Job Profiles for the Rwanda Digital Acceleration Project

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Job profile (Needed Qualifications, Skills and Experience)

Duties and Responsibilities

Number of Positions

7

Digital Platforms and Interoperability Expert

Selection Criteria:

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer /Network Engineering, Information, and Communication Technology (ICT), Information Systems or equivalent, with a minimum 8 years of relevant work experience; or

Master’s Degree (preferred) in Computer /Network Engineering, Information, and Communication Technology (ICT), Information Systems or equivalent, with a minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience.

Possession of Prince2 or PMP certification is an added advantage

Technical competencies:

• Track record of managing large-scale IT projects in a variety of technical roles such as IT systems integration, business and technical architecture for IT systems, biometric technologies, data architecture, information security and cybersecurity, enterprise architecture, etc.;
• Experience in the definition, design, and delivery of population-scale, secure IT solutions;
• Experience across the entire technology stack including server, database, network, and storage is ideal
• Prior experience in the development of specifications and functional requirements for major IT systems to be included as part of the respective tender documentation;
• Proven experience implementing IT applications, systems, and platforms that are based on large datasets (preferably government datasets from across MDAs) that require best practice data governance, collection, cataloging, cleaning, wrangling, formatting, and integration.
• Demonstrated experience in managing vendor contracts, consulting firms, and teams of IT systems developers;
• Experience in working for any international donor-funded program will be considered as an asset;
• Demonstrated theoretical knowledge and practical experience in multiple IT domains relevant to project execution and management experience;
• Experience in System Integration for projects involving multiple partner institutions, and work on interoperability will be considered an asset;
• Experience in managing projects that may have involved current and emerging virtualization, infrastructure, and cloud and containers technologies and architectures, such as Windows, Linux, AWS, Azure, Open stack, Docker, Kubernetes, etc; programming, scripting language experience is essential covering bash, ruby and/or python; configuration management and automation tools;
• Experience with Database technologies – RDBMS, e.g. MySQL, MSSQL, PostGreSQL, Oracle with SQL scripting knowledge;
• Experience with Cloud-native architectures, including public cloud PaaS / IaaS, micro-services architectures, APIs will be an advantage;
• Experience in using open source tools for large-scale data processing, for example, Apache Spark and Kafka;
• Strong understanding of IT management best practice frameworks, such as ITIL and COBIT;
• Demonstrates a strong understanding of program management relating to e-/digital, the government shared platforms and integrated digital solutions for investments and projects, including creative/ICT and digital sector including digital mainstreaming in the full range of specific sectors.
• Demonstrates a strong understanding of digital connectivity and interdependency with platforms and digital applications/services and adaptative requirements of the enabling environment.
• Demonstrates a solid knowledge of a wide range and mix of digital platform and services financing alternatives, procurement options, and business models.
• Experience with Big Data and Data Analytics Highly Preferred;
• Hands-on experience in architecting solutions at scale in Big Data;
• Experience working with Big Data eco-system including tools such as Spark, HBase, Hive, Lake Formation, etc;
• Strong understanding of data warehousing concepts and Data modeling experience.
• Installing, configuring, testing, and maintaining operating systems, application software, containers, system management, and DevOps tooling;

 General Competencies (management, leadership, communication, problem-solving, monitoring, coordination, stakeholder management, etc.)

• Excellent written and oral communication skills on both technical and non-technical topics.
• Strong interpersonal skills, in particular, demonstrated team leadership qualities and excellent oral communication skills; and
• Ability to work effectively across multiple cross-functional teams to proactively resolve problems, support and engage key stakeholders; as well as work effectively across boundaries even without active guidance from the management;
• Demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills; including the ability to work independently, effectively in a team/task force as a team member or leader, and with senior staff and managers;
• Demonstrated ability to listen and integrate ideas from diverse views, create partnerships and collaborate with others, advocate and influence, resolve conflicts constructively,
• Proven ability to conduct research independently and present results effectively;
• Impeccable planning, organization, and time management skill; Ability to work well under pressure and to meet tight deadlines;
• Demonstrates a high level of motivation, confidence, integrity, and responsibility;
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to provide solutions to emerging challenges;
• Experience leading change, taking initiative, and driving results;
• Computer literacy including Microsoft packages;
• Excellent communication skills – both written and verbal, including the capacity to communicate complex and technical issues in simple terms;
• Proven ability to clearly and concisely prepare, present, and discuss recommendations at senior levels and to produce deliverables such as memoranda, recommendations, requirements documents, and status reports;
• Fluency in English is essential;
• Should demonstrate a high degree of professionalism and integrity.

1. Act as primary technical advisor, lead, and program manager for all digital platforms and interoperability related activities envisioned under the project
2. Support the coordination of related technical assistance and works financed by the project, collaborating with concerned stakeholders and beneficiaries to determine gaps and needs (as they evolve), provide technical advice, ensure effective planning, smooth implementation, adequate quality assurance, follow-up, maintenance, and support;
3. Support the Procurement Specialist on the technical elements of procurement and contract management of related activities: (i) support concerned stakeholders and beneficiaries to prepare/refine/review technical terms of reference and bidding documents, and related selections; (ii) act as a contact for contracted consultants and firms in relation to the delivery of technical assignments; (iii) liaise with parties to ensure delivery of activities against agreed timelines and technical specifications;
4. Stay abreast of digital platforms and interoperability trends, in order to advise management and project stakeholder on new developments and emerging best practices that may positively shape project design, planning, etc. including conducting ad hoc research as needed;
5. Support the M&E Specialist on the technical elements of M&E framework design
6. Support development and review of enabling guidelines, policies, and procedures (e.g. in relation to access), as needed, in conjunction with relevant stakeholders, ensure that corresponding standards are embedded in activity design and delivery;
7. Work with Cybersecurity specialist to ensure that cybersecurity considerations are integrated, as part of related said standards;
8. Drive and participate in the definition, the direction, and the development of high availability infrastructure/service/application and disaster recovery solutions;
9. Understand customer requirements and render those as architectural models that will operate at large scale and high performance; assist customers on how to run these architectural models;
10. Coordinate with stakeholders to confirm or establish consensus-based policies, standards, protocols, and processes for governance, technical and operational Cybersecurity of investments in digital platforms.
11. Establish and implement best engineering practices such as architectural design, unit and regression testing, test-driven development, pair programming, and CICD frameworks;
12. Liaise with vendors and other IT personnel for problem resolution. Regarding platforms for service delivery

 Reporting:

The Digital Platform and Interoperability Expert will report to the SPIU Coordinator

 Deliverables:

13. Support procurement and delivery of PPA activities linked to digital (Within the first three months of contract signature) Progress report (monthly)

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