Overview
The role is responsible for delivering technical solutions for IFC's finance portfolio, providing technical leadership and guidance for complex projects. It involves designing and modeling application and data architecture, and overseeing solution delivery.
Key Responsibilities
- Assume the role of Technical Architect and lead solution delivery teams in the implementation, maintenance, and operation of business-critical applications supporting IFC’s private sector finance operations.
- Architect process integrations with applications and data platforms using both custom and industry leading tools.
- Architect and lead the implementation of workflow patterns supporting various applications in the unit.
- Provide guidance to and work with key stakeholders to support the discussion on the technical features of the digital solution, including ensuring the readiness of each release.
- Apply technical and business knowledge to architects and supervise the implementation of solutions.
- Effectively document and communicate technical analyses, designs, and specifications.
- Work with the Information Security Team to satisfy its requirements/recommendations and support related security testing.
- Identifies and evaluates overall systemic issues and analyzes complex issues. Apply scientific principles and best practices to design, develop, and support IT products, services, and solutions ensuring efficiency, scalability, and reliability.
- Architect and spearhead the integration of Generative AI and Large Language Model (LLM) solutions (e.g., Azure OpenAI) into core financial and operational workflows to drive automation, advanced data extraction, and enhanced decision-making
- Technical Architecture - Definition of principles that guide technology decisions, Clear relationship between enterprise business context (industry and market trends) and specified technology and alignment with EA standards.
- Solution Architecture - Definition of principles to guide solution decisions to support the evolution of the product portfolio from current state to future state. Develop reusable patterns and components in support of agile delivery.
- Coordinate with vendors and consultants, overseeing their deliveries to ensure that they satisfy requirements and meet World Bank Group standards.
- Coordinate with project team members. Mentor junior staff, assist with IT resource management.
- Prototyping & MVP Development: Lead hands-on development of PoCs and MVPs to quickly validate concepts and confirm scalability before major investment.
- Technical Governance & Guardrails: Define and enforce security, privacy, architecture, and coding standards that all developers both internal and external vendors must follow to protect institutional safety & integrity
- Accountable for delivering solutions at speed, scale and quality.
Required Experience
- At least 8 years of relevant experience.
- Minimum of 7 years of experience leading large teams of developers (both onsite and offshore) and taking full responsibility for the end-to-end delivery of technical solutions in environments with shifting priorities, multi-layered governance structures, complex IT landscapes, and diverse client bases.
- Hands-on technical expertise, with demonstrated ability to step into development or troubleshooting roles when needed, ensuring project milestones are met without delays, particularly in high-pressure or resource-constrained scenarios.
- Proven expertise in designing and implementing solutions using modern architecture principles such as cloud native and microservices architectures, event driven design, and contemporary design patterns. Strong experience with cloud platforms and services including Microsoft Dataverse, Azure or AWS SaaS and PaaS offerings, containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes, and API management solutions.
- Minimum of 7 years of experience in developing and maintaining large-scale solutions in Microsoft .NET Framework including C#.
- Proven ability to extend Microsoft Dynamics with custom .NET and C# solutions. Skilled in modern frameworks, Python, and diverse programming languages, with expertise in building secure scalable APIs using best practices in cloud native development.
- Expertise in application authentication and authorization with Microsoft Entra ID for both B2B and B2E scenarios.
- Hands on experience in developing and deploying solutions in Azure (ASE, AKS, WebApp, Azure Functions, KeyVault, AppInsights, Azure APIM, Redis) etc.
- Proven experience in maintaining development best practices, including version control (using Azure DevOps), logging and monitoring (using Splunk, AppInsights). Hands-on experience in Azure DevOps / Build and Release pipelines and DevOps tool chain.
- A good understanding of Azure data platforms including Azure Data Lake, Data Warehouse, Power BI and ETL tools like Azure Data Factory, Databricks, and Informatica is a plus.
Qualifications
- Master’s degree in computer science or a related STEM field (e.g., Engineering, Mathematics or Information Systems).
- Recommended certifications include Certified Solutions Architect (Professional Level) (AWS/Azure/GCP/OCI), SAFe for Architects (ARCH), SAFe DevOps (SDP)
