COVID-19 Health Informatics Specialist needed at Palladium Group

Primary Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Evaluate existing systems and maintain detailed technical documentation for all products developed, including system design documents, data dictionaries, and database design.
• Ensure sufficient technology support is provided to COVID-19 response reporting systems i.e., NCDC’s Surveillance Outbreak Response Management and Analysis System (SORMAS) and paper-based systems. 
• Evaluate business processes, anticipate requirements, uncover areas for improvement, and support the development and implementation of solutions.
• Design and development of high-capacity web-based information systems, and mobile applications for the cloud and local environments.
• Develop test plans and procedures and make sure that requirements are met. 
• Architecting overall, comprehensive, and efficient practices. 
• Participate in and support the entire software development life cycle (SDLC) processes in supporting the development of digital solutions to enable the FMOH’s tracking of Oxygen supplies and commodities.
• Coordinate and participate in relevant stakeholder technical working groups. 
• Any other duties assigned as per the dynamic programming environment. 

Required Qualifications:

• Masters’ degree in Computer Science or other relevant fields. 
• At least five (3) years of professional experience directly supporting the development, operations, maintenance, and/or security of mission-critical systems.  
• Adequate experience in systems development using relevant programming languages like Java and Python, and database scripting (SQL, NoSQL, and distributed databases). 
• Excellent knowledge of software development and software testing methodologies.  
• Hands-on experience and working knowledge of DHIS2 and SORMAS will be an added advantage.
• Sound knowledge of cloud-based environments. 
• Work well under pressure, skilled in crisis management, and problem-solving.
• Good written and verbal skills in English; ability to communicate technical information to audiences with varying levels of technical expertise.