Job Description

SOFTWARE/SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT POSITION AT AIT

THE ACCRA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (AIT) – A DYNAMIC PRIVATE UNIVERSITY IS LOOKING FOR A HIGHLY MOTIVATED INDIVIDUAL FOR THE FOLLOWING POSITION:

IT SPECIALIST – SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT

THE SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS WILL BE PART OF A HARD-WORKING TEAM IN CHARGE OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT OF SOFTWARE SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING ACADEMIC, LEARNING, TEACHING AND ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY. THE TEAM IS ALSO IN CHARGE OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT OF OUR LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (LMS)

Required Skills or Experience

INTERESTED APPLICANTS MUST BE COMPETENT IN HANDLING SYSTEM ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:

• STRONG KNOWLEDGE OF LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (LMS) CORE FEATURES INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATIONS.
• TROUBLESHOOTING PHP CODES AND APPLICATIONS ISSUES AND RESOLVE ANY SYSTEM PERFORMANCE PROBLEMS.
• MANAGING SITE USER AUTHENTICATION AND COURSE ENROLLMENT PROCESSES
  MAINTAINING THE LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (LMS) UPGRADE CYCLE, INCLUDING ACTING ON SECURITY NOTIFICATIONS.
• QUALIFIED CANDIDATES MUST ALSO HAVE THE FOLLOWING SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
  • 3+ years Developing Web Applications in PHP
  • 3+ years customizing and developing modules with a major CMS
  • Writing quality HTML with CSS and JavaScript.
  • Requirements analysis and gathering experience
  • Web Host Control Panels administration, and troubleshooting.
  • Web Servers: PHP administration, and troubleshooting.
  • Databases: MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server
  • CMS: Joomla, Alfresco, Drupal, WordPress (installation, administration)
  • Scripting PHP, Perl, etc.

APPLICANTS   MUST HAVE A BACHELOR’S DEGREE OR EQUIVALENT WITH 3-5 YEARS POST QUALIFICATION WORK EXPERIENCE IN A DYNAMIC ORGANIZATION.