Information Systems Officer

The Information Systems Officer is responsible for managing projects related to systems analysis, design, development, and implementation of new systems within the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund. The role involves developing detailed system specifications, providing specialized advice, maintaining and upgrading existing systems, and supporting cloud data platforms and business intelligence solutions.

Responsibilities

• Manages projects involving feasibility studies, systems analysis, design, development and implementation of new systems, and/or participates as a member of a development team with responsibilities for major components of complex systems.
• Develops detailed systems and other functional specifications, including user documentation for major systems.
• Provides specialized advice to users, analyzing requirements and translating them into new applications; determines application systems integration and linkage issues.
• Maintains, upgrades or enhances existing data and user systems; troubleshoots and provides continuing user support; addresses problems; suggests the use of new techniques; monitors transactions to measure performance, and ensures continued effectiveness of assigned systems.
• Develops and maintains computer programs that require integration with interrelated systems and program elements; ensures appropriate data security and access controls, considering both local and wide area architectures.
• Organizes and performs unit and integrated testing, designing and utilizing test bases; assists users in acceptance testing.
• Research, analyze and evaluation of new technologies and makes recommendations for their implementation.
• Develop and maintain modern data and integration cloud technologies such as on Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, or Google Cloud.
• Define and implement scalable data integration frameworks, ETL/ELT pipelines, and data ingestion processes across cloud and on-premises environments.
• Develops and maintains BI reports, dashboards, and scorecards to deliver information requests and strengthen the business analytics capabilities of the Organization.
• Designs, develops, tests, optimizes, and deploys SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) packages to process data integration requirements.
• Ensures that design and development tasks conform to all data consolidation, data integration, data transformation, and data quality best practices.
• Participates in working group activities related to data quality, metadata, and data governance.
• Evaluates and recommends Cloud based data platforms and tools and methodologies for data integration and reporting.
• Supports the development of policies and procedures for the collection and analysis of data.
• Provides guidance to - and may supervise - new/junior staff, consultants, etc.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in computer science, information systems, mathematics, statistics or related field. A first-level university degree in combination with qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree.
• A Minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in planning, design, development, implementation and maintenance of Cloud Data Platforms and Business Intelligence solutions preferably with Pension Systems, HR and Finance areas is required.
• Technical work experience with cloud-native data platforms and services, including Microsoft Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, AWS Glue, Amazon Redshift, AWS Lake Formation, or equivalent technologies, is required.
• Expert-level proficiency in SQL, data modeling, and performance optimization techniques, including query tuning, indexing strategies, partitioning, and the development of complex analytical datasets and reusable semantic models, is required.
• Technical work experience in Data Science related advanced cloud BI technologies, writing complex Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) in Power BI & Analysis Services is required.
• Experience on Pension and ERP systems including Oracle Fusion, ServiceNow with HR and/or Finance is desirable.
• Experience in an international organization or financial institution is desirable.
• English is required at UN Level II proficiency in reading, writing, listening, and speaking.
• French is desirable at UN Level II proficiency in reading, writing, listening, and speaking.

Skills

• Cloud data platforms
• Business Intelligence Systems
• Pension Systems
• HR Systems and Databases
• Financial Systems
• Microsoft Azure Data Factory
• Azure Synapse Analytics
• AWS Glue
• Amazon Redshift
• AWS Lake Formation
• SQL
• Data Modeling
• Performance Optimization
• Query Tuning
• Indexing Strategies
• Partitioning
• Analytical Dataset Development
• Semantic Model Development
• Data Analysis Expressions
• Power BI
• Analysis Services
• Oracle Fusion Financials
• ServiceNow Experience

Languages

English, French