INFORMATION SYSTEMS OFFICER (Platform Solution Architect)

Org. Setting and Reporting

The United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF) was established in 1949 by the United Nations General Assembly to provide retirement, death, disability, and related benefits for staff of the United Nations and other member organizations of the Fund. UNJSPF administers benefits of more than 80,000 beneficiaries residing in more than 190 countries, paid in 18 currencies, and services more than 150,000 participants who work in the 25 member organizations of UNJSPF. The Fund has offices in New York (United States) and Geneva (Switzerland) and two liaison offices in Nairobi (Kenya) and Bangkok (Thailand), respectively. The United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund-Pension Administration (UNJSPF-PA) comprises about 278 staff from diverse countries and cultures, based across four prominent duty stations (New York, Geneva, Bangkok, and Nairobi). We are a career employer offering unique opportunities for growth within the United Nations system. We offer staff competitive benefits, including up to six weeks of annual leave per year, a defined benefit pension plan (not subject to variation of capital markets), parental leave, a comprehensive insurance plan, and flexible working arrangements subject to operational requirements. Our office is located in the heart of Manhattan, within walking distance from the Grand Central Station hub, in a state-of-the-art facility (the One Dag Hammarskjöld building). Visit www.unjspf.org for more details. This position is located in the Enterprise Applications Section (EAS) within the Information Management Systems Service (IMSS) of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund-Pension Administration (UNJSPF-PA). The Information Systems Officer will report to the Chief of Section.

Responsibilities

Within limits of delegated authority and depending on location, the Information Systems Officer may be responsible for the following duties:

• Serve as the lead Solution Architect for enterprise integrations, designing end-to-end interface architectures between UNJSPF and member organizations, ensuring alignment with the Fund's target-state architecture and pension administration domain model.
• Design and oversee implementation of integration patterns across MuleSoft, Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC), and event-driven architectures, including API-led connectivity, canonical data models, and reusable integration assets that scale across member organizations.
• Lead solution design for the integration layer between ERP, ITSM/HRSD/CSM, and the Fund's pension administration platform, ensuring data integrity, security, and auditability across the integrated landscape.
• Provide technical leadership across complex initiatives owning architecture decisions, design authority sign-offs, non-functional requirements (performance, scalability, security, observability), and integration governance standards.
• Establish and maintain integration standar...