[Hiring] Consultant - Backend and Cloud Computing Architect for Geospatial Vaccination Microplanning Solution @Pan American Health Organization

Role Description

The consultant will be responsible for planning, developing, and documenting the assigned technical components through the following activities:

• Cloud and backend architecture design
  • Gather technical and functional requirements with PAHO teams and designated counterparts.
  • Define a modular cloud architecture for ingestion, processing, storage, geospatial analysis, APIs, and visualization.
  • Specify compute components, databases, geospatial services, load balancing, scaling, recovery, and operational continuity.
  • Develop logical, physical, and deployment architecture diagrams, including development, testing, and production environments.
• Data design, interoperability, and geospatial processing
  • Design data ingestion, validation, cleaning, transformation, and versioning flows from immunization systems, population sources, health facilities, and geographic layers.
  • Define relational and geospatial data models, including standards for metadata, data dictionaries, and lineage.
  • Configure or specify geospatial databases and spatial query services that enable the identification of clusters and priority areas.
  • Design APIs for secure data exchange with analytical modules, web interfaces, and approved external services.
• Backend prototype implementation and cloud deployment
  • Configure repositories, environments, containers, backend services, and continuous deployment pipelines in accordance with PAHO technical policies.
  • Implement minimum backend services for authentication, user administration, data upload, geospatial queries, and results export.
  • Configure infrastructure as code or equivalent documentation to reproduce environments and facilitate maintenance.
• Security, privacy, governance, and compliance
  • Define role-based access controls, authentication, authorization, encryption, secrets management, audit logging, and environment segregation.
  • Incorporate principles of data minimization, protection of sensitive information, and privacy risk review.
  • Document security assumptions, dependencies, technical risks, and mitigation measures.

Qualifications

• A consultant specialized in backend architecture, cloud computing, and geospatial data solutions applied to public health.
• Ability to work in multidisciplinary teams and translate programmatic needs into implementable technical components.
• Minimum first university degree for the lower end of the band; advanced university degree for the mid or upper range of Band A, in fields related to the purpose of the consultancy.

Requirements

• 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.
• Experience with geospatial technologies, health interoperability standards, and work with international organizations or ministries of health will be considered an asset.

Benefits

• Contract value: Depending on deliverables, daily rates can vary from US $172 to US $215.
• Duration: September 9, 2026 - December 31, 2026.
• Contract type: PAHO International Consultant - Non-staff Position (Band A).
• Main location: Remote work (off-site), with regular virtual meetings and coordination with PAHO teams and national counterparts.
• Scheduled weekly hours: Up to 40 hours, according to the work plan and deliverables schedule.