Senior Management Information Systems Officer

Requirements for Appointment:

• Minimum period of Four (4) years relevant work experience.
  
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology/Systems, Telecommunication Engineering, Electrical engineering or related fields, from a recognized University.
  
• Systems Administration and other technical certifications such as; MCSE, SQL, CISA.
  
• Programming and ERP systems deployment technical certifications such as; MCSD, MS Dynamics, Oracle.
  
• Membership in ISACA or equivalent from recognized institution.
  
• Fulfilling the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution of Kenya 2010.
  

Requirements for Appointment:

• Minimum period of Four (4) years relevant work experience.
  
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology/Systems, Telecommunication Engineering, Electrical engineering or related fields, from a recognized University.
  
• Systems Administration and other technical certifications such as; MCSE, SQL, CISA.
  
• Programming and ERP systems deployment technical certifications such as; MCSD, MS Dynamics, Oracle.
  
• Membership in ISACA or equivalent from recognized institution.
  
• Fulfilling the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution of Kenya 2010.
  

• Participate in the development and implementation of policies, standards, strategies, guidelines, and procedures for deployment, management, and utilization of ICT business applications and resources for efficiency and effectiveness.
  
• Adopts and implement effective strategies for the selection and deployment of ICT applications, software, service delivery, business process continuity/disaster recovery, and information security;
  
• Undertake systems testing, user acceptance, commissioning, and implementation in accordance with contract provisions, applicable regulations, and standards;
  
• Participate in the development and implementation of corruption prevention and mitigation strategies in ICT;
  
• Participate in coaching, mentoring, training, and development of the department staffs/interns/attaches to ensure a coherent and motivated team.
  
• Maintains and uploads content on the intranet and web portals to support dissemination of knowledge and information.
  
• Undertake and review daily back-ups and maintain disaster recovery sites to safeguard data to ensure confidentiality, availability, and integrity of data.
  
• Undertake business requirements to support rollout of ICT systems, Enterprise Resource Management Planning System, the Enterprise Data Warehouse & Business intelligence, and other business relevant applications;
  
• Guarantee business continuity planning by ensuring efficiency and effectiveness in identification, acquisition, maintenance, inventory, physical security, and disposal of ICT assets and applications.
  
• Maintain core banking systems and applications for institutions in receivership and under liquidation for data confidentiality, integrity, and availability to ensure business continuity.
  
• Implement new business systems including data migration, systems testing, piloting, and commissioning in liaison with the users.
  
• Implement the department’s citizen service delivery charter to enhance accountability and transparency in service delivery to stakeholders;
  
• Implement and maintain Information Security Management System (ISMS) based on the ISO standards;
  
• Prepare and respond to complaints, compliments, and request for information in the department.
  
• Undertake timely renewal of all ICT licenses for hardware & software in the Corporation.
  
• Participate in the development and implementation of departmental annual work plans; budgets and timely reports.
  
• Participate in the implementation of prioritized ICT systems & application analysis, design, review, and maintenance for optimal operation in accordance with standards and policies.
  
• Lead the development of systems user requirements, standards, and procedures for analyzing applications, systems to comply with business needs and to enhance automation.
  
• Undertake and document business process improvements relating to business systems development and request for change.
  
• Responsible for collaborating with the software developments for system design, coding, testing, development, deployment, and maintenance for efficient operations of the Corporation.
  
• Responsible for coordinating system user training, acceptance test and sign-offs of the newly-deployed systems and undertaking end user satisfaction surveys.
  
• Responsible for undertaking system and server testing to provide performance statistics and reports to help in developing strategies for infrastructure maintenance & upgrade.
  
• Undertaking continuous system security by monitoring to ensure all cybersecurity measures anti-virus utilities and firewall systems are up to date.
  
• Coordinate contract execution with vendors to ensure performance in accordance with terms and conditions.
  
• Responsible for establishing and implementing measurable standards (KPI’s) for service delivery, support, and problem-solving to support the systems and applications.
  
• Responsible for configuration, Installation, administration, upgrading and optimizing systems, servers, switches, routers and related components to ensure high performance and availability of the various business applications.
  
• Responsible for maintaining network cabling for offices, telephony equipment, data center, and disaster recovery sites as well as undertake systems security audits while ensuring regular system backups, test and recovery
  
• Responsible for undertaking regular network security monitoring and any possible intrusions or viral infections, updating security solutions, including firewall, anti-virus, and intrusion detection systems, regular network penetration testing, ensuring all network equipment are updated.