Lead Platform Administrator (Power Platform & Data Platform)

Job Title: Lead IT Systems Administrator / Technical Lead (Applications, Power Platform & Data Platform) Duty Station: New York, hybrid; regular on-site presence as required by IMU, with any work outside the duty-station area subject to prior written approval Duration: Initial contract period of six months; renewable for successive 12-month periods, subject to satisfactory performance, operational requirements and availability of funding Background: Our client is implementing a department-wide digital transformation programme to modernize information systems, strengthen data governance, and enable data-driven decision-making at headquarters and in field operations. IMU leads the design, development, integration, deployment and operational management of the Department's digital platforms and related services. The portfolio includes: • Personnel Security Profile (PSP) / Personnel Lists and related country and entity deployments; • UNSMIN 2.0, SSIRS 2.0 and other departmental business applications; • Microsoft Power Platform solutions, including Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Pages, Power BI and Dataverse; • The Data Platform built on Microsoft Fabric and associated Azure services, including data pipelines, lakehouse/warehouse layers, semantic models and dashboards; • Integrations with DSS CORE, agency ERP/HCM systems, APIs, SQL data sources and other UN technical services; and • Application environments, access, licensing, service requests, release processes and operational support arrangements. The portfolio has evolved from application support into an integrated technical-lead and systems-administration function. The assignment therefore requires end-to-end technical ownership across architecture, platform administration, integration, production support, access governance, deployment, documentation, knowledge transfer and coordination with other departments and entities, Microsoft, and implementation partners. Objective: The objective of the assignment is to provide hands-on technical leadership, administration and operational support for IMU's enterprise applications, Microsoft Power Platform and the client's Data Platform, ensuring that services are secure, integrated, reliable, maintainable and transferable across the team. The contractor will serve as the primary technical lead for PSP/Personnel Lists, SSIRS 2.0, UNSMIN 2.0 and the Data Platform, with responsibility for solution architecture, platform administration, application ownership, integration, deployment, access governance and operational continuity. The contractor must be able to independently administer, maintain and troubleshoot the applications and underlying technical environments while guiding work undertaken by other IMU personnel and implementation partners. The Data Engineer retains primary hands-on responsibility for data pipelines, transformations, data models and data quality processes; the contractor provides Microsoft Fabric administration, integration oversight, technical backup and support for critical incident investigation. Specific activities will be prioritized by the Chief, IMU, based on operational requirements, implementation schedules and available technical resources.