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Senior IT Officer, Architecture II

Black Tech Link Washington, DC

$116k-147k (estimate)

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Black Tech Link is Hiring a Senior IT Officer, Architecture II Near Washington, DC

IFC—a member of the World Bank Group—is the largest global developmentinstitution focused on the private sector in emerging markets. We work inmore than 100 countries, using our capital, expertise, and influence to createmarkets and opportunities in developing countries. In fiscal year 2021, IFCcommitted a record $31.5 billion to private companies and financialinstitutions in developing countries, leveraging the power of the private sectorto end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity as economies grapplewith the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. For more information,visit www.ifc.org.

The mission of the Corporate Information Technologies Department (CIT) isto use technology to enable IFC’s strategic priorities and to support businessand operations. By acting as the technology partner and business enabler, thedepartment provides state-of-art IT solutions to support IFC’s operations. CITis seeking an experienced IT professional to augment the Data Architectureand Data Platforms function within the IFC’s Architecture and Technology unit(CITAT).

Requirements

• Build a strong data architecture practice, aligned with the WBG enterprisearchitecture and data management strategies and principles, to guide theimplementation of all IFC’s systems.

• Lead strategy development, architecture design, compliance modeldefinition, analysis and reporting, and support data management operations.

• Support the multi-year transition to NextGen Data platform, from “onpremise” implementations to cloud-based technology.

• Ensure sound architectural practices are adopted and applied within theIFC IT program that would lead to optimization of the IFC IT landscape,applying such approaches as re-use, skillset sharing, outsourcing andstandardization.

• Actively contribute to data management process establishment, fundingmanagement, multi-vendor team management, as well as program andproject management.

• Establish and maintain robust coordination with multiple teams acrossinfrastructure, Office of Information Security, database administrators,project managers, portfolio PMOs, innovation initiatives, subject-matterexperts, and various business stakeholders.

• Engage with business leads and stakeholder groups to support IFC’s datastrategy and data related business transformation programs.

• Spearhead different centers of excellence within the data managementfunction that would transform the technology stack, processes and peopleand move IFC to the new optimized data landscape.

• Coordinate with IFC’s lines of businesses and IT units to mature IFC’s datapractices, align with WBG’s IT strategy, as well as corporate datagovernance and data privacy activities.

• Guide IFC’s data platform renewal program, serving as a central focal pointfor CIT.

• Plan and design transformation from current state to target state dataarchitecture.

• Design patterns, standards, and models that govern and define the type ofdata collected and how it is used, stored, managed, and integrated withinthe CIT.

• Evaluate new approaches, technologies, and processes that would helpgrow IFC’s business through more effective use of data and information.

• Advance IFC’s analytics agenda and align it with business priorities.

• Build an expertise in cloud modernization, master data management, andimplementation of data governance projects.

• Participate in conceptualization and high-level design phases of data andinformation driven projects.

• Mentor and provide guidance to members of various data practice groupsand contribute thought leadership focused on the development and evolutionof data management, analytics, and governance methodologies.

• Direct and support opportunity identification, proposal development, andthe pursuit of activities to improve IFC’s data management practices.

Selection Criteria

• A Master’s degree with 8 years of relevant experience, or a bachelor’sdegree with 10 years of relevant experience.

• Industry recognizable management and technical certifications in datamanagement, architecture, or related areas, are an advantage.

• Clear mastery of IT information systems management state-of-the practice, including proven awareness of fundamental aspects of businessapplications management, enterprise data store approaches and moderndata management practices.

• Strong understanding of the various dimensions of Enterprise Architecture.

• Create roadmaps and integration plans to increase interoperability acrossarchitectures.

• Subject matter expertise in data integration, data governance, data issuesmanagement, metadata management, data lineage, and broad-scale datadiscovery techniques.

• Proven and demonstrated experience in implementing Data Warehouseand Data Lake solutions for reporting, analytics, and data mining.

• Ability to exercise technical vision while coaching and collaborating withjunior architects/engineers.

• Proven experience of collaborating with business partners and technicalteams to develop technical requirements and design robust and flexible datasolutions in alignment with the enterprise strategy.

• Knowledge of IFC and World Bank’s systems a plus, though notmandatory, including information reporting, document management, webmanagement, application security, enterprise resource management, riskmanagement and other corporate systems.

• Clear comprehension of and appreciation for the postulates and practicesof IT Governance.

• Exceptional interpersonal, facilitation and negotiation skills to buildpartnerships with a network of key internal and external stakeholders. Trackrecord for working with diverse groups to build consensus and drivingintegrated implementations.• Ability to lead by example, in promoting a culture of continuousimprovement by finding solutions that increase efficiency, accelerate theadoption of new technologies and contribute to business growth.

• Solid experience with data practices and technologies, including data lakes,data warehousing, data integration patterns (ETL, services, messaging),analytics and business intelligence.

• Experience implementing MDM, data lake in large enterprises.

• Experience implementing big data solutions using Azure or AWS cloudtechnologies.

• Experience in creating complex data models for OLTP, Data Warehouse,logical Data warehouse application.

• Hands-on experience in developing systems that leverage multiple cloudservices in Azure (preferred) and/or AWS, especially in data technologies.

• Working knowledge of integration patterns and CI/CD pipelines.

• Experience working with Agile methodologies (Scrum, Lean Startup, XP)and multi-functional teams (Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Developers,Designers, Data Analysts).

• Must be a clear and logical thinker with an open and innovative mind, andthe ability to think outside the box.

• Open mindedness, willingness to transform, and the ability to act as a“change agent” both within CIT and for IFC.

• The ability to handle tough deadlines, and multiple demands from multiplesources.

• Positive attitude and highest ethical standards are a must.

Benefits

World Bank Group Core Competencies

The World Bank Group offers comprehensive benefits, including a retirementplan; medical, life and disability insurance; and paid leave, includingparental leave, as well as reasonable accommodations for individuals withdisabilities.We are proud to be an equal opportunity and inclusive employer with adedicated and committed workforce, and do not discriminate based ongender, gender identity, religion, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, ordisability.

Learn more about working at the World Bank and IFC, including our valuesand inspiring stories.