Systems Engineering Officer (SAP Basis Administrator)

World Bank Group Context

Innovation and partnership bond the five institutions of the World Bank Group (WBG): the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA), which together form the World Bank; the International Finance Corporation (IFC); the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA); and the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). The World Bank Group is one of the world’s largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries. It uses financial resources and extensive experience to help our client countries to reduce poverty, increase economic growth, and improve quality of life. To ensure that countries can access the best global expertise and help generate cutting-edge knowledge, the World Bank Group is constantly seeking to improve the way it works. Key priorities include delivering measurable results, promoting openness and transparency in development, and improving access to development information and data.

Vice Presidency Context

The Information Management Technology (IMT) Vice Presidency is the World Bank’s central function for the provision of information and technology services to the Bank’s business units. The overarching objective of this function is to ensure that end-users have the information and systems to do their jobs at all locations where Bank business is being done.  The management of most of the end-user IT services, business solutions and the underlying technology infrastructure is centralized with IMT.  IMT is structured in a federated operating model with separate dedicated application development and management departments for each of the three Bank business lines:

Operations and Knowledge, Finance Complex, and Corporate Functions which also supports MIGA and ICSID.   Each of business line application departments is lead by a CIO who works closely with a business line governance group to align the systems investment portfolio with the business priorities.  Shared services of underlying infrastructure and applications platforms are provided by the Enterprise Architecture unit and the Technology Engineering and Infrastructure department. IMT also provides shared services to IFC.
The World Bank has adopted a three-year IMT Strategy that is centered on seizing value opportunities; creating agile delivery capacity; promoting standards; managing risks; and transforming the IMT Organization.  Front office functions including strategy and outreach, innovation, budget, program management, information security, and risk management provide the enabling authorizing environment and control processes to help the IMT service and project managers meet the goals of the IMT strategy efficiently and effectively.

Unit Context
The SAP Basis Administrator is responsible for the support and technical performance characteristics of an SAP environment, including network, database and application server performance. SAP Basis Administrators commonly perform activities similar to those of System Administrators, Network Administrators, Database Administrators, and Configuration Managers (in the context of the SAP environment). Those holding this position are assigned to technical infrastructure and operation support teams and utilize a variety of client/server platforms. Incumbents interact with SAP implementation staff, other IT staff, and other stakeholders to analyze proposed changes to SAP technical configuration settings to optimize overall performance.

Individuals in this job position are competent to perform work at the highest technical level with an in-depth understanding of SAP database, network, security and system performance configuration and tuning techniques.

Note: If the selected candidate is a current Bank Group staff member with a Regular or Open-Ended appointment, s/he will retain his/her Regular or Open-Ended appointment. All others will be offered a 3 year term appointment.

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Systems Engineering Officer (SAP Basis Administrator)

Information Management and Technology

Professional & Technical

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Washington, DC

8-Nov-2012