Business Support Officer II (Cloud Solutions Architect) at icipe - International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology

Overall Purpose of the Job

The Cloud Solutions Architect will supervise and develop scalable and cost-effective architectural solutions for on-premises and cloud-managed services to icipe’s 4-H paradigm (Environmental, Plant, Human, and Animal Health Themes). The Cloud Solutions Architect will also be responsible for engineering elastic and interoperable solutions that inter-play with the research data management and archiving infrastructure. Furthermore, the upgraded position requires to provide leadership to the development team by implementing quality control, technical supervision, and encouraging fellow developers to faster their careers in icipe. The candidate is expected to contribute to all software backendsolutions being developed in icipe.

Specific Duties

• Design and deploy scalable, cost-effective, interoperable, and robust cloud architectural solutions that adapt to the dynamic business and research data needs.
• Assessing deployed system architectures and those under implementation and working with technical staff to reengineer optimal solutions and products.
• Deploying and documenting API’s in microservice architectures.
• Migration of on-premises and off-premises software, data, and services.
• Developing web applications preferably in Node/React JS, Django/Flask, or any other relevant front and backend web programming languages.
• Write Linux scripts and commands and containerization of applications.
• Provide regular input to high level reports and cost estimates for next steps.

Requirements/Qualifications

• BSc/BA in Computer Science, Information Technology, or any other related field from a recognized University.
• Related certification(s) in cloud managed services is an added advantage.
• Extensive knowledge and skills in cloud-managed services preferably in Azure and AWS.
• Good understanding of architecting and building secure and cost-effective on-premises and cloud enterprise systems.
• Good understanding of Agile methodologies.
• Knowledge and skills in big data analytics
• Good understanding of IT security, data infrastructure, governance, and user-centered design practices.
• Sound knowledge of various operating systems (Linux, AIX, Solaris, Windows) and database management systems (Oracle, Ms. SQL, MySQL, Postgres, and NoSQL DBs).
• Self-motivated with strong organizational and interpersonal skills and leadership skills.
• Experience in installing end-user applications and supporting end users working on highperformance computing (HPC) systems is an added advantage.
• At least 2 years of work experience in a relevant area.
• Previous experience at an international/ regional research organization is an added advantage.

Reporting

• This position reports to the Postdoctoral Fellow.