Job Title: Senior Programmer – Interoperability
Organisation: Palladium
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Uganda
About US:
Palladium develops and delivers solutions that create positive impact
for communities, businesses, societies and economies. We transform lives and
create enduring value by working with governments, corporations and non-profit
organisations. Palladium is built on the idea that progress will be supported
by four key pillars: International Development, Strategy Execution Consulting,
Impact Investment, Training and Events.
for communities, businesses, societies and economies. We transform lives and
create enduring value by working with governments, corporations and non-profit
organisations. Palladium is built on the idea that progress will be supported
by four key pillars: International Development, Strategy Execution Consulting,
Impact Investment, Training and Events.
Job Summary: The Senior
Programmer – Interoperability will provide informatics, system design and programming
expertise for the PSSP II Project in Uganda, with a specific focus on the
following:
Programmer – Interoperability will provide informatics, system design and programming
expertise for the PSSP II Project in Uganda, with a specific focus on the
following:
- Systems integration/interoperability;
- Systems architecture and/or deployment;
- QA/QI;
- Dashboards and data visualization
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities:
- 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
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
Experience:
- 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.
How to Apply:
If you want to work for the Palladium Group in the aforementioned
capacity should Apply Online by clicking on web link below.
capacity should Apply Online by clicking on web link below.
Deadline: 31st May, 2017
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