Associate Solutions Architect
Job #:
req38127
Organization:
World Bank
Sector:
Information Technology
Grade:
GF
Term Duration: 2 years 0 months
Recruitment Type:
Local Recruitment
Location:
Washington, DC,United States
Required Language(s):
English
Preferred Language(s):
Closing Date:
9/2/2026 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC
• Build Proofs of Concept (PoC) and Minimum Viable Products (MVP) that validate concepts quickly and surface the technical risks worth knowing about before further investment.
• Apply a fail-fast approach, retiring ideas that do not prove out and documenting the learning so it benefits future initiatives.
• Contribute reusable patterns, accelerators, and components that shorten the path from idea to working software.
• Build Microsoft Dataverse data models, covering tables and relationships, business rules, calculated and rollup columns, alternate keys, and choice sets, with attention to performance and maintainability.
• Extend the platform where declarative configuration is insufficient, using plug-ins, custom Application Programming Interfaces (API), Power Apps Component Framework (PCF) controls, and custom connectors.
• Apply Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) practice on the platform, including solution layering, managed and unmanaged solutions, environment strategy, and automated pipelines.
• Build Agentic AI solutions in which autonomous agents plan, invoke tools and enterprise systems, maintain state across steps, and hand off to other agents or to a human, using Microsoft Copilot Studio, Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility, Azure AI Foundry, and Semantic Kernel.
• Apply traditional Machine Learning (ML) and predictive techniques where these fit the problem better than a generative or agentic approach.
• Ensure AI solutions follow the World Bank Group's responsible AI, data privacy, and information security requirements.
• Contribute to solutions hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS) where a workload sits there.
• Integrate new solutions with existing World Bank Group systems and data platforms so that experiments do not become isolated digital silos.
Selection Criteria
• Demonstrated experience building applications from idea through to a working solution, with at least two examples the candidate personally designed and built.
• Sound, practical experience with the Microsoft Power Platform across Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Pages, and Copilot Studio, evidenced by solutions delivered into live use.
• Practical experience building and securing applications on Microsoft Azure, including compute, serverless functions, secrets management, application monitoring, and identity through Microsoft Entra Identity, formerly Azure Active Directory (Azure AD).
• Experience developing solutions in a modern enterprise stack, for example Microsoft .NET and C#, Python, or JavaScript and TypeScript frameworks, together with RESTful Application Programming Interfaces (API).
• Demonstrated experience building AI solutions, with specific evidence of Agentic AI work alongside Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and, ideally, traditional Machine Learning (ML).
• Experience with engineering best practices, including version control, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automated testing, logging, and monitoring. Hands-on DevOps experience is required.
• Ability to explain technical concepts and demonstrate working prototypes persuasively to non-technical stakeholders.
• Proven ability to collaborate across boundaries and contribute productively to team output, demonstrating respect for different points of view.
• Recommended certifications include Microsoft Certified Power Platform Developer Associate, Power Platform Solution Architect Expert, Azure Developer Associate, and Azure AI Engineer Associate.
WBG Culture Attributes:
1. Sense of urgency: Anticipate and quickly respond to the needs of internal and external stakeholders.
2. Thoughtful risk-taking: Challenge the status quo and push boundaries to achieve greater impact.
3. Empowerment and accountability: Empower yourself and others to act and hold each other accountable for results.
World Bank Group Core Competencies
The World Bank Group offers comprehensive benefits, including a retirement plan; medical, life and disability insurance; and paid leave, including parental leave, as well as reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity and inclusive employer with a dedicated and committed workforce, and do not discriminate based on gender, gender identity, religion, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability.
Learn more about working at the World Bank and IFC including our values and inspiring stories.
The World Bank is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world. Our vision is to create a world free of poverty on a livable planet.
We are not a bank in the common sense; we are made up of two unique development institutions owned by 189 member countries: the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA).
Each institution plays a different but collaborative role in advancing the vision of inclusive and sustainable globalization. The IBRD aims to reduce poverty in middle-income and creditworthy poorer countries, while IDA focuses on the world's poorest countries.
Their work is complemented by that of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) and the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).
Together, we provide low-interest loans, interest-free credits and grants to developing countries for a wide array of purposes that include investments in education, health, public administration, infrastructure, financial and private sector development, agriculture and environmental and natural resource management.
