The Financial Reporting Centre (FRC) is seeking to recruit qualified and competent individuals to fill the position of ICT Officers at the entry and training grade in Nairobi.
An officer at this level will work under the guidance of a designated supervisor.
FRC is established under section 21 of the Proceeds of Crime and Anti-Money Laundering Act No. 9 of 2009. FRC is government agency whose principal objective is to assist in the identification of the proceeds of crime, and combating money laundering, terrorism financing and proliferation financing.
FRC/26/17: INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY OFFICER II
FRC 8 THREE (3) POSTS
The three (3) positions will entail one (1) System Developer, one (1) Network and Data Center Officer and one (1) Data Base Administrator.
Job Responsibilities:
The duties of the officer under System Development will entail:
i. Participate in the full software development lifecycle, including requirements gathering. design, coding, testing, deployment, and maintenance,
ii. Undertake software development to provide basic software solutions that support organizational operations, using various programming languages (e.g., Java, Python, C#, .NET, Django, Angular),
iii.Implement software development best practices, including agile methodologies, version control, and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) protocols,
iv. Write clean, well-documented, and efficient code,
v. Participate in the testing of applications to identify and resolve defects,
vi. Provide technical support and troubleshooting for existing applications,
vii. Participate in the integration of new applications with existing systems,
viii. Maintain and update systems documentation.
The duties of the officer under Networks & Data Centre_will entail:
i. Assist in Planning, designing, and implementation of secure common data centres,
ii. Monitoring the data centre environment and resources (power, cooling, and space) and all other equipment to ensure service efficiency,
iii. Documenting operational procedures for the data centre,
iv. Assist in Maintaining a full register of data centre equipment,
V. Ensuring data centre requests and incidence are logged, tracked and resolved,
vi. Working closely with third party service providers on data centre management,
vii. Participating in the monitoring and mitigating data centre cybersecurity threats,
viii. Participating in the development and implementation of Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plans for data centres and hosted systems,
ix. Participating in the development and review of network and infrastructure standards and protocols relating to data centres,
ฮง. Participating in researching, planning, implementing, and installing new hardware and software within the data centre,
xi. Compiling ICT network and data centres management reports.
The duties of the officer under Database Administrator will entail:
i. Maintain user accounts, permissions, and access rights on various databases,
ii. Provide support in database problem troubleshooting and resolutions,
iii. Conduct systems backups as per the backup schedules,
iv. Ensure the availability, capacity, security stability, and performance of all databases,
V. Implement database disaster recovery plans,
vi. Implement database systems and process improvement plans for efficiency,
vii. Participate in testing of ICT disaster receiver plans for databases,
viii. Maintain documentation of data storage and operational procedures.
Person Specification:
For appointment to this grade, an officer must have:
i. Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent discipline, from a recognized institution;
ii. Proficiency in relevant computer applications.
