United Nations Environment Programme DevOps Engineer/Cloud Architect Jobs in Kenya; This role is critical in enhancing UNEP’s digital capabilities, supporting machine learning initiatives and driving sustainability in web operations. The consultant will also support the digital overhaul currently underway, including ensuring consistency with broader organizational standards and the UN Style Guide, while introducing unique components tailored to provide the individuality required for UNEP subsites and campaigns.
The consultant shall report to the Head of Web Platforms and will carry out the following duties:
- AWS infrastructure management
- Deploy and maintain an engineering self-service tool
- Develop a sustainability framework to achieve carbon-neutral web infrastructure for UNEP operations
- Formalize RTO and RPO benchmarks to be shared with management
- Integrate static code analysis workflows on all repositories to respond proactively to security threats - Support Drupal CMS operations
- Manage and optimize CDN, security and DNS configurations to enhance application performance and resilience.
- Establish and maintain seamless integration between GitHub and GitLab, ensuring efficient synchronization of repositories, workflows and version control strategies.
- Upgrade continuous delivery workflows in ArgoCD to report deployment status on GitLab and GitHub repositories
- Vectorize existing content on OpenSearch to prepare for LLM integration
- Introduce an MLOps pipeline on GitLab and Amazon EKS to enhance machine learning integration in existing products
- Define and document specifications for integrating AI agents into existing infrastructure
- Provide security reporting, in accordance with OICT guidelines
Qualifications/special skills
Scholarship 2026/27
Current Scholarships 2026/2027 - Fully Funded
Full Undergraduate Scholarships 2026 - 2027
Fully Funded Masters Scholarships 2026 - 27
PhD Scholarships for International Students - Fully Funded!
Funding Opportunities for Journalists 2026/2027
Funding for Entrepreneurs 2026/2027
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