Backend and Cloud Computing Architect Consultant for a Geospatial Vaccination Microplanning Solution
Organizational Context
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) serves as the Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization (WHO).
Job Purpose
Design, document, and implement the backend and cloud computing architecture for a geospatial vaccination campaign microplanning solution aimed at identifying and prioritizing areas with children who have not received the first dose of measles vaccine. Ensure the solution is modular, scalable, secure, traceable, and interoperable with institutional data sources.
Responsibilities
Gather technical and functional requirements. Define a modular cloud architecture for data ingestion, processing, storage, geospatial analysis, APIs, and visualization. Specify compute components, databases, and geospatial services. Develop architecture diagrams. Design data ingestion, validation, cleaning, transformation, and versioning flows. Define relational and geospatial data models. Configure geospatial databases and spatial query services. Design APIs for secure data exchange. Configure repositories, environments, containers, and deployment pipelines. Implement backend services for authentication, user administration, data upload, geospatial queries, and results export. Configure infrastructure as code. Define role-based access controls, authentication, authorization, encryption, secrets management, and audit logging. Incorporate data minimization and privacy principles. Document security assumptions, dependencies, and risks.
Work Experience
Minimum of four (4) years of experience in development, architecture, or implementation of backend and cloud computing solutions, preferably in projects related to public health, geospatial data, surveillance, immunization, data analytics, or institutional platforms. Demonstrated experience in cloud architecture design, database integration, API deployment, environment automation, performance testing, security, and system documentation.
Skills
Cloud architecture and scalable backend design. Containers, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and secure deployment. SQL/NoSQL databases and geospatial databases. REST/GraphQL APIs, authentication, authorization, and user management. Geospatial processing, data interoperability, and metadata standards. Information security, privacy, auditing, and operational monitoring. Clear technical documentation and knowledge transfer. Technical coordination and supervision.