The Nairobi Hospital

Health care + 1 more

Lead Application Engineer

Job details

Contract Type

Description
The overall purpose of this role is first to champion continuous optimization of the hospital
operations and ensure innovation and renewal of core processes and continuous availability of
hospital systems, networks, databases, and data security systems to guarantee reliability and
optimum support of hospital operations in line with the strategic objectives. Second to this is
playing a critical role in driving the successful implementation of the new HMIS (Hospital
Management Information System) by focusing on the system design architecture, integration
management, quality assurance, performance testing and ensuring successful seamless Go-live
while delivering enhanced product features that improve patient care, operational efficiency
and data security.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer
Engineering, Software Engineering, Electric or Electrical Engineering, Information

Systems or any other related engineering field with a strong mathematical and physics

background from a recognized institution with not less than 12 years hands on

experience. Masters would be an added advantage.

• Professional ICT qualifications and certifications from recognized institutions.

• Minimum of 10 years’ Information Technology experience including computer

operations management, multiple roles in systems implementation, architecture,

security/compliance, business-wide strategic planning responsibility with 5 years at

management level.

• Proven ability to improve software quality, reduce regression cycles, validate complex

business workflows, and collaborate with cross-functional engineering, product, and

business teams in agile environments


Responsibilities

a) Lead product development, building and delivering enhanced product features to integrate
with HMIS to deliver innovative solutions that enhance patient care, operational efficiency,

and data security.

b) Design a work breakdown structure, backlog grooming, assign development tasks to

developers and enforce clear Definition of Done standards.

c) Oversee and ensure comprehensive quality assurance across the HMIS and related

applications, including performance testing, usability testing, regression testing, automated

testing, unit testing, integration testing, and end-to-end testing before feature release.

Ensure all pre-release functional, performance, security, and data validation testing is

thoroughly documented
d) Lead system design architecture, integration management, API validation, and data
integrity checks (including SQL-based validation and reporting accuracy) across hospital

systems.

e) Design, implement, and maintain scalable automation frameworks and CI/CD pipelines to

support continuous quality validation and reliable software delivery.

f) Oversee the design, implementation, and maintenance of the hospital’s IT infrastructure,

including hardware, software, networks, databases, and data security systems to guarantee

reliability and optimum support of operations

g) In conjunction with the Director ICT & Transformation Services prepare ICT annual budget,

monitor its implementation upon approval to ensure cost containment and value for money

h) Ensure full implementation of all hospital-approved quality management systems,

including ISO standards, Environmental Management System (EMS), and Occupational

Health & Safety (OH&S), to guarantee ICT division compliance

i) Mentor and coach development and QA engineers, establish automation and testing

standards, and foster a culture of quality and continuous improvement.

j) Collaborate closely with clinical, operational, product, and engineering stakeholders to

investigate issues, perform root-cause analysis, and ensure high-quality, reliable system

releases.

k) Any other responsibilities that may be assigned by the supervisor from time to time.


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