Cloud Solutions Architect (IC)

The IC will provide specialized technical expertise and architectural guidance for transitioning on-premises applications to Microsoft Azure. The IC will work in close coordination with the internal development and infrastructure teams to audit existing application workloads, evaluate current Proxmox VM resource metrics, and analyze performance requirements. Based on this assessment, the consultant will design tailored cloud architecture blueprints, formulate step-by-step system migration strategies, and recommend the most cost-effective Azure resource allocations to achieve optimal performance. The IC will deliver actionable solution designs and technical specifications for the internal teams to execute during provisioning and deployment.

Desired Candidate Profile

Qualifications/special skills

A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, Cloud Architecture, Systems Engineering, or related technical fields is required. All candidates must submit a copy of the required educational degree. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed.

A minimum of 4 years of professional experience in cloud systems architecture, IT infrastructure analysis, or enterprise cloud solutions design is required.

Demonstrated experience in designing, evaluating, or auditing cloud infrastructure solutions on Microsoft Azure is required.

Proven experience collaborating directly with software development teams to extract application performance requirements, analyze resource consumption, and translate workload metrics into optimized cloud specifications is required.

Strong familiarity with cloud cost-optimization strategies, resource right-sizing, and evaluating IaaS vs. PaaS deployment models on Azure is required.

Practical experience designing or planning workload migration strategies from on-premises hypervisors (specifically Proxmox VE or VMware) to Microsoft Azure is highly desirable.

Official Microsoft Azure certifications (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect Expert or Azure Administrator Associate) are highly desirable.

Excellent analytical, architectural, and communication skills are required.

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat; and Arabic is a working language of ESCWA. For this position, fluency in English is required and knowledge of Arabic is desirable. Note: Fluency equals a rating of fluent in all four areas (speak, read, write, and understand) and Knowledge of equals a rating of confident in two of the four areas.