Senior Information Systems Officer, P5

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the world's environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system, and serves as an authoritative advocate for the environment. UNEP is seeking a Senior Information Systems Officer (P5) to provide leadership in strategic infrastructure and DevOps within the organization.

Responsibilities

Strategic Infrastructure and DevOps Leadership

• Provide authoritative technical and policy advice to senior management, ICT governance bodies, and solution working groups on enterprise infrastructure, cloud strategy, platform engineering, and DevOps.
• Conceptualize and oversee the design, build, and operation of UNEP-wide infrastructure platforms supporting mission-critical applications, enterprise data platforms, and the World Environment Situation Room.
• Define and promote infrastructure-as-code, configuration management, monitoring/observability, automated testing, and CI/CD practices across UNEP.
• Prepare and monitor budgets and work programmes for infrastructure and DevOps initiatives, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture.
• Develop innovative, secure, and sustainable infrastructure solutions for large-scale multi-source data ingestion and high-availability services.
• Chair the UNEP-wide ICT Solutions Group to drive standards and alignment with UN Secretariat ICT directions.

Infrastructure Operations, Cloud, and Cybersecurity Oversight

• Establish and improve infrastructure standards, procedures, and practices to ensure a stable, secure, and high-performing ICT environment.
• Define metrics and service-level objectives (SLOs) for availability, latency, capacity, and cost.
• Lead the design and management of hybrid infrastructure topologies (UN-hosted, partner-hosted, public cloud, and on-premises data centers).
• Oversee information security management and ensure cybersecurity compliance with UN Secretariat policies and international standards.
• Implement technical controls to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information assets, including data lakes and analytics platforms.
• Ensure infrastructure projects meet established time and cost parameters and standards of technical quality while minimizing duplication.

Requirements

Education

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or Doctorate degree, or equivalent) in computer science, information systems, engineering, or a related field is required.
• A first-level university degree in combination with two (2) additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Work Experience

• A minimum of ten (10) years of progressively responsible experience in planning, design, implementation, operation, and lifecycle management of enterprise ICT infrastructure or related area is required.
• Experience leading infrastructure and/or DevOps teams responsible for large-scale, high-availability, secure environments (including hybrid cloud and on-premises data centers) is required.
• Experience in designing, deploying, and operating complex data platforms, including data lakes or data warehouses with strict performance and security requirements, is required.
• Experience in establishing and running CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, and automated monitoring in an agile environment is desirable.
• Experience in developing and implementing ICT strategies and governance frameworks is desirable.
• Experience in the United Nations Common System or a comparable international organization is desirable.
• Experience in data science, data analytics, and deploying/scaling AI models (including LLMs) in production is desirable.

How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates are encouraged to apply through the official UN careers portal. Applications must be submitted by the deadline of May 20, 2026.

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