JOB DETAILS:

General Summary

Maintain and extend the Connect?for?Life (CFL) IVR platform and its core OpenMRS electronic-medical-record stack.

Effort also covers :

• Linux server administration to ensure stable, secure operations across four African countries.
• Java-based software development and MySQL data work;
• IVR/Telecoms systems administration and development

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build and unit-test new **Java / Spring** services and CFL-OpenMRS modules.
• Write optimized MySQL queries, migration scripts and reporting views.
• Develop REST and **HL7-FHIR** APIs to integrate CFL with DHIS2 and partner systems.
• Contribute front-end fixes  for (JSP, JQuery, React, SPA  ) and small automation scripts in Python/JS.
• Some Kotlin development for tablet apps using APIs to sync data.
• Participate in code reviews and maintain clear in-line documentation.
• Operate and harden **Ubuntu/Linux** servers on AWS EC2 and on-prem hardware.
• Monitor JVM, MySQL and Tomcat performance; tune for ≥99?% CFL call uptime.
• Containerize services with Docker, maintain CI/CD (GitLab?CI) and automate with Ansible.
• Ensure encrypted backups, disaster-recovery snapshots and access-control hygiene.

Academic Qualifications

• • • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or a closely related discipline.
  • • 6–24 months of professional experience that combines Java/Spring development and Linux systems administration (Ubuntu, Debian or RHEL family

Person Specification

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or a closely related discipline.
• 6–24?months of professional experience that combines Java/Spring development and Linux systems administration (Ubuntu, Debian or RHEL family).
• Comfortable with Git, Bash scripting, and writing clear technical documentation.
• Proven interest in open-source health-tech—e.g., commits or issue tracking for OpenMRS, CFL modules or similar community projects.
• Working knowledge of MySQL including:
  • query building and optimization
  • schema design, indexing strategy,
  • routine backup & restore (mysqldump, Percona XtraBackup or similar)
  • exposure to replication or high-availability concepts.
• Demonstrable Linux server skills: