Principal Programmer – Share Point US Non-profit Careers – Management Sciences for Health (MSH)

Job
Title:         Principal Programmer – Share
Point
Organization: Management
Sciences for Health (MSH)
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Reports to: Technical
Advisor -MIS
About US:
Management Sciences
for Health (MSH) is a non-profit international health organization composed of
nearly 2500 people from more than 74 nationalities working in over 50
countries. Our mission is to save lives and improve the health of the world’s
poorest and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and
action in public health. Together with our partners, we are helping managers
and leaders in developing countries to create stronger management systems that
improve health services for the greatest health impact.
Job Summary:  The Principal Programmer SharePoint/InfoPath
is responsible for developing additional data sources, InfoPath data entry
forms, SharePoint workflows and reports within the Pharmaceutical Information
Portal (PIP) system of the Ministry of Health to support Uganda’s essential
medicines and emergency health supply chain information needs. S/he is
responsible for soliciting and refining requirements from the different user
stakeholders and translating those requirements into SharePoint web based
applications within the PIP. S/he also reviews and optimizes the current PIP
setup and works with the Technical Advisor – MIS, Business Intelligence (BI)
Software Programmer and other MIS team members on expansion and onsite
maintenance of the PIP data warehouse and portal
Key Duties and Responsibilities: 
  • Design, develop and maintain key components of the pharmaceutical
    information portal software suite using SharePoint Server 2013 and provide
    for the creation, modification and deletion of collections, sites, users,
    groups, document libraries, web parts and apps in SharePoint.
  • Develop and implement InfoPath online and offline data capture forms
    with relevant validations and implement SharePoint process workflows with
    relevant alerts and triggers in the data capture process as well as
    develop tabular and visual reports, dashboards and data export
    capabilities for various applications in the portal.
  • Perform user stakeholder engagement, requirements gathering,
    analysis and refinement and compile requirements documentation for
    applications in the PIP and develop required applications using software
    development best practices; debug, test, and deploy the software
    solutions.
  • Provide ongoing comprehensive central SharePoint server
    administration including management of SharePoint permissions, support for
    SharePoint sites and associated applications, test updates in a
    development environment for security and stability purposes and thereafter
    deploy updates on the PIP ensuring that the system is up to date with the
    latest Windows updates.
  • Perform backups and restorations with the SharePoint management
    shell and other tools, offsite and onsite system and user support as well
    as work with the Technical Advisor MIS to develop and execute MIS project
    plans within assigned schedules and timelines.
  • Train the Ministry of Health IT team to administer and manage the
    developed SharePoint and InfoPath applications in the PIP data warehouse
    and provide end user training to users at various levels on use of the
    deployed apps.
  • Participate in the development of data staging, extraction,
    transformation and loading packages into the PIP data warehouse including
    implementation of related data models, reports and performance indicators
    for data in the deployed apps.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 
  • The applicants for the Management Sciences for Health (MSH)
    Principal Programmer – Share Point job placement must hold a Bachelor’s
    Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or other strongly
    related field. Master’s degree in a related field an added advantage
  • Five years or more of professional working experience with
    demonstrated skills in software development and maintenance (i.e.,
    software requirements analysis, software design including object oriented
    analysis and design, coding, testing, documentation, configuration
    management, user training, deployment, and lifecycle maintenance). This
    includes working with users to define requirements, architecting an
    effective software solution, and designing web pages and applications.
  • At least two years of experience as a SharePoint Developer in the
    analysis, design, hands-on development and delivery of web-based applications
    based on SharePoint. MCSE SharePoint, MCSD SharePoint Applications or
    other related Microsoft Certification
  • MCDS Web Applications certification is an added advantage.
  • Knowledge of InfoPath forms development
  • Knowledge of C# and HTML5
  • Experience with SharePoint Designer, Visual Studio/VSTA and
    PowerShell. Experience of building and maintaining applications using
    object-oriented, distributed and service-oriented methodologies and
    architectures. Advanced knowledge/expertise in MS SharePoint 2013 development
    and administration.
  • Must have a strong programming background authoring well written,
    well documented, modular and clean code.
  • Experience with SharePoint’s application services framework
    including implementation, configuration, and usages of Search, Managed
    Metadata, User Profile Services.
  • Experience with SQL Server Reporting Services, Report Builder, SQL
    Server Analysis Services, and/or SQL Server Integration Services is a
    plus.
  • Knowledge of relational enterprise database management systems, TSQL
    and data warehousing technologies.
  • Attention to detail and commitment to high quality/error free
    deliverables.
  • Must be motivated, independent and self-sufficient. Able to receive
    an assigned task and see it through to completion with minimal supervision.
  • Must be well organized, a good communicator, able to effectively
    prioritize tasks, and manage projects from concept to production.
  • Must be able to write thorough and concise functional and design
    specifications as well as easily readable end user documentation.
  • Must be well able to brainstorm with others, thrive in a
    collaborative team environment, multi task, and quickly adapt to change.
  • Emphasizes personal and professional growth by studying
    state-of-the-art development tools, programming techniques, and computing
    equipment; participating in educational opportunities; reading
    professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in
    professional organizations.
  • Must have excellent written and oral communication skills, and able
    to read and write in English.
  • A wide degree of creativity and latitude required.
How to Apply:
All suitably
qualified and interested candidates who wish to join the Management Sciences
for Health in the aforementioned capacity are encouraged to Apply Online by
clicking on the link below.
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