The IAEA operates a technical and scientific organization within the UN system, with 2,500+ staff across research, security, and engineering focused on nuclear safety, non-proliferation, and safeguards. The tech stack is heavily Microsoft-dependent (M365, Power Platform, Teams, SharePoint) with Oracle BI for analytics and Moodle for training delivery—a pattern typical of large institutional bodies prioritizing compliance and interoperability over custom tooling. Active hiring acceleration (31 roles in 30 days) concentrates on research and security roles, suggesting scaled deployment of safeguards training, inspection equipment validation, and incident tracking systems.
Tech Stack 19 technologies
What International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Is Building
◆Challenges
- Integrating country-scale data into national soil systems
- Future staffing needs
- Lack of technical expertise
- Developing safety standards for advanced nuclear technologies
- Improving effective utilization of nuclear spectrometry
- Obsolete equipment write-off
- Improving safety standards quality
- Safeguards instrumentation system security
- Radiation contamination monitoring
- Improving programme monitoring and reporting
▲Active Projects
- Soil mapping for resilient agrifood systems
- Development of safeguards training courses
- Reference material production
- Incident and trafficking database maintenance
- Proficiency tests and interlaboratory comparisons
- Fellowship trainings
- Quality management system enhancement
- Inspection equipment validation process
- Equipment management best practices implementation
- Fusion science and plasma physics activities
Hiring Activity
Department
Seniority
Notable leadership hires: Unit Head, Editor in Chief, Section Head, Head of Services, Director