Job Description

IT Office Business Solutions (Azure Data & AI Solutions Architect) Job #: req32808
Organization: World Bank
Sector: Information Technology
Grade: GF
Term Duration: 4 years 0 months
Recruitment Type: Local Recruitment
Location: Chennai,India
Required Language(s): English
Preferred Language(s):
Closing Date: 5/4/2025 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTCDescriptionDo you want to build a career that is truly worthwhile? Working at the World Bank Group provides a unique opportunity for you to help our clients solve their greatest development challenges. The World Bank Group is one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries; a unique global partnership of five institutions dedicated to ending extreme poverty, increasing shared prosperity and promoting sustainable development. With 189 member countries and more than 130 offices worldwide, we work with public and private sector partners, investing in groundbreaking projects and using data, research, and technology to develop solutions to the most urgent global challenges. For more information, visit www.worldbank.orgITS Vice Presidency Context:The Information and Technology Solutions (ITS) Vice Presidential Unit (VPU) enables the World Bank Group to achieve its mission of ending extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity on a livable planet by delivering transformative information and technologies to its staff working in over 150+ locations. For more information on ITS, see this video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=VTFGffa1Y7wITS shapes its strategy in response to changing business priorities and leverages new technologies to achieve three high-level business outcomes: business enablement, by providing Bank Group units with innovative digital tools and technologies to transform how they deliver value for their clients; empowerment & effectiveness, by ensuring that all Bank Group staff are connected, able to find information, and productive to accelerate the delivery of development solutions globally; and resilience, by equipping the Bank Group to provide risk-based cybersecurity and robust data protection for a global network and a growing cloud platform. The ITS mission is to leverage information and technology as a force multiplier to accelerate, deepen, and sustain development impact. ITS is on an Agile transformation journey, reshaping all aspects of the operating model to increase and accelerate value creation.Implementation of the strategy is guided by three core principles. The first is to deliver solutions for business partners that are customer-centric, innovative, and transformative. The second is to provide the Bank Group with value for money with selective and standard technologies. The third principle is to excel at the basics by providing a high performing, robust, and resilient IT environment for the organization.WBG Finance (ITSFI) is responsible for providing high quality, streamlined information and technology solutions for the World Bank's Financial services, which include Corporate Finance, Risk Management, Controls, Treasury, Loans, Accounting, and Concessional finance (handling donor contributions from inception to the point of final disbursement, including IDA, Financial Intermediary Funds and Trust Funds). ITSFI is additionally responsible for building its IT services using a shared platform that provides scale, leverage, reliability, and control while at the same time improving responsiveness to emerging business needs. The ITSFI team is accountable for the implementation of the ITS Strategy supporting WBG core finance business processes.As a unit within the ITSFI department, ITSFT is responsible for providing core accounting solutions for the World Bank Group staff that are in around 185 countries across the world. The major areas include applications in the Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, General Ledger and Asset accounting business processes to support the operations of World Bank Group Finance & Accounting, Treasury and Development Finance Vice presidencies.Job OpportunityITSFT is looking for an experienced Business Solutions Architect to lead the design and implementation of advanced business solutions on Azure, focusing on application engineering, data modeling, and secure cloud engineering practices. The role demands extensive expertise in the financial domain, particularly in building tools and frameworks for AI and data science applications on Azure, with exclusive experience in developing generative AI applications that meet WBG security, compliance and performance standards.Roles & Responsibilities:

• Architect, design and implement highly scalable, available, and fault tolerant systems in the Cloud (Azure) and on-prem that will tightly integrate with SAP S4 HANA, Data lakes and other enterprise systems.

• Lead the technical engagement for defining and documenting application architectures aligned with enterprise standards, guidelines, and best practices.

• Ensure solution architectures for enterprise solutions drive efficiencies, improve performance and reliability, increase innovation, and reduce costs. These solution architectures could be cloud-native, on-premises or leverage a hybrid cloud model.

• Ensure solutions leverage industry standard enterprise integration technologies to integrate disparate systems on-premises, in the cloud and across cloud providers.

