ICT Officer - Firewall Administrator, P-2, ICTD New York HQ

If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you.

For 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children's survival, protection and development. The world's largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments.

Purpose of the Position

Under the supervision of the ICT Specialist, the incumbent will manage Global Firewall and Antivirus Infrastructure, which covers all UNICEF field office sites and Headquarters Locations. He or she will also evaluate, test, and oversee Firewall Operating System and Policy changes; and provide 2nd level support during normal operations.

Key Expected Results

Manage daily operational requirements of Global ICT Perimeter Security environment (Firewalls & VPN Concentrators), as well as the global antivirus infrastructure. Provide security policy implementation support and advice to current and upcoming applications/systems/infrastructure SME's and support teams. On a daily basis, review and authorize firewall related change requests and work with Managed Security Services vendor on implementation of these changes. Provide support to ensure availability of Secure Remote Connectivity Services (site-to-site VPN's and client VPN's). Provide enhanced support during problems escalations and offices responding to Emergencies.

Coordinate with other units in ICTD, Regional/Field Offices, other UN Agencies, and external partners (i.e. vendors) with installation, integration and or changes to Global firewall and antivirus framework. Implementation and administration of Secured Tunnels (IPSec) to interconnect NYHQ with other UN entities to grant access to services required.

Provide 2nd level Global support for firewalls and Antivirus related issues.

Produce and Analyze Global Firewall exceptions reports, statistics, and traffic patterns. Identifying problem areas and potential attack vectors and recommending corrective follow up actions.

Enforce operational firewall policies, as directed by ICT Security Policy.

Qualifications of Successful Candidate

An advance university degree (Master's) in Computer Sciences, Information System Management, Business Administration, or a directly related field(s) is required. A relevant first-level university degree (Bachelor's), in combination with 2 years of additional relevant work experience, may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree (Master's).

A minimum of two (2) years ofrelevant work experience in operational administration and support of firewall systems, network problem resolution, network architecture, security architecture, Ethernet switches, routers, Microsoft / UNIX Operating Systems is required.

Fluency in English (written & verbal) is required. Knowledge of an additional UN Language (Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish) is considered an asset.

Competencies of Successful Candidate

Core Values

Commitment

Diversity and Inclusion

Integrity

Core competencies

Communication Level I

Working with People Level I

Drive for Results Level I

Functional Competencies

Analyzing Level II

Applying Technical Expertise Level II

Formulating Strategies and Concepts Level I

Planning and Organizing Level

To view our competency framework, please click here.

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all national, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organisation.

HOW TO APPLY:

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all national, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organization. To apply, click on the following link http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/?job=503298