Overview
The Enterprise Solutions & Data Architect will design and operationalise an integrated digital, data, and learning ecosystem for the School Meals Accelerator. The role aims to enable learning, adaptation, and evolution while supporting processes, country engagements, and partnerships.
Tasks Summary
- Design a robust, interoperable data and solution architecture.
- Ensure seamless interoperability across IT solutions.
- Enable responsible use of data and AI-driven tools.
- Lead capacity-building and enablement efforts.
- Translate business processes into end-to-end solution architectures.
- Define reference architectures, integration patterns, and data flows.
- Ensure alignment between technical solutions and the Accelerator operating model.
- Design architectures that support feedback loops.
- Design and guide the implementation of secure, scalable, and cost-efficient cloud architectures.
- Provide architectural guidance for applications, APIs, data platforms, and analytics services.
- Design and oversee a data infrastructure.
- Support the integration of AI-enabled tools and analytics.
- Guide adoption of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) approaches.
- Support the design of CI/CD pipelines and deployment practices.
- Contribute to operational readiness.
- Develop and deliver a structured capacity-building programme.
Experience Requirements
- A Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in enterprise architecture, solution architecture, cloud platforms, or data/analytics engineering.
- Proven track record of designing and delivering complex, production-grade digital solutions.
- Experience working in multi-stakeholder, international, public-sector, or development contexts is highly desirable.
Qualification Requirements
- Advanced university degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or other relevant related field, or First University degree with additional years of relevant experience.
- Relevant cloud certifications (e.g. AWS Solutions Architect Professional, Security Specialty) are strongly desirable.
