Assistant Systems Developer at Strathmore University

Duties & Responsibilities:

• System Analysis and Design: Support the respective business owner/department to gather and document requirements for new systems or new functionality and to translate this into appropriate systems designs that have well defined auditability requirements and security standards.
• System Development: Develop and propose new and/or modify existing systems to meet the requirements of various University departments.
• Technical Support: Provide technical and functional supervision during change and/or implementation of new/old systems.
• ICT Client Support and Training: Provide client support in order to meet SLA requirements as well as conduct user training for respective systems as scheduled or on an ad hoc basis.
• System Integration: Develop interfaces between systems as the need arises towards meeting system owner requirements.
• System Documentation: Ensure that proper technical and user documentation is maintained for all systems.
• System Reports: Provide analytical information/reports from systems as required.
• Application Code Maintenance: Maintain the code repository for respective systems.
• Business Continuity: Ensure that regular backups and restoration tests are carried out as per laid down policy for all systems.
• System Administration: To conduct the role of application and systems administrator.

Minimum Academic & Professional Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Informatics, Business Information Technology or related field from a recognized institution
• Demonstrable proficiency in Java Programming Language.
• Knowledge of MVC tools/frameworks such as spring, Spring boot etc. is a must.
• Familiarity with web applications development is a must: HTML, JavaScript, CSS and JQuery.
• Demonstrable proficiency in relational databases such as MySQL, Oracle
• Linux system administration proficiency.
• Relevant hands-on experience in systems development.
• Knowledge of PHP programming language will be an added advantage.
• Desirable – Knowledge of: virtualization software (VMware, Citrix), version control (SVN, GIT).

Experience:

• 1 year of relevant experience

Personal Attributes

• Good interpersonal & communication skills
• Work under pressure
• Think outside the box (Creative)
• Attention to details
• Self-discipline and drive

Reporting to:   Asst. Manager, ICT Enterprise Application Services