Developer at Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service

Job Ref. Code KUCCPS 035/18

Reporting to the Manager, ICT, the officer is responsible for supporting the Placement Service’s business systems and shall also work closely with other departments by advising and providing technical support to determine the best course of action for their IT systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Analysing needs, developing and implementing business and computer systems solutions to keep our systems current with changing technologies;
• Analysing current programs including performance, diagnosis and troubleshooting of problem programs, and designing solutions to problematic programming;
• Document code consistently throughout the development process by listing a description of the program, special instructions, and any changes made in database tables or procedures;
• Supporting the network administration in designing, installing, operating and maintaining information systems technology including local and wide area networks and associated peripheral devices;
• Supporting database services to ensure the highest standards of availability, resilience, integrity, security and performance as required by the Placement Service and other dependent business systems;
• Create new network user accounts, alter user system details and remove past user accounts and ensure all servers are backed up correctly and to carry out regular test restores;

Minimum Requirements

For appointment to this position, a candidate must:

• Have a minimum of three (3) years’ experience in relevant work in the Public Service or in the Private Sector;
• Have a Bachelor’s Degree in any of the following fields: Information Technology, Computer Science/Engineering or any other relevant and equivalent qualification from a recognized Institution;
• Have experience and training in PHP, Python, MySQL and related Open Source Technologies additional knowledge in Oracle certificate or other related or equivalent qualifications; and
• Fulfil the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution