As a unit within the WB Operations and Corporate (ITSOC), the Information and Knowledge Solutions unit (ITSKS) is looking for a Solutions Architect to join the Intranet team and continue to enhance the digital workplace. She/He will support the Intranet Product team to deliver innovative solutions with strong solid architecture, performance, and metrics. She/he will work closely with the Product Owner, and the Design and Engineering teams.
The incumbent will work closely with business sponsors, product owners and developers. She/He will have a strong technical background and leadership skills, have a sense of centricity and ensure that our solutions meet client expectations and deliver customer value and high-quality outputs.
Duties and Accountabilities:
The selected candidate will be responsible for supporting the Intranet Product team to deliver innovative solutions with strong solid architecture, performance, and metrics. She/he will work closely with the Product Owner, and the Design and Engineering teams.
Actively Work with a product team, utilizing Agile processes to manage and deliver results for the World Bank’s Intranet
Review and assess business requirements (process, tools, and workflow). Gain an in-depth understanding of the business and its underlying processes and data
Design the solution to fit the business requirements. Ensure design is aligned with Information Technology strategies and integration with other systems are optimized
Guide the future of all intranet products and lead the development team to success through innovation, planning and execution
Ensure that projects within the portfolio are executed under ITS guidelines and standards for technology, security, web publishing, development methodology, outsourcing/offshoring and other governance practices
Review business requirement documents and provide feedback on implementation feasibility
Participate in full SDLC lifecycle tasks from requirement phase to deployment phase for new application development
Interact with other enterprise system teams on solution design and integration
Integrate with Bank’s preferred social collaboration platforms
Identify and provide cloud solutions for different implementations and problems
Identify performance improvements and provide solutions
Integrate Front End for contents that originate outside of CMS using data extracts. Data extract APIs will be provided
Provide solution for content delivery for various form factors based
Provide solution that performs well in low bandwidth countries
Lead in identifying improvements wherever applicable and guide & lead the team towards the implementation making it successful
Provide input for development of standards, policies, procedures, data/information quality metrics, etc.
Actively work with the central deployment team to set up application build and deploy process
Provide solutions to build reports on - User, Usage and other reports based on the user needs
Selection Criteria:
Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or a related technical field with 5 years relevant experience OR equivalent combination of education and experience
Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience working in various platforms and technologies like SharePoint Online, C#, .Net, Azure Cloud, AWS Cloud, Angular, HTML, Python etc.
Minimum 5 years of experience working on Content Management Systems
Minimum 5 years of experience designing and architecting scalable cloud-based solutions
Minimum 3 years of experience engaging with Clients, assessing business requirements
Experience in designing solutions that follows strong security guidelines
Strong knowledge, experience in AD, ADFS, OAuth, OpenID connect & Forms based Authentication
Proven ability and experience in ensuring compliance with security and data privacy policies and regulations
Proven ability to multi-task and operate effectively in a matrix management and high-pressure environment
Strong client and service orientation, with a high level of passion for service excellence
Experience in developing solutions for Large Enterprise (10,000+) applications with branch offices connecting from high, low bandwidth
Expertise managing and facilitating communications on all business requests and issues ensuring client programs were operating with maximum efficiency
Demonstrated knowledge integrating with LOB applications, ECM and Enterprise search, Business Connectivity services to various back-end systems
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills as well as attention to detail
Strong knowledge on various Enterprise & O365 collaboration platforms
Demonstrated knowledge, experience in implementing best practices
Strong knowledge on caching, at application and various other layers, in the http request/response
Strong knowledge developing dashboard using reporting services
Strong knowledge and experience working on Mobile applications on different platforms
Ability to excel in a fast-paced and demanding work context
Proven track record of designing, implementing, and maintaining Azure-based solutions for clients
Experience working with clients to understand their requirements and designing cloud-based solutions that meet their needs
Expertise troubleshooting and providing technical support for cloud-based solutions
Up to date with the latest Azure, AWS technologies and trends
Experience in implementing Accessibility standards for web and mobile applications
Sharepoint online SPFX experience is a plus
Cloud certification is a plus
Experience migrating between different CMS solutions is a plus
Experience in end-to-end deliverables on projects is a plus
Security certification is a plus
Experience working on Analytics / metrics is a plus
Demonstrated track record of success and career progression
Strong track record of business and technical problem solving and can learn new skills quickly
