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• Systems integration/interoperability;
• Systems architecture and/or deployment;
• QA/QI;
• Dashboards and data visualization 

• Apply technical skills, standards and
  innovation to carry out project activities
• Oversee the design, development, and
  implementation of technical solutions for integrating, analyzing and
  reporting clinical data.
• Link SAP-MIRP to facility inventory
  management system for greater visibility and decision making.
• Manage the development of the Web-based
  Commodity Ordering System (WCOS) linked to SMS mobile technology to
  support remote sites without internet.
• Embed an automated alert system in MAUL’s
  SAP-MIRP system to alert facilities via email about certain events, such
  as inventory that falls below the designated threshold.
• In charge of architecting software
  products and other applications as required, estimating development
  efforts, delegating development tasks, and following software development
  best practices.
• Hold agile team reviews for software
  design components including coding, code documentation, unit testing, and
  debugging.
• Build the capacity of MOH and MAUL to
  develop facility-level dashboards to serve as a supply chain management
  tool and feedback loop.
• Solve complex technical problems that
  arise throughout the project using creative and results-oriented outside
  the box thinking.
• Take part in coding and other development
  tasks.
• Provide mentoring to less-experienced
  coding staff.
• Actively participate in program evaluation
  and any other activities as assigned by M&E Officer

• The ideal candidate must hold a Bachelor’s
  Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent (Advanced
  Degree preferred; relevant experience may be substituted).
• A minimum of six years of professional
  experience in health informatics and/or software development.
• Ability to take direction to iteratively
  define and implement solution as requirements are being identified and
  finalized.
• Hands-on knowledge of Python, Java,
  Xforms, LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP), and Clojure.
• Previous experience with developing API
  and web services.
• Prior exposure and experience in reverse
  engineering and creating requirements documents for an existing system (as
  is scenario) by reviewing any type of software code.
• Experience performing systems analysis for
  systems that cross multiple components and impact multiple systems.
• Experience with front- and back-end web-based
  applications and familiar with various web service technologies.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication,
  and teamwork skills.
• Previous experience with Health IT,
  specifically Health Information Exchange and interoperability standards
  (e.g., IHE, HL7, OASIS, X12) is desired
• Prior experience with open source and
  enterprise database solutions such as DHIS2, iHRIS, OpenMRS, CommCare,
  OpenLMIS, RapidPro, MySQL, Oracle will be an added advantage
• Significant exposure and experience with
  distributed version control systems, specifically Git and GitHub.

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