System Software & Database Analyst NPSA 8 at United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Required Skills and Experience

Minimum Qualifications of the Successful NPSA Min. Academic Education

•  Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Programming, Applications/Software Development, Information Systems, or related field.
•  Bachelor’s Degree in with 2 years of professional experience can be taken into consideration in lieu of Master’s degree.

Min. years of relevant Work experience

•  2 years (with bachelor's degree) of relevant professional experience in the field of information technology and/or database management.

Required skills and competencies

•  Demonstrated experience in PHP, MySQL in database and application design/development.
•  Demonstrated experience in designing, theming and deploying Drupal based websites.
•  Demonstrated experience in UNIX based servers is required
•  Demonstrated experience with JavaScript library like REACT is required.
•  Experience in problem solving and the ability to identify solution-based outcomes is required.
•  Ability to adapts solutions so they are fit for purpose in each context, meeting the needs of end users.

Desired additional skills and competencies

•  Experience working in an international organization is a comparative advantage.
•  Experience managing Linux based servers
•  Experience theming and deploying in Drupal 8 and above using twigs
•  Experience working with cloud computing and implementing Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) using Azure.
•  Experience implementing IT projects using waterfall or agile methodologies

Required Language(s) (at working level)

•  Proficiency in written and spoken English is required.

Professional Certificates

•  Certification in project management is an asset
•  Certificates in cyber security or related courses is an asset