Systems Integration and Operational Technology Consultant

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City Washington DC

Company IDB

Posting End Date September 18th 2026

We improve lives

The IDB Group is a community of diverse versatile and passionate people who come together on a journey to improve lives in Latin America and the Caribbean. Our people find purpose and do what they love in an inclusive collaborative agile and rewarding environment.

About this position

The Office of the Secretary is seeking a highly technical hands-on analytical and solution-oriented Systems Integration and Operational Technology Consultant to support the operation maintenance modernization and continued development of the software applications and integrated technology solutions used in the Banks formal meeting environments.

As a Systems Integration and Operational Technology Consultant you will take technical ownership of the conference-management application ecosystem within the Office of the Secretary. This includes maintaining and improving existing conference and room-management systems developing new capabilities as operational requirements evolve integrating in-person conference-management tools with virtual and hybrid meeting platforms interpretation environments recording systems and other institutional applications and enabling interoperability with third-party platforms through APIs WebSockets event-driven interfaces and other approved integration methods. The consultant will help ensure that these solutions operate as a coordinated reliable secure maintainable and appropriately documented environment.

The consultant will also support the implementation of approved AI-enabled solutions for meeting management recording transcription metadata processing document and knowledge retrieval operational analytics and workflow automation using NVIDIA GPU-enabled infrastructure and other authorized enterprise platforms. The consultant will work jointly with the Events Production Management SECEPM section and the Information Systems and Digital Innovation section SECISD in coordination with AV Services internal technology teams manufacturers and external vendors. The consultant may also be requested to support other tasks aligned with the business needs of the Office of the Secretary and managed by SECEPM or SECISD

You will work in the Event Production and Management Section part of the Office of the Secretary. This team is responsible for organizing the Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors. Weare also in charge of managing the main meeting rooms and venues of the Bank. We coordinate the space reservationfor face-to-face virtual or hybrid meetings multimedia services publication of all meetingsin the IDB Events Calendar and we coordinateall the logistics for the event.

What youll do

Support the evolution maintenance enhancement and operational sustainment of the existing Python-based conference-system control and meeting-management environment used for Televic Conference System-based operations under the technical direction of the Chief of EPM.

Assume technical responsibility for conference and room-management applications backend services integrations databases automation components and related software tools managed by SECEPM and SECISD.

Design implement test and sustain integrations among in-person conference systems virtual and hybrid participation platforms interpretation environments recording systems IP-based AV systems internal applications and third-party platforms using APIs WebSockets SDKs message-based interfaces and other approved methods.

Work with external vendors manufacturers and technology providers to define requirements review and validate interfaces identify limitations and pursue technical improvements required for operational use cases.

Develop and maintain backend services scripts daemons middleware automation tools monitoring utilities synchronization services data connectors and metadata-capture components required for system orchestration and operational workflows.

Adapt package configure deploy monitor and maintain software solutions across approved Linux Windows containerized and other operational environments ensuring reliability security compatibility supportability and maintainability.

Improve conference-room management capabilities including room configuration meeting preparation system-status monitoring operational readiness technical logging and centralized management of supported spaces.

Support digital recording and meeting-data solutions capable of capturing timestamps speaker information participant activity language-channel information synchronization markers and other structured metadata required for transcription search retrieval analysis and downstream processing.

Perform technical prototyping proof-of-concept development laboratory validation integration testing production-oriented testing advanced troubleshooting performance analysis and root-cause analysis and implement approved automation and AI-enabled solutions for meeting management transcription document review metadata extraction semantic search operational analytics and knowledge retrieval.

Document software architecture data flows interface logic dependencies deployment procedures security considerations operational constraints support requirements and best practices maintain appropriate software lifecycle practices provide knowledge transfer and support other related assignments under the responsibilities of SECEPM or SECISD.

What youll need

Education

Bachelors degree or equivalent advanced degree in Computer Science Software Engineering Systems Engineering Information Technology Electrical Engineering or another field relevant to the responsibilities of the role.

Experience

At least two years of progressively responsible experience in software development systems integration backend development application integration or a related technical role. The candidate must demonstrate strong programming fundamentals including data structures algorithms concurrency process and memory management inter-process communication networking debugging and software design. Experience should extend beyond conventional web application development and include the ability to analyze modify compile integrate and troubleshoot software at the operating-system protocol service or device-interface level. Advanced proficiency in Python is required together with demonstrated capability to work with compiled and systems-oriented software when needed.

Languages

Proficiency in English both spoken and written is required.

TechnologiesProgramming and Backend Development

Advanced Python proficiency is a minimum requirement. Hands-on experience developing and troubleshooting backend services workers daemons automation scripts connectors middleware and operational utilities is required along with the ability to work with compiled or lower-level software when needed.

Linux and Platform Administration

Strong hands-on Linux administration and software deployment experience is required including installing configuring compiling packaging deploying troubleshooting and maintaining software across different hardware and operating environments. Familiarity with NVIDIA DGX Spark or comparable GPU-enabled platforms is desirable.

Systems Integration and APIs

Strong experience with REST APIs WebSockets Server-Sent Events SDKs message-based interfaces serial or IP communications and other interoperability methods.

Software Architecture

Strong understanding of modular design middleware service orchestration event-driven systems process interaction concurrency and maintainable backend development.

Data and Databases

Experience with structured data and metadata including timestamps event markers synchronization logic logs and machine-readable exchange. Experience with at least one SQL relational database such as PostgreSQL MySQL or SQL Server and one additional persistence technology such as Redis MongoDB or a lightweight local database is required.

DevOps and Deployment

Experience with Git dependency and package management virtual environments containers service deployment testing CICD concepts release management monitoring and rollback procedures.

Networking

Good understanding of Linux networking IP systems ports protocols routing authentication certificates and troubleshooting.

Digital Recording and Media Workflows

Experience with Dante-based audio recording audio-file management media synchronization structured recording metadata or speech-to-text pipelines is highly desirable.

Vendor Integration

Ability to work with manufacturers software vendors and technology partners to clarify requirements validate interfaces identify limitations and coordinate technical improvements.

Requirements

Citizenship

You are a citizen of one of our 48-member countries. We may offer assistance with relocation and visa applications for you and your eligible dependents.

Consanguinity

You have no family members up to fourth degree of consanguinity and second degree of affinity including spouse working at the IDB IDB Invest or IDB Lab.

Type of contract and duration

International consultant Full-Time 12 months up to 48 months subject to eligibility.

What we offer

The IDB Group provides benefits that respond to the different needs and moments of an employees life. These benefits includeAcompetitive compensation package.

Leaves and vacations 2 days per month of contract gender-neutral parental leave.

Health Insurance The IDB Group provides a monthly allowance to supplement the purchase of health insurance.

Savings plan The IDB Group cares about your future depending on the length of the contract you will receive a monthly savings plan allowance. We offer assistance with relocation and visa applications for you and your family when it applies.

On-site position with the occasional flexibility of teleworking.

Development support We offer learning opportunities to boost your professional profile such as seminars 11 professional counseling and much more.

Health and well-being Access to our Health Services Center that provides preventive care and health education for employees.

Other perks country specific Lactation Room Daycare Center Gym Bike Racks Parking spouse career support and others.

Our culture

At the IDB we work so everyone brings their best and authentic selves to work while finding their purpose. Our people consistently strive for excellence and we recognize and celebrate the impact of their contributions.

In our efforts to drive innovation we intentionally include all voices cultivate a sense of belonging and champion fairness. We welcome individuals from underrepresented groups to join us and share their unique perspectives.

We ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations to participate in the job interview process. If you require an accommodation to complete this application please email us at accommodationsiadb.org.

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