Vacancy title:
Information Technology Officer

Jobs at:
Future Options Consulting Ltd (Insurance Company)

Deadline of this Job:
27th January, 2017

Duty Station:
Kampala, Uganda

Job details:
Future Options Consulting Ltd is an online recruitment services which now seeks to recruit on behalf of its valued Client, an Insurance Company.

Job Summary: The Information Technology Officer (ITO) is responsible for overseeing the company’s information technology software projects. The jobholder coordinates project phases from development to installation and acts as a liaison between clients, vendors, and consultants. Professionally and effectively, maintains systems software plus related infrastructure. The ITO is accountable for the following systems: Linux and Windows systems that support UCS infrastructure; Linux, Oracle, Windows and Application systems that support GIIS and Mail System and promoting procedures that enable staff and partners to adhere to Company values.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:
• Prepare and develop requirements, outlines, budgets, and schedulers for information technology projects.
• Ensure project is completed within budget and on time.
• Follow PMI standards to coordinate projects through the project lifecycles of initiation, planning, execution and closure.
• Develop work-breakdown structures.
• Develop project tracking and variance reports
• Prepare proposals.
• Coordinate multiple vendors.
• Utilize in-depth technical knowledge and business requirements to design and implement secure solutions to meet customer / client needs while protecting the companys assets.
• The incumbent will also develop security standards, procedures, and guidelines for multiple platforms and users.
• Install and configure systems that support GIIS infrastructure or Smarter Mail applications.
• Identify approaches that leverage the company’s resources and provide economies of scale.
• Support LANs, WANs, network segments, Internet, and intranet systems
• Create, change, and delete user accounts per request.
• Identify user needs and troubleshoot problems reported by users.
• Conduct periodic system audit and make appropriate recommendations and reports to management.
• Upgrade and configure system software that supports GIIS applications or operational needs. Complexity/Problem Solving: Position deals with a variety of problems and sometime has to decide which answer is best. The question/issues are typically clear and require determination of which answer (from a few choices) is the best
• Participate in the preparation the annual Information Technology budget. Communication/Interpersonal Contacts: Interpret and/or discuss information with others, which involves terminology or concepts not familiar to many people; regularly provide advice and recommend actions involving rather complex issues. May resolve problems within established practices.
• Provides occasional guidance, some of which is technical.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
• The applicant should preferably hold a Bachelor’s Degree with a technical major, such as engineering or computer science.
• Systems Engineer certification in Oracle, UNIX, Microsoft and CCNA.
• At least two years’ Information technology experience.
• Ability to document ICT processes or user support outcomes.
• Prior experience in software support and WAN/LAN administration, Hardware.
• Excellent customer care
• Good team player
• High degree of integrity
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines
• Fluency in English

Job application procedure
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should send their updated C.Vs and academic documents to the email address, projects@futureoptionsug.com  with the job title as the subject line.