Vacancy title:
Application Development Officer

Jobs at:
Kenya Trade Agency

Deadline of this Job:
26th November 2018

Duty Station:
Nairobi, Kenya

Summary
Date Posted: 6th November 2018 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed , Employment Type: Full-Time

About the Company

JOB DETAILS:
The Kenya Trade Network Agency (KenTrade) is a State Corporation under the National Treasury whose mandate is to implement, operationalize and manage the Kenya National Electronic Single Window System (Kenya TradeNet System) as well as Trade Facilitation.

To fulfil our mandate, we wish to engage suitably qualified candidates who meet the requirements of Chapter 6 of the Kenya Constitution for the following position;

Reports to: Manager, Innovations and solutions development

Purpose for the Job
To Analyze the needs, undertake the design, development and testing of new or existing programs and applications.

Duties and responsibilitie

• Compiling and writing documentation for program development and subsequent revisions, inserting comments in the coded instructions so that others can understand the program.
  
• Testing of all developed applications.
  
• Writing, updating and maintaining computer programs or software packages to handle specific jobs, such as storing and retrieving data, or controlling other equipment.
  
• Maintenance of applications, repair or expansion of existing programs to increase operating efficiency or adapt to new requirements.
  
• Writing, analyzing, reviewing and rewriting programs, using workflow charts and diagrams, and applying knowledge of computer capabilities, subject matter and symbolic logic.
  
• Writing or contributing to instructions or manuals to guide end users.
  
• Providing program support for computer operators or system analysts to define and resolve problems in running computer programs.
  
• Training end users.
  
• Undertaking such other duties as may be reasonably required and which are consistent with the level of responsibility of this job role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Software programming, Computer Science, Information Technology, Business ITor related form a recognized institution
  
• Certificate in Computer Application
  
• Meets provision of chapter six of the Constitution
  
• 3 years minimum work experience in software development
  
• Proficiency in Java or equivalent object oriented language (C#, C++, PHP, Python)
  
• Familiarity with automated testing frameworks
  
• Passionate about writing quality code in a team environment following best practice design patterns.