Senior Technical Systems Architect, Southern Africa, Data.FI

Senior Technical Systems Architect, Southern Africa, Data.FI
About Palladium:
Palladium is a global company working to design, develop and deliver positive impact on the lives and livelihoods of people around the globe; broaden access to health, water, power, and infrastructure; build enduring, sustainable, and transformative institutions and market systems to address global challenges; and conserve the natural world. We operate in over 90 countries and have a workforce of 3,000 talented, motivated, and diverse staff of all religions, races, languages, and gender identities.
This Opportunity:
Our Data, Informatics, and Analytical Solutions (DIAS) group is made of three portfolios that strengthen and harness digital and data ecosystems to accelerate development investments and outcomes: 1- Information Systems, 2- Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Analytics and 3- Digital Solutions and Transformation.
Palladium is currently seeking a Senior Technical Systems Architect, Southern Africa, to support the Translating Data for Implementation (Data.FI) Project. Data.FI is a five-year global project funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to support the HIV and COVID-19 response. Data.FI partners with programs to accelerate and sustain access to high-quality data to expedite HIV and COVID-19 epidemic control and maintenance. By improving global, regional, national, and community/local in-depth analyses of HIV and COVID-19 epidemiologic and programmatic data, Data.FI expedites program achievements to improve client services and attain and sustain control of the epidemics. Data.FI supports host country governments to enhance existing health information systems (HIS), informing management responses to gaps in programming and sustaining impact by supporting local partner transition.
In Eswatini, Data.FI will be responsible for liaising with government stakeholders in the design and implementation of the ECMIS information systems architecture, including systems interoperability, scale-up and governance. The Senior Technical Systems Architect will:
Support the government (MoH) and USAID to ensure that the ECMIS system development is undertaken in alignment with the Government of the Kingdom of Eswatini (GoKE) eHealth Standards, and with data security specifications
Implement the ECMIS interoperability strategy, including integration of data from other electronic medical records systems (EMRs) from private facilities, and data exchange with aggregate systems such as DATIM
Work with peers and supervisees in the successful development and deployment of a Master Patient Index, and a centralized data warehouse with analytical dashboards for the HIV response for use-cases such as HIV case-based surveillance; and will oversee the ECMIS implementation and capacity building strategy for wide ranging users
Will coordinate with the Ministry of ICT Government Computer Services to optimize network connectivity and hosting; and, with other stakeholders, will innovate and collaborate to solve persistent infrastructure barriers to successful ECMIS uptake, including connectivity issues and power outages
She/he will work with Senior Data.FI Architects to leverage technical approaches in other Data.FI countries and align Eswatini products to industry best practices
In Southern Africa, Data.FI will be responsible for the roll-out of varied health information systems solutions for the HIV and COVID Responses. The Senior Technical Systems Architect will, as needed, be called upon to develop architecture and implementation strategy for case-based management systems, analytical platforms, interoperability solutions, to build software development and configuration teams and develop their capacity, or advise on strategies for the strengthening of health information systems infrastructure.
Location:
The position is based in Palladium’s Washington DC, Nairobi, or Pretoria offices
You and Your Career:
If you are a problem-solver, collaborator, and doer, and you have expertise in leading Health Information Systems projects in Africa, we are interested in hearing from you.
We are a learning organization and provide growth opportunities from the start. We pride ourselves on giving you the freedom, resources, and guidance to chart a fulfilling career!
Reporting and Supervision:
Reports to the Regional Senior Technical Advisor, Health Information Systems, Africa, Data.FI
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
In Eswatini and in the region as required, support the Country Director and government leadership (MoH) to:
Design and oversee the development systems interoperability with other EMRS and other specified health information systems, and data exchange with aggregate reporting systems such as DATIM, in line with the digital architecture framework
Enhance the CMIS and CMIS Lite in line with ratified specifications (e.g., through the development of the in-patient module)
Develop a data warehouse for Eswatini for the analyses of important use-cases for the HIV Response, such as HIV case-based surveillance
Develop a Master Patient Index (MPI)
Contribute to the capacity development strategy for ECMIS, through the development of technical capacitation materials
Supervise a software development lifecycle team comprised of business analysts, programmers, quality assurance specialists and visualization experts.
Oversee data security with support from Data.FI’s Senior Solutions Architect and Palladium’s corporate information security officer
Innovate and collaborate with stakeholders to solve persistent infrastructure barriers to ECMIS use (including reliable power supply and internet connectivity)
Key Competencies Required:
Demonstrable experience of oversight of health management information systems architecture
Technical expertise in the creation and deployment of solutions involving multiple technology stacks/layers, software and system integrations and large data sets
Experience with one or more cloud platforms (including Azure DevOps)
Experience in industry architectural patterns and frameworks (such as MVC, React.js, jQuery, Angular)
Demonstrable experience in learning new business domains, processes, and capabilities
Demonstrable software development or health information systems development experience
Experience developing or leading teams to develop analytics platforms for data visualization; strong proficiency with BI platforms (such as Metabase, Superset, Tableau, Power BI)
Knowledge of project management principles, the software development life cycle and ability to work with multi-disciplinary teams
Ability to effectively write technical documents such as sys/admin manuals and user guides
Fluency in English required
Professional Expertise/Competencies Preferred:
Proficiency with Eswatini ECMIS is preferred
Familiarity with open-source global goods, including demonstrated experience using DHIS2 is preferred
Strong knowledge of OpenHIE, OpenHIM; experience developing or leading teams interoperating health systems & development of repositories of health data
PMP Certification is preferred
Equity, Diversity & Inclusion – Palladium is committed to embedding equity, diversity, and inclusion into everything we do. We welcome applications from all sections of society and actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity, success and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce; and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment regardless of their background or personal characteristics. These include: (but are not limited to) socio-economic background, age, race, gender identity and expression, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, veteran, marital or Indigenous status.
Should you require any adjustments or accommodations to be made due to a disability or you are a neurodivergent individual or for any other circumstance, please email our team at accessibility@thepalladiumgroup.com and we will be in touch to discuss.
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