Associate Platform Engineer

Do you want to build a career that is truly worthwhile? Working at the World Bank Group provides a unique opportunity for you to help our clients solve their greatest development challenges. The World Bank Group is one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries; a unique global partnership of five institutions dedicated to ending extreme poverty, increasing shared prosperity and promoting sustainable development. With 189 member countries and more than 130 offices worldwide, we work with public and private sector partners, investing in groundbreaking projects and using data, research, and technology to develop solutions to the most urgent global challenges. For more information, visit www.worldbank.org ITS Vice Presidency Context The Information and Technology Solutions (ITS) Vice Presidential Unit (VPU) enables the World Bank Group to achieve its mission of ending extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity on a livable planet by delivering transformative information and technologies to its staff working in over 150+ locations. For more information on ITS, see this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9 v=VTFGffa1Y7w Unit Context: The ITS Financial Technology (ITSFT) unit enables key functions of the WBG Finance and Accounting vice-presidency and its corporate partners such as financial management, payments and disbursements, new lending product deployment, financial accounting, institutional analytics, and external reporting. The unit also operates and evolves WBG ERP and the external client digital banking platform and supports WFA financial technology innovation. Duties and accountabilities: Role Purpose: The Associate Platform Engineer executes the design, implementation, and lifecycle management of internal platforms that enable secure, scalable software delivery. Working under guidance, this role collaborates with technical teams and applies to modern cloud technologies, automation, DevOps, SRE practices, integration, web hosting, and middleware alongside data platform management and identity governance. It delivers standardized, automated self service workflows, adheres to platform guardrails and observability, and continuously improves reliability, compliance, security, and cost across hybrid and multi cloud environments to meet organizational needs while reducing developer cognitive load.

Role Scope Distinction: Experienced professional • Performs professional-level research and analysis in the field of specialization. • Proposes solutions to moderately complex problems in the field of specialization. • Seeks common ground and negotiates issues with internal and/or external clients to recommend for higher-level approval • Provides knowledge-based guidance to more junior staff within the job area • Requires practical application of professional knowledge at a broad-based level to complete difficult assignments.

Key Responsibilities: • SAP ECC to S/4 Conversions • Migration from on-premise to hybrid-cloud architecture using BTP and Azure • Daily S4/HANA Engineering, Management and Administration (Basis) • Support for periodic Month, Quarter, End of year financial closing • Support HANA database system operations including H/A, DR and performance tuning • Testing suite integration using Tosca and cALM • Management of BTP, Cloud Connectors, Interfaces • Technical controls maintenance and audit remediation, ICFR Compliance Platform Design Implementation • Develops, implements, and supports scalable platform solutions to enhance system performance and reliability • Collaborates with cross-functional teams to define platform requirements and ensure alignment with project goals and business objectives • Executes platform design reviews and provides input on best practices Continuous Monitoring Improvement • Participates in the evaluation and integration of new technologies to optimize platform capabilities and drive innovation • Helps monitor system performance and troubleshoots issues promptly to maintain uptime • Performs regular assessments to evaluate the effectiveness of platform solutions and proactively identify areas for improvement Security Management • Supports collaboration with security teams to implement and maintain platform security measures, ensuring compliance with best practices • Executes vulnerability assessments and contributes to the development of remediation strategies