Manager – Infrastructure Engineering

Manager – Infrastructure Engineering

Job #: req
35466

Organization: World Bank

Sector: Information Technology

Grade: GH

Term Duration: 3 years 0 months

Recruitment Type: Local Recruitment

Location: Washington, DC, United States

Required Language(s): English

Closing Date: 2/12/2026 (11:59pm UTC)

Do you want to build a career that is truly worthwhile? Working at the World Bank Group provides a unique opportunity for you to help our clients solve their greatest development challenges. The World Bank Group is one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries; a unique global partnership of five institutions dedicated to ending extreme poverty, increasing shared prosperity and promoting sustainable development.

With 189 member countries and more than 120 offices worldwide, we work with public and private sector partners, investing in groundbreaking projects and using data, research, and technology to develop solutions to the most urgent global challenges.

The Information and Technology Solutions (ITS) Vice Presidential Unit (VPU) leverages information and technology to accelerate, deepen, and sustain development impact. Its vision is to harness information and technology for a world free of poverty on a livable planet. For more information, visit (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

The World Bank Group Technology Office (ITSTO) defines and executes the technology strategy for the World Bank Group, ensuring that investments and standards deliver secure, resilient, and efficient platforms to support global operations. ITSTO leads strategic planning, enterprise architecture, platform engineering, and core infrastructure management, aligning technology initiatives with the Bank Group’s mission and objectives. ITSTO drives technology-enabled innovation, modernizes infrastructure, and enhances organizational agility.

It collaborates across World Bank Group entities to accelerate development impact and digital transformation.

The Infrastructure Engineering team designs, builds, and maintains the foundational IT infrastructure that supports global operations. This includes data centers, infrastructure as code, enterprise networks, storage systems, compute resources, virtualization platforms, and disaster recovery solutions. The team focuses on robust, secure, scalable, and cost-effective services, forming the backbone for reliable digital services across business units. It emphasizes operational excellence, modernization, and collaboration with cloud engineering, cybersecurity, application development, and IT service management.

Infrastructure Engineering champions innovative solutions and automation to enhance IT operations, supports business continuity and resilience, and empowers the organization to deliver reliable, high-performing digital services that advance the Bank’s objectives.

The Manager, Infrastructure Engineering, leads the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of the World Bank Group’s core IT infrastructure. This leadership role sets the vision and direction for infrastructure engineering, ensuring investments and solutions align with objectives and the mission. The manager mentors a team of infrastructure engineers and fosters a collaborative environment that supports digital transformation and operational excellence.

The ideal candidate is a servant leader with strong interpersonal skills, capable of energizing and influencing others, fostering collaboration, building consensus, and proactively addressing challenges to achieve key deliverables.

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee the design, implementation, and maintenance of IT infrastructure to ensure optimal and secure operation of servers, storage, data centers, networks, endpoints, and security systems.
• Provide leadership for modern enterprise-wide networking, virtualization, and storage infrastructure with emphasis on scalability, automation, and data resilience.
• Lead engineering initiatives and direct strategic plans for high-complexity infrastructure programs.
• Communicate progress, challenges, and solutions to senior leadership, ensuring timely and budget-compliant program delivery.
• Manage relationships with technology vendors and service providers to maximize value beyond contractual terms.
• Drive the development and implementation of modern infrastructure standards, governance, and alignment with business goals and availability.
• Provide comprehensive technical support, documentation, training, and issue resolution.
• Develop strategies to enhance the end-user experience, including policies, procedures, and communication.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement and retirement or replacement of outdated systems.
• Develop IT policies to support a scalable and secure environment with audit and business continuity in mind.
• Collaborate with organizational leaders to address deficiencies, develop business cases, and ensure delivery of IT solutions.
• Ensure…