Position Summary:

HIS Community of Practice (CoP) is a program of KenyaHMIS project that engages and collaborates with implementers, developers, and users in order to realize the adoption and sustainable use of open source HIS products. A key outcome of this program is to develop and make available skilled practitioners able to support Kenya’s HIS solutions in the future.

Community of Practice internship is a 3-month program to get technology students/ graduates to gain industry experience working on HIS solutions developed and implemented by KenyaHMIS project. The internship will focus on innovating and extending solutions for KenyaEMR and National Data Warehouse (DWH) platforms.

Location: The position is based in Palladium’s KeHMIS office, in Nairobi.

You and Your Career:

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:

Reporting to the Senior Architect, Data Warehousing and Infrastructure, the intern will be embedded with developer teams of DWH and KenyaEMR to develop or enhance solutions that support EMR and DWH platforms in line with defined KenyaHMIS systems priorities.

 Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• To discharge the above mandate the intern will be required to perform the following technical system development duties:
• Development and Testing of DWH applications and frameworks.
• Enhance and automate DWH metadata and data lineage documentation.
• FHIR standards and SMART guidelines related to work.
• Apache Spark ETL enhancements.
• Streaming support and DWH transmission work related to supporting facility-wide EMR expansion.

Required Qualifications:

• Hold/pursuing a bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related area. Current students who demonstrate software development mastery are encouraged to apply.
• Development and implementation of data visualization solutions
• Knowledge of multiple front-end languages and libraries
• Knowledge of multiple back-end languages
• Familiarity with database systems both relational and NoSQL
• Ability to work independently and meet tight deadlines.
• Good problem-solving and well-developed analytical skills
• Ability to work/adapt to cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Technical programming skills will be an added advantage. These include an understanding of data structures and data modelling, working knowledge of mobile app frameworks and libraries, the ability to write code in Java, and experience in front-end development.