Network and Audiovisual Senior Engineer

at  FAO

Job Posting: 23/Oct/2024
Closure Date: 20/Nov/2024, 4:59:00 PM
Organizational Unit: CSI
Job Type: Non-staff opportunities
Type of Requisition: Consultant
Grade Level: N/A
Primary Location: Italy-Rome
Duration: Up to 11 months
Post Number: N/A

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• FAO is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality, background and culture.
• Qualified female applicants, qualified nationals of non-and under-represented Members and person with disabilities are encouraged to apply;
• Everyone who works for FAO is required to adhere to the highest standards of integrity and professional conduct, and to uphold FAO’s values
• FAO, as a Specialized Agency of the United Nations, has a zero-tolerance policy for conduct that is incompatible with its status, objectives and mandate, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination
• All selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks
• All applications will be treated with the strictest confidentiality

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• University degree in Computer Science, Telecommunications engineering, Mathematics or similar.
• Overall minimum 10 years of experience in technical design, including structured cabling systems, data centres, network, design and deployment, in working with cloud environments (multi cloud experience is a plus).
• Minimum 10 years of experience in project management (PRINCE2 or equivalent certification is a plus)
• Working knowledge of English, French or Spanish. Knowledge of one of the other FAO Official languages is an asset.

TECHNICAL/FUNCTIONAL SKILLS

• Technical design of ICT network and audio/visual background, including setup of a network operating centre (NOC).
• Technical design of hyper-converged and hybrid infrastructure background
• Project management (including financial management)
  Please note that all candidates should adhere to FAO Values of Commitment to FAO, Respect for All and Integrity and Transparency

Under the direct supervision of the Senior Information Technology Officer, and based on identified activities to be performed, the consultant will provide specialized expertise to FAO HQ under a project framework, performing the following duties:

• Assess existing state of ICT core infrastructure at FAO HQ as it relates to meeting the needs of the Organization, especially for audio/visual purposes.
• Propose and implement improvements in the network design and architecture: The Network & Audiovisual Senior Engineer will support the Senior IT Officer by identifying improvements on the overall campus network including distribution, core, and edge on existing wired and wireless computer network in line with the digital workspace strategies and in support of the different events organized by FAO.
• Propose and implement improvements in the FAO Wide Area Network (FAO WAN): The Network & Audiovisual Senior Engineer will support the Senior IT officer in identifying improvements to the current WAN connecting the different FAO Offices to the different locations where the FAO resources are located.
• Coordinate and assisting business units as applicable on the identification of modern equipment for the audio and video infrastructure supporting high level events as well as identifying suppliers for maintenance and support of the renovated infrastructure.
• Liaise with FAO support service groups in ensuring facility, power and cooling requirements are met and will, at the same time, coordinate designs with all customer groups to ensure their requirements are fully incorporated in the newly designed services.
• Manage existing CAPEX projects, performing all project management activities.
• Prepare and manage project information based on PRINCE2 project management methodology.
• Prepare the overall design for ICT core infrastructure, Network Operating Centre (NOC), structured cabling system (SCS), fully available and fully redundant switching and routing services, data centres and other ICT premises where ICT core infrastructure will reside, hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) as well as cloud/on-prem hybrid infrastructure management, and any related designs for network management and information security at FAO HQ.
• Develop service operations and transition documentation for all the above infrastructure and service designs, develop budget, technical specifications, maintenance and operational resource requirements for all the above designs including the total cost of ownership (TCO) for the period of 10 years
• Develop technical selection process documentation with acceptable requirements for all designs and services required, develop project transition documentation, rollout and training plans.
• Develop plans and rollout for any training for all infrastructure and services for the relevant ICT personnel at FAO HQ and manage the transition of infrastructure and services into operations while providing the added level of support during a period of two months.