Senior Data Engineering Assistant, G7

Senior Data Engineering Assistant, G7

Responsibilities

  • Responds to requests for extract, transform and load (ETL/ELT) work and prepares design notes and decision support material for the creation, optimization and monitoring of data pipelines that feed UNEP’s enterprise data platforms and the World Environment Situation Room.
  • Assembles and curates data sets from multiple internal and external sources (environmental, geospatial, administrative, partner-provided), and supports the integration of more complex, high-volume or streaming data sets needed by data engineers, data scientists and application teams.
  • Provides input to the design, configuration and documentation of data infrastructure components (data lakes, warehouses, integration services, workflow/orchestration tools, containerized services) operated by the Infrastructure and DevOps Group, ensuring that naming, metadata and security conventions are applied consistently.
  • Assist in the management of the organization’s cloud hosting subscription and the respective cloud resources

Education

High school diploma or equivalent is required.

Work Experience

  • A minimum of 10 years of experience in data engineering, data integration, data management, software development, database systems, information management or a related area is required.
  • The minimum years of relevant experience is reduced to eight (8) years for candidates who possess a first-level university degree or higher.
  • Experience with cloud platforms and cloud resource management on Azure or Amazon Web Services (AWS), as well as a strong foundation in Linux, is required.

Method of application

If you are interested and qualified, kindly submit your application via the link provided below,

https://careers.un.org/jobSearchDescription/273946?language=en&utm_source=Jobinkenya

 

Deadline Apr 24, 2026

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