Background information about the job or company (e.g., role context, company overview)

The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA), an organization entrusted with the assessment, collection, and accounting for tax revenues for the Malawi Government is inviting applications from versatile and suitably qualified candidates to fill the above vacant position in the ICT Division.

Overall Objective

Writing, maintaining and customizing program code for in-house and off the shelf systems

Qualifications or requirements (e.g., education, skills)

Minimum of Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Information Technology or Computer Engineering or any ICT related field

Experience needed

At least two (2) years’ experience in writing program code

Any