Earn 6m monthly as ICT Infrastructure Engineer at Uganda Investment Authority (UIA)

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Job Title:      ICT Infrastructure Engineer
Organisation: Uganda
Investment Authority (UIA)
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Reports to: Director One
Stop Centre
Salary: UGX 6 million
shillings
About US:
Uganda Investment Authority (UIA), a statutory agency is mandated to
initiate and support measures that enhance investment in Uganda and to advise
Government on appropriate policies conducive for investment promotion and
growth in the country.
About One Stop Centre (OSC):
The Government of Uganda through Uganda Investment Authority and its
partners, has made significant progress in the use of ICT to improve access to
the provision of Government services to citizens and businesses. At Uganda
Investment Authority, through the Investment One Stop Centre (OSC), several
Government entities have been linked together through integration in order to
provide citizens and investors access to critical business services in one
place both physically and electronically (eBiz portal). As a result of growing
interest, both the physical OSC and eBiz platform are being continually
developed.
Job Summary: The ICT
Infrastructure Engineer (IIE) will sustain the development of the e-Biz ICT
infrastructure to promote integration of Government processes relevant to
investment, interoperability, and sharing of information among the key agencies
at UIA. The ICT Infrastructure Engineer is primarily responsible for the
designing, testing and implementation of installations of ICT hardware;
including computers and virtual machines (VMs), network and storage components,
and other multi-functional devices. S/he will undertake action to ensure
targets are met within established safety and quality procedures, including
handover. S/he will: conduct tests of hardware using established test
procedures and diagnostic tools; correct malfunctions, calling on other
experienced colleagues and external resources if required; document details of
all hardware/software items that have been installed and removed so that
configuration management records can be updated; develop installation
procedures and standards, and schedule installation work. S/he will provide
specialist guidance and mentorship to less experienced colleagues to ensure
best use is made of available assets, and to maintain or improve the
infrastructure services.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:  
  • The incumbent will design and implement
    infrastructure solutions that adhere to current architecture standards in
    order to support the systems and services used by the organisation;
  • Determine the extent to which solutions
    perform “as required” within the current environment to ensure that future
    solutions meet anticipated demand;
  • Ensure that installations are completed on
    time, cost and quality, so as to minimise operational and project risk and
    ensure costs are contained;
  • Ensure that the testing and handover of
    implemented solutions are conducted as per organisational standards,
    therefore reducing the risk and adverse impact of change



  • The incumbent will manage conflicting
    and/or concurrent hardware upgrade, and/or refresh projects and programs     
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
  • The ideal candidate for the Uganda
    Investment Authority (UIA) ICT Infrastructure Engineer job opportunity
    must hold higher degree in
    Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field
    from a recognized University plus a professional certification in
    an Enterprise IT governance (preferably CGEIT);
  • A
    minimum of five years of related working experience as an ICT
    Infrastructure Specialist/Engineer in a mission critical environment.
    Software Developer on enterprise level projects in organizations;
  • Extensive
    knowledge in deployment of servers and other enterprise infrastructure in
    real and virtualised environments; A VmWare certification will be a plus;
  • Applicant
    should have a strong background in Enterprise architecture, preferably
    with the Open Group Architectural Framework (TOGAF).
  • Key Skills: Advanced Planning, Strategy and
    Solution Architecture, Service Management, High Service Operation,
    Training and knowledge transfer
How to Apply:
All candidates are encouraged to send their applications with typed
detailed CVs, copies of transcripts and certificates together with the
applicant’s telephone contact, names, addresses and telephone numbers of three
referees by hand delivery to;
Send applications to:
The Head – Human Resource Management
Uganda Investment Authority
2nd Floor, TWED, Plaza, Lumumba Avenue
P.O. Box 7418, Kampala, Uganda
Email to: fkafuko@ugandainvest.go.ug
Deadline: 18th August
2017

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