ICT Officer II (Software Development and Programming) - GRADE 10 at Co-operative University of Kenya

CUK/NT/ICT/ICTO.II /SDP./6/23 (1)

Remuneration

• Basic Salary per month: Kshs. (57,729– 82,552/=)
• House Allowance per month: Kshs. (35, 383 /=)

Applicants should meet the following requirements:

• Must possess a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Technology, Information Technology or related field from an accredited/recognized institution with three (3) years experience in Grade 9 or comparable position;
• Must possess experience as a software developer and programmer for systems used in university setting with a proven track record of exemplary performance;
• Must possess at least five (5) years’ experience with any modern programming tools/platforms e.g. PHP, NET, JavaScript, Java, Post qualification etc;
• Must possess demonstrable experience with Oracle, MSSQL, MySQL/MariaDB, SQLite and PostgreSQL databases and database abstraction tools e.g.ADO.NET, ORM, LINQ to SQL etc;
• Must be knowledge on systems integrations using both RESTful and SOAP based APIs;
• Must be a member of a relevant professional body;
• Must demonstrate excellent customer service skills;
• Certification in CCNA, A+, working experience with University systems and possession of relevant additional qualifications will be an added advantage.

OR

• Must possess Higher National Diploma in Computer Science, Computer Technology or Information Technology or related field from a recognized institution with three (3) years experience in Grade 9 or comparable position;
• Must possess experience as a software developer and programmer for systems used in university setting with a proven track record of exemplary performance;
• Must possess at least five (5) years’ experience with any modern programming tools/platforms e.g. PHP, NET, JavaScript, Java, Post qualification etc;
• Must possess demonstrable experience with Oracle, MSSQL, MySQL/MariaDB, SQLite and PostgreSQL databases and database abstraction tools e.g.ADO.NET, ORM, LINQ to SQL etc;
• Must be knowledge on Systems Integrations using both RESTful and SOAP based APIs;
• Must be a member of a relevant professional body;
• Must demonstrate excellent Customer service skills;
• Certification in CCNA, A+, working experience with University systems and possession of relevant additional qualifications will be an added advantage.

Key Responsibilities

• Developing User Requirement Analysis (URA) documents for new developments or according tothe users’ requirements and mapping of the same to the software and/or database component;
• Perform the necessary technical design and development functionality to ensure that business application systems can be effectively developed and implemented;
• Design and development of front-end tier(s), middle tier(s), and/or back-end database tier(s) for business application;
• Configure and/or customize business applications to meet business requirements using various database and software tools;
• Making improvements to, and offering inputs on the existing software;
• Creating software testing environments and carrying out test procedures using defined use cases;
• Assist in presentations of system functionality to new users and departments;
• Drive systems adoption by business users;
• Work directly with the IT support teams to resolve issues identified and escalated during daily operations;
• Investigate issues/bugs with the software and work on resolving the issues;
• Develop and provide reports and documentation of the new software version and changes;
• Research and provide input on design approach, performance and base functionality improvements for various procedures and applications;
• Review user requirements documents to ensure that requirements are testable; and
• Develop test plans, test cases, test scripts and test reports on multiple projects of varying size
• Design, develop and operate automated software build, packaging, testing and deployment tools to ensure predictable and repeatable software migration from development to test and eventually production environments - Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD)