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Job Title:  Software Engineer   

Organisation: Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU)

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

About US:

The Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) is a statutory body established under Section 9 of the Petroleum (Exploration, Development and Production Act 2013, and in line with the National Oil and Gas Policy for Uganda which was approved in 2008. The PAU’s mandate is to monitor and regulate the exploration, development and production, together with the refining, gas conversion, transportation and storage of petroleum in Uganda. This includes ensuring that petroleum operations in Uganda are carried out in accordance with the relevant laws, regulations, guidelines, statutes and in line with international best practice for the petroleum industry.

Job Summary:   The Software Engineer is responsible for developing software applications and participate in software quality assessments to enable automation and interfacing of business processes to enhance organizational efficiency.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Participate in gathering user requirements to inform the development of software and analyze the requirements to come up with software design.
• Develop software to automate various business processes that may necessitate automation from time to time
• Deploy developed applications into production and offer technical advice on acquisition of outsourced software.
• Carry out software testing to evaluate whether it meets the user requirements and the business needs.
• Write test report to document and inform stakeholders of the test results.
• Research, identify and develop templates for documenting processes, designs, and test results
• Carryout reviews on technical documents to identify gaps in processes and ensure conformity to industry standards and make recommendations on how gaps can be fixed
• Identify inefficiencies in existing systems and processes and gather recommendations from users on how to improve the current systems.
• Develop and deploy patches (new software versions) to improve the effectiveness of existing systems
• Creates user information solutions by developing, implementing, and maintaining Internet/intranet applications throughout the development life cycle.
• Ensure that the website implementations based best practice industry frameworks.
• Design, implement web interfaces and create multimedia applications to interact with web interfaces
• Integrates applications by designing database architecture and server scripting, studying, and establishing connectivity with network systems, search engines, and information servers
• Carry out user sensitization and training on how to use the developed application.
• Support business units and guide the documentation of business processes
• Carry out other IT related work like Computer configuration, networking on projects.
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned from time to time.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• A Bachelor’s degree (Hons) in either Computer Science, Information Technology, Statistics with computing, Computer or Software Engineering, and any related discipline from an internationally recognized University or institution

Added advantage:

Required experience:

• Three (3) years of relevant work experience in active software development from a reputable organization

Skills and Competencies

• Risk Management
• Analytical skills
• Innovative
• High level of integrity
• Communication and report writing skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Conceptual and Analytical Skills

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified and interested candidates are encouraged to apply online by clicking on the link below.

Click Here (Register) -> Proceed to Application

NOTE:

• ONLY online applications will be considered.
• Applicants are required to scan and attach CERTIFIED copies of the required academic documents only e.g. Degree, Transcript, Diploma, A-level and O-level certificates and PLE results slip.
• Academic documents for the successful candidates will be vetted and background checks conducted before they are considered for appointment into the Authority.
• Only short listed and successful candidates will be contacted.
• All appointments shall be subject to a probationary period of not more than six months and subsequent confirmation in service will be based on satisfactory performance of the individual.

Deadline: 5th January 2025

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