Solutions Architect(P3)

Solutions Architect (P3) – (2024/0675 (249756))

Organization: MTIT-Management Solutions Unit

Primary Location: Austria-Vienna-Vienna-IAEA Headquarters

Job Posting: 2024-12-30, 2:37:23 AM

Closing Date: 2025-01-20, 4:59:00 PM

Duration in Months: 36

Contract Type: Fixed Term – Regular

Probation Period: 1 Year

Full Competitive Recruitment: Yes

This selection exercise may be used to generate a roster of pre-approved candidates to address future staffing needs for similar functions in any of the Departments and Offices of the Organization.

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING APPLICATION DEADLINE: Please note that the closing date for submission of applications is indicated in local time as per the time zone of the applicant\’s location.

Organizational Setting

The Division of Information Technology provides support to the IAEA in the field of information and communication technology (ICT), including information systems for technical programmes and management. It is responsible for planning, developing and implementing an ICT strategy, for setting and enforcing common ICT standards throughout the Secretariat and for managing central ICT services. The IAEA\’s ICT infrastructure comprises hardware and software platforms, and cloud and externally-hosted services. The Division has implemented an IT service management model based on ITIL (IT Infrastructure Library) and Prince2 (Projects in a Controlled Environment) best practices.

Main Purpose

The Solutions Architect is a technical specialist and a client liaison. They provide advice and support for computerized solutions aimed at improving business processes and systems to meet organizational needs, and apply technical knowledge to design, build and implement effective information systems.

Role

• Solutions architect, liaising with internal clients to understand their needs, define challenges, and devise appropriate solutions.
• Solutions designer, defining sustainable software solutions consisting of off-the-shelf, platform-based and custom-developed software as well as integrations.
• Software engineer, implementing, maintaining, and supporting software solutions, and performing other technical tasks as leader or member of a project/product team.
• Project manager, initiating, planning, executing, and controlling agreed work.
• Technical specialist, taking part in other activities required by MTIT, such as quality assurance, continuous process improvement, and providing software development expertise across the organization.

Functions / Key Results Expected

• Determines client and business needs/challenges, and defines user and system requirements based on the needs analysis.
• Plans, designs and implements (changes to) software solutions via in-house development, outsourced development, and/or procurement of off-the-shelf/SaaS software.
• Leads software projects and applies effective project management skills to ensure outputs are delivered within agreed budget and schedule, and meet expected quality levels.
• Takes responsibility for deployment, operation, troubleshooting, maintenance and support of new and existing software systems.
• Provides advice and guidance on software development across the organization.

Competencies and Expertise

Core Competencies (Competency Framework)

• Communication: Communicates orally and in writing in a clear, concise and impartial manner. Takes time to listen to and understand the perspectives of others and proposes solutions.
• Achieving Results: Takes initiative in defining realistic outputs and clarifying roles, responsibilities and expected results in the context of the Department/Division’s programme.
• Teamwork: Actively contributes to achieving team results. Supports team decisions.
• Planning and Organizing: Plans and organizes his/her own work in support of achieving the team or Section’s priorities.

Functional Competencies

• Client orientation: Helps clients to analyse their needs. Seeks to understand service needs from the client’s perspective and ensure that the client’s standards are met.
• Commitment to continuous process improvement: Plans and executes activities in the context of quality and risk management and identifies opportunities for process, system and structural improvement.
• Technical/scientific credibility: Ensures that work is in compliance with internationally accepted professional standards and scientific methods.

Required Expertise

• Function: Information Technology
  Name: Information Security
  Expertise Description: Strong knowledge of secure coding techniques and information security.
• Function: Information Technology
  Name: Software Development
  Expertise Description: Experience in software architecture, design and development using Microsoft-based software technologies as well as common JavaScript frameworks.
• Function: Information Technology
  Name: Software Engineering
  Expertise Description: Experience in the use of established formal methods and a disciplined approach to software engineering.

Qualifications, Experience and Language Skills

Bachelor\’s Degree – in software engineering or a related field (such as computer science, electronic engineering, information management, etc).

A minimum of five years of experience in Microsoft-based software development, at least 3 of which in implementing .NET-based Web solutions.

Internationally recognized certification of Project Management such as PMP or Prince2 is desirable.

Internationally recognized certification of Information Security is desirable.

Microsoft certification for software development is desirable.
Strong client relationship skills and ability to lead clients successfully through scoping, statement of work development, requirements gathering and solutioning.

Excellent oral and written command of English. Knowledge of other official IAEA languages (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish) is an asset.

Remuneration

The IAEA offers an attractive remuneration package including a tax-free annual net base salary starting at US $64121 (subject to mandatory deductions for pension contributions and health insurance), a variable post adjustment which currently amounts to US $ 35523 *, dependency benefits, rental subsidy, education grant, relocation and repatriation expenses; Other benefits include 6 weeks\‘ annual leave, home leave travel, pension plan and health insurance.

General Information

• The IAEA\’s paramount consideration in the recruitment of staff member is to secure employees of the highest standards of efficiency, technical competence and integrity.
• Staff Members shall be selected without any unfair treatment or arbitrary distinction based on a person\’s race, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, disability, age, language, social origin or other similar shared characteristic or trait.
• The IAEA is committed to gender equality and to promoting a diverse workforce. Applications from qualified women and candidates from developing countries are strongly encouraged.
• Applicants should be aware that IAEA staff members are international civil servants and may not accept instructions from any other authority.
• The IAEA has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and the IAEA, including sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination.

Evaluation process

• The evaluation of applicants will be conducted on the basis of the information submitted in the application according to the selection criteria stated in the vacancy announcement.
• Candidates under serious consideration for selection may be subject to reference and background checks as part of the recruitment process.

Appointment information

• Appointment is subject to a satisfactory medical report.
• Staff members may be assigned to any location.
• Candidates appointed to posts in the Professional and higher categories are subject to IAEA rotation policy.

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