System Development Assistant

 Reports To: Manager Information Systems

 Department: ICT

Job Summary; The System Development Assistant will be responsible for assisting in supporting the system development team, coding and contribution to the overall software and application development process.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

·Assists in planning, writing, maintaining, testing and documenting code for the New NSIS applications and platforms that adheres to internal coding standards.

·Assists in monitoring the technical performance of National Security Information System.

·Assists in gathering additional requirements arising from reported bugs about program functionality and issues reported by system users.

·Functions as an integral part of the project development team, actively contributing towards the development of the new NSIS tools, services and platforms.

·Assists in conducting development tests.

·Assists in writing, debugging code and troubleshooting software issues.

·Participating in code reviews and quality assurance activities.

·Ensuring that data protection and privacy in accordance with the Data Protection and Privacy Act 2019 is embedded.

·Perform any other related duties as may be assigned by the Manager Information Systems.

Qualifications / Education

·Minimum of a bachelors degree with honours in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems or related field

·Proficient programming skills in languages; Java, Python, kafhka and Angular is a must and will be tested.

·Excellent knowledge of data backup, recovery, security, integrity and SQL

·Familiarity with database design, documentation and coding

·Previous experience in application development and web design is an added advantage.

.Possession of the relevant industry certification will be an added advantage

Experience and Skills

·Proven working experience as a developer, experience in oracle and Postgres will be an added advantage

·Problem solving skills and ability to think algorithmically, Ability to work under pressure and deadlines, Ability to work with or without supervision, Ability to sit for long working on a computer, Flexibility to work night shift and weekends, good communication skills, High moral character and integrity

·Good writing and comprehension skills, Flexibility, Accuracy, Team player, Good organizational skills, Cost awareness.

Apply at: https://recruitment.nira.go.ug/jobs/detail/system-development-assistant-9