ICT Officer (Software Programming) at Judicial Service Commission

Job Reference Number: V/No.13/2022

Number of Positions: Five (5)

Terms of Service: Permanent and Pensionable

Gross Salary Scale: Kshs. 104,300 – 131,100 p.m.

Job Purpose:

• The job holder will be responsible for reviewing, writing, testing and approving codes while collaborating with other developers.

Reporting Responsibilities:

• The job holder is responsible to the Senior ICT Officer
• Area of Deployment: Directorate of ICT

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Reviewing, writing, testing, debugging/troubleshooting and maintaining the source code of software;
• Developing guidelines for conducting unit and integration testing to ensure quality implementation;
• Reviewing the implementation of the Integration of software components and third–party programs;
• Leading the collaboration with junior developers to deliver on features and tasks;
• Developing communicating project status to key stakeholders throughout the entire development process;
• Guiding on the best practices to test and deploy changes from staging
• to production environments;
• Approving the code and unit test solutions using all tools and coding
• languages used in the Judiciary;
• Preparing for Unit testing and detailed technical design documentation;
• Troubleshooting of systems performance issues including availability,
• utilization, throughput and latency;
• Undertaking research for ICT solutions for Business functions; and
• Supervising, mentoring and nurturing staff under supervision.

Job Requirements: Academic and Professional Qualifications

For appointment to this grade, the applicant must have: 

• A Bachelor of Science degree in any of the following fields: Computer Science, Computer Technology, Informatics, Computer Science & Technology, Information Systems, Business Information Technology
• (BBIT), Computing Science and Technology, Computer Security and Forensics or its equivalent qualification from a recognized Institution;
• Possess at least one (1) Professional certifications in in application/software development (CSD, PSD 1, Zend Certified PHP, PHP Developer, PCEP, or equivalent) will be an added advantage;
• A Management course or its equivalent qualification from a recognized
• institution;
• Demonstrated merit and ability as reflected in work performance and
• results; and

Experience:

• A minimum three (3) years relevant work–experience with at least one (1) year at Supervisory Level.
• Knowledge/experience working with preferably PHP, Python, Flask, PostgreSQL, Node.js React, AWS, Django, Software Versioning Management using Git, API developments, Laravel, CodeIgniter is
• imperative.

Job Core Competencies:

• Good Interpersonal and Communication skills;
• Supervisory and Problem–solving skills;
• Confidentiality and High Integrity;
• Hands–on and Results Oriented;
• Ability to work under pressure; and
• Merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results