Cloud, AI, IoT Advisory Specialist, Reg CST II

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26 October 2026-23:59-GMT+01:00 Central European Time (Rome)

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• WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.
• WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment.
• WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities.
• A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.
• We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement).

JOB TITLE: Cloud, AI, IoT Security Advisory Specialist

TYPE OF CONTRACT: CST2

UNIT/DIVISION: TECI

DUTY STATION (City, Country): Remote

DURATION: 11 months

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT: Under the general supervision of the Chief Information Security Officer and supervision of the Head of Cybersecurity Advisory Services the Cloud, AI, IoT Security Advisory Specialist will support the organisation’s cybersecurity posture by focusing on the secure design, deployment, and monitoring of cloud-native and AI-driven systems. This role is critical in ensuring that emerging technologies such as generative AI, machine learning pipelines, and multi-cloud environments are integrated securely and in compliance with corporate standards and international best practices. The services that the incumbent will provide include, but are not limited to, the following:

•Cloud architecture security assessments

•DevSecOps pipeline integration support

•Cloud compliance and risk reviews

•Cloud security posture optimization

•AI/ML pipeline threat analysis

•Vendor cloud and AI risk evaluation

ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

1.Assess and help strengthen the security posture of multi-cloud environments througharchitecture reviews, risk assessments and specialist recommendations.

2.Design and help define cloud-native security controls, including IAM policies, encryption, keymanagement and centralized logging, and review their implementation and effectiveness.

3.Collaborate with Development and Infrastructure teams to help design and embed security intoCI/CD pipelines and cloud-native workflows.

4.Provide specialist and architecture advice in support of cloud incident-response processes

5.Create and maintain comprehensive documentation of cloud security architectures, operationalprocedures, and configuration

6.Provide cybersecurity advisory support to development and infrastructure teams, promotingsecure-by-design principles across cloud platform.

7.Conduct threat modeling and risk assessments for AI/ML systems, covering models, datasets,APIs, and associated infrastructure.

8.Design and implement protections against AI-specific threats such as adversarial attacks, modelextraction, and data poisoning.

9.Ensure secure collection, handling, storage and governance of training and inference data inalignment with data security policies.

10.Partner with AI/ML development teams to integrate security into the model lifecycle, fromdesign through deployment.

11.Monitor AI model behavior and explainability tools for signs of drift, bias, or tampering.

12.Become Subject Matter Expert (SME) on platforms and applications for which consultant isassigned to review.

13. Produce high quality reports.

14. Provide leadership and advice to more junior colleagues.

15. Manage cybersecurity related projects.

16. Additional duties as requested.

DELIVERABLES AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT:

Documented Secure Cloud Architecture designs and threat models for secure cloud deployments.

Detailed security assessment reports of cloud and AI systems, including risk mitigation recommendations

Detailed design documents for the security architecture of new and existing cloud and ai functionalities,

ensuring robust protection measures are in place.

Well-researched proposals for technologies and strategies to improve the organization's cloud and AI

cybersecurity posture.

Updated security standards, procedures, and guidelines to raise the corporate security maturity level,

including baseline and hardening reviews.

Repeatable, high-level methodologies to set expectations to the business of what cyber security

requirements must be addressed related to application and solution development.

High-quality reports on cybersecurity challenges, solutions, and advisory services provided to Country

Offices and Regional Bureaus, including records of decisions taken and assessments performed.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

Education: Degree in the field of Computer Science/Engineering or related STEM disciplines or

equivalent working experience

Experience: At least 6 years of relevant work experience

Knowledge & Skills:

Solid IT Security skills, with both academic background and professional experience

Experience with cloud-native security tools (e.g., AWS Security Hub, Azure

Defender, GCP Security Command Center)

Familiarity with AI/ML frameworks and their security implications

Managed stakeholder relationships, aligning cybersecurity risk strategies with

business objectives

Understand cybersecurity risk concepts to assess threats, vulnerabilities, and

mitigation strategies.

Good project management skills

Experience in multinational organizations

Desirable: IT Security and IT Audit certifications

Desirable: CCSP, AWS Certified Security – Specialty, Azure Security Engineer

Associate, GCP Professional Cloud Security Engineer.

Desirable: ISO 27001 Lead Implementer/Auditor, or equivalent.

Desirable: AI-specific credentials (e.g., NIST AI RMF, MIT AI Ethics and Safety).

Languages: Fluency in oral and written English is mandatory with an intermediate knowledge of

another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish) or

Portuguese (one of WFP’s working languages) is desirable.

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All employment decisions are made on the basis of organizational needs, job requirements, merit, and individual qualifications. WFP is committed to providing an inclusive work environment free of sexual exploitation and abuse, all forms of discrimination, any kind of harassment, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. Therefore, all selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

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