• Oversight of the contractual resources that support existing financial applications on SAP and cloud.

• Build, maintain key architectural artifacts and ensure alignment with architectural guidelines, best practices, and blueprints

• Lead and/or take part in deep-dive education and design exercises along with technical discussions to create enterprise grade solutions.

• Define transition approaches and roadmaps for migrating legacy systems

• Provide strategic direction in AI and data architecture, guiding the organization towards innovative and effective solutions.

• Develop and deliver compelling presentations and demos to achieve buy-in from relevant stakeholders and to communicate the same to implementation teams

• Engage with project teams to provide technical guidance while ensuring alignment with defined architectural blueprints.

• Drive continuous improvement and innovation in AI and data science practices, ensuring the organization remains at the forefront of technological advancements.

Selection Criteria

• Master's degree with 5 years relevant experience or bachelor's degree with a minimum of 7 years of relevant experience

• Minimum 7 years of experience as a Data and AI Architect, with a proven track record in application engineering, data modeling, and AI solutions on Azure.

• Proficiency in Azure, Power BI, semantic modeling, and financial reporting. Extensive experience in building tools and frameworks for AI and data science applications.

• Strong background in the financial domain

• Good to have extensive knowledge in SAP, including SAP HANA migration

• Demonstrated ability to lead and manage teams, providing strategic direction and fostering a collaborative environment.

• Good knowledge of information management and information technology including system design, planning, and project delivery management.

• Demonstrated analytical ability and problem-solving skills in translating business requirements into technical requirements/business systems.

• Demonstrated ability to quickly resolve technical problems in complex and time sensitive production systems.

• Ability to express thoughts and ideas effectively in oral and written communications.

• Ability to act sensitively in multicultural environments and build effective working relations with internal and external partners.

• Highest ethical standards.

• Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Microsoft Certified Azure AI Engineer

In addition to the above mandatory requirements, the following are highly desired-

• WBG experience and knowledge of WBG specific custom processes and applications.

• Experience in Dremio and SAP.

World Bank Group Core CompetenciesDeliver Results for ClientsProactively addresses clients' stated and unstated needs : Adds value by constantly looking for a better way to get more impactful results; sets challenging stretch goals for oneself. Immerses oneself in client experiences and perspective by asking probing questions to understand unmet needs. Demonstrates accountability for achieving results that have a development impact and financial, environmental and social sustainability. Identifies and proposes solutions to mitigate and manage risks.Collaborate Within Teams and Across BoundariesCollaborates across boundaries, gives own perspective and willingly receives diverse perspectives : Appropriately involves others in decision making and communicates with key stakeholders. Approaches conflicts as common problems to be solved. Actively seeks and considers diverse ideas and approaches displaying a sense of mutuality and respect. Integrates WBG perspective into workLead and InnovateDevelops innovative solutions : Contributes new insights to understand situations and develops solutions to resolve complex problems. Adapts as circumstances require and manages impact of own behavior on others in context of WBG's values and mission. Identifies and pursues innovative approaches to resolve issuesCreate, Apply and Share KnowledgeApplies knowledge across WBG to strengthen solutions for internal and/or external clients : Leverages department's expertise and body of knowledge across WBG to strengthen internal and/or external client solutions. Seeks to learn from more experienced staff to deepen or strengthen their professional knowledge and helps others to learn. Builds personal and professional networks inside and outside the department unitMake Smart DecisionsInterprets a wide range of information and pushes to move forward : Seeks diversity of information and inputs, researches possible solutions, and generates recommended options. Identifies and understands risks and proposes recommendations. Based on risk analysis makes decisions in a timely manner within own area of responsibility, considering the interests and concerns of stakeholders.The World Bank Group offers comprehensive benefits, including a retirement plan; medical, life and disability insurance; and paid leave, including parental leave, as well as reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.We are proud to be an equal opportunity and inclusive employer with a dedicated and committed workforce, and do not discriminate based on gender, gender identity, religion, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability.Learn more about working at the and , including our values and inspiring stories.

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