Geospatial Developer Cst

Deadline for Applications 15 November :59 GMT+01:00 Central European Time (Rome) Equal Employment Opportunity WFP celebrates and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race, colour, national origin, ethnic or social background, genetic information, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, HIV status or disability. About WFP The World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian organization, saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change. Position Overview Job Title: Geospatial Developer Type of Contract: CST Level 2 Department: APP / FSNA / Geographic Information Systems & Remote Sensing Duty Station: Remote Duration: 5 months Background and Purpose The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the leading humanitarian organization. The Geospatial Developer will support this effort by developing procedures to automatically gather, process and map such information, especially in maintaining and improving WFP’s Advanced Disaster Analysis and Mapping (ADAM). He/She will contribute to the maintenance and improvement of the existing cloud‑based infrastructure and will develop new automatic procedures for geospatial data harvesting and mapping. He/She will directly report to the EO Data Officer. Responsibilities Maintain, develop and improve the Advanced Disaster Analysis and Mapping (ADAM) WFP corporate system to prepare alert and respond to sudden‑onset disasters such as earthquakes, tropical storms and floods. Optimize and improve ADAM’s current data pipelines, impact analysis and system components such as API, automated spatial analysis, monitoring dashboard systems, integration with other internal WFP systems, web‑interface and user management to better consume and serve operational data. Review, redesign and adapt ADAM system infrastructure and components to comply with technical, security and design internal requirements. Review, redesign and test ADAM integration components for internal geospatial systems consumption. Support interoperability of geospatial infrastructure with other WFP / external systems. Provide technical support to other WFP initiatives to utilize ADAM’s capabilities and services for anticipatory action activities and other related operational requirements. Support development and engineering efforts for other applications of the unit such as the Humanitarian Data Cube, Geospatial Infrastructure, etc. Maintain detailed and full documentation of ADAM system. Perform other duties as required. Deliverables at the End of the Contract ADAM is fully configurable and customized for WFP internal requirements. ADAM has enough geospatial capabilities for providing cross‑platform integration through the API. ADAM is operationally stable and well documented. ADAM services and products are consumed by internal WFP systems and services as well as external user access capable. Qualifications & Experience Required Education: Masters degree in computer science, information technology, geomatics or equivalent work experience is required. Experience: Minimum of 5 years of increasingly relevant professional experience; or without a master’s degree: 6 years of proven working experience in developing GIS applications and systems for large organizations. Knowledge & Skills Advanced proficiency in Python programming language is required. Demonstrated capability in developing, testing and integrating production‑level applications and services. Exposure or relative experience in GIS and remote sensing (Earth observation). Knowledge of GIS software (ESRI and/or open‑source equivalent). Familiarity with Open Geospatial Data services and products. Experienced in ORM in RDBMS and working experience in geospatial data model preferred. Understanding and appreciation for Clean Code, Test‑Driven Design, Design Principles and other best practices. Proficient understanding and experience with code versioning tools. Experience working in containerized environment is required. Experience working with AWS / cloud is required; MS Azure, DevOps and Google Earth Engine is a must. Agile and able to work independently and within a team. Courtesy, tact and ability to work with people of different national and cultural backgrounds. Ability to communicate clearly and concisely both orally and in writing. Experience in project management is desirable. Languages Working knowledge of English (proficiency / level C) is required. 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