Associate Developer, ICTS Innovation Lab at Strathmore University

Department: Information and Communication Technology Services (ICTS).

Reporting to: Assistant Manager, ICT EAS, and Project-Supervising Systems Developer.  

Basic Job Summary: Working under the guidance of a team of experienced systems developers, the Associate Developer, ICTS Innovation Lab will work on both short- term and/or long-term system development projects meant to deliver to Strathmore University innovative web and mobile applications that staff and students will love.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• To gather and document requirements for new systems or new functionality from relevant departments.
• Develop and maintain design documents for respective systems and interfaces.
• To carry out systems development as per laid out requirements.
• To develop interfaces between systems as the need arises.
• To provide user support for respective systems.
• To ensure that proper technical and user documentation is maintained for all systems.
• To provide analytical information/reports from systems as required.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Assistant Manager, ICT EAS. 

Minimum Requirements:

Core qualifications

• Part-time (evening) or full-time, ready to transition to evening, 3rd year student in BBIT/BICS/BTC in SU and Must be of good academic standing (no pending units or disciplinary issues)
• Demonstrable proficiency in any of the following Programming Languages: PHP, Java or Python. Knowledge of frameworks such as Laravel, Java Spring, Django etc. is an added advantage.
• Proficiency in web development: HTML, JavaScript, and CSS. Proficiency with web development tools and libraries such as Bootstrap, JQuery and AngularJS etc. is an added advantage.
• Demonstrable proficiency in relational databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL etc.
• Desirable:  Linux administration; Knowledge of version control software (SVN, GIT).

Benefits:

• The associate developer will work from Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 4:30pm allowing ample time to get ready for his/her evening classes at 5:30pm.
• The associate developer will qualify for course/program scholarship; enjoy a monthly stipend; as well as a monthly allowance to cover meals at the University cafeterias.