IMEO Senior Database Consultant

United Nations - UN | Consultant | United Nations Environment Programme
Closing: 26 Jan 2026 3 days remaining
Location: Paris, France

Overview

The role is to ensure IMEO's core databases are strategically designed, well-governed, and reliably operated to integrate diverse methane data streams into a trusted, secure, and scalable foundation.


Tasks Summary
  • Defines direction, standards, decisions, and architecture of the database.
  • Defines full data cycle from ingestion to analytics.
  • Charts a database roadmap that aligns with programme goals.
  • Oversees data-related implementation.
  • Maintains governance, documentation, and data quality discipline.
  • Ensures performance, interoperability, and sustainability of the system.
  • Manages database strategy & roadmapping.
  • Provides architecture consulting & database schema guidelines.
  • Establishes and maintains data dictionary, metadata standards, access levels, role definitions.
  • Oversees technical documentation.
  • Optimises queries and intervenes in critical performance issues.
  • Makes security and access control decisions.
  • Coordinates with DevOps and AI engineering teams.
  • Leads data strategy calls.
  • Liaises with data analysts from each workstream.
  • Creates a lightweight data hygiene routine.

Experience Requirements
  • At least 10 years of experience in the field of data analysis or software engineering.
  • Leading or working with a team of analysts, engineering and setting technical direction and establishing data analysis best practices.
  • Recent professional experience with large data sets, distributed computing and systems that deal with big data and advanced analytics carried out on the cloud.
  • Experience with emissions data, satellite data and sectoral understanding.
  • Demonstrated experience working closely with business stakeholders, data analysts, development, dev ops and AI teams is a plus.
  • Scientific programming systems experience preferred.

Qualification Requirements

• Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent minimum) in computer science, statistics, data science, or a related field.

Other Details

Languages Required: • Fluency of English is required.

Contract Duration: 12 months

Work Modality: Remote

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