders to successfully implement UNICEF programmes globally through the use of innovative technology-enabled solutions.
How can you make a difference?
The Geospatial DevOps consultant will support the Division of Data, Analytics, Planning and Monitoring (DAPM), the Office of Emergency Programmes (EMOPS) and the Information and Communication Technology Division (ICTD) to make sure that their critical work with geospatial analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence, data management, data standardization, and data publication can be sustained by a reliable and scalable infrastructure.
The consultant will ensure that DAPM and EMOPS can deliver and update their products and services in a timely, secure, and cost-effective manner and in compliance with UNICEF/ICTD standards and best practices. The consultant will help streamline the software development lifecycle to improve vendor and developer productivity, delivery speed, and code quality in support of existing and upcoming products. The consultant will make sure that applications run without interruption of service, reacting to infrastructural problems in a timely manner.
This position is under the supervision of the ICTD Manager, Application Platforms (APS) in the Platforms and Services Delivery Section of the ICT Division.
Background of some applications which require DevOps assistance
In 2019 UNICEF developed a Geospatial Roadmap, which articulated the need to implement UNICEF Geo Hub to coordinate the use of geospatial resources and common broker services to other UNICEF entities. The key components of the Geo Hub are Data, Tools, Standards and Policies, and Capacity Building. The main aim of the “Tools” component is to reduce the infrastructure implementation and maintenance costs with on-demand/secured access to tools and applications.
As part of the Geospatial Roadmap, UNICEF has developed two web-based geospatial platforms: GeoRepo and GeoSight. GeoRepo serves as a single source of truth for storing and sharing core geospatial datasets, such as administrative boundaries at a subnational level. GeoSight is a web-based geospatial analytical platform that will help users harmonize, integrate, visualize, and analyze geospatial data using a simple web interface. Both GeoRepo and GeoSight are being developed using a similar stack of technologies (Django, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL).
As part of the same Geospatial Roadmap, in Dec 2021 UNICEF deployed ArcGIS Enterprise on the UNICEF Azure infrastructure to become the core enterprise geospatial solution for geospatial data storage, analysis, dissemination and visualization.
Another important area of work in support of UNICEF’s mandate is the economic analysis of immunization resources. However, challenges remain in identifying and analyzing immunization resources in domestic government budgets. There is substantial variation in how vaccine procurement and immunization delivery information is presented in national budget documents. This information is only available in non-searchable PDF files, complicating identification and analysis. The solution to improve the accessibility of immunization budget information and supporting its interpretation is the Global-Immunization budget database (GIBD), a web-based application that uses Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to standardize and analyze global immunization budget data for insightful cross-country comparison and trend analysis. GIBD enables UNICEF to access global immunization budget data via web browser, secured with UNICEF credentials for global reach and data protection. It utilizes artificial intelligence to tackle complex data extraction and manipulation challenges and offers dashboards designed for insightful trend visualization, supported by automated analysis for strategic decision-making.
The Programme Effectiveness Team (PET) in DAPM aims to improve the capabilities of field offices to design evidence based and results-focused programmes, implement effective and efficient interventions, monitor results through periodic trend analysis and real-time basis. Organizational performance management unit in DAPM is seeking the services of a DevOps engineer to assist them in the continuous integration of their PIDB Coding Recommender Tool and their EYSN Quality Insurance Tool. Both tools are developed on an outside partner server and must be deployed on UNICEF’s environments during the releases.
Key responsibilities / Scope of work:
Application-specific tasks
Deployment, monitoring, and automation
Collaboration and knowledge building
Deliverables:
Work Assignments Overview Deliverables/Outputs Delivery deadline Coordinate with stakeholders (DAPM, ICTD, EMOPS, External Vendors) to identify the requirements for a dedicated Kubernetes environment for GeoRepo and GeoSight. Design document with the requirements and the action points to build a dedicated Kubernetes environment for GeoRepo and GeoSight. 26/09/2024 Migrate there GeoRepo and GeoSight (both staging and production) in the dedicated Kubernetes environment provisioned by ICTD. GeoRepo and GeoSight deployed in the dedicated Kubernetes environment. 22/11/2024 Document the current ArcGIS infrastructure settings; update ArcGIS virtual machines to the latest version; Work with ICTD/TAO/APS team on migration to PaaS, to simplify the deployment and reduce the cost. ArcGIS update and standardization. 17/01/2025 Continuous integration of PIDB Coding Recommender Tool. The tool is developed by an outside partner server and must be deployed on UNICEF’s infrastructure. PIDB Coding Recommender Tool deployed 20/02/2025 Design monitoring dashboard(s) and alerts for the whole IT ecosystem managed by DAPM. Identify possibilities for the fine-tuning of the individual workloads. Work with ICTD/TAO/APS on the implementation
Performance/Usage metrics gathered.
[[P Documentation on the status of the infrastructure in place
18/04/2025 Continuous integration of EYSN Quality Assurance Tool and other AI applications. The tool/model is developed by an outside partner. EYSN Quality Assurance Tool deployed 04/06/2025 Coordinate and implement the release of the updates of GeoRepo, GeoSight, ArcGIS, E-tools, EYSN, PIDB, GIBD. GeoRepo, GeoSight, ArcGIS, E-tools, EYSN, PIDB, GIBD updates deployed. 01/08/2025
Please indicate your ability, availability and your overall rate – or rate per deliverable (in US$) to undertake the terms of reference above (including travel and daily subsistence allowance, if applicable). Applications submitted without a rate will not be considered.
Duration of contract: 11 months, remote
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Good-to-have Skills:
For every Child, you demonstrate…
UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).
To view our competency framework, please visit here.
UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.
UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment.
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. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. 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.
Remarks:
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.
The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.
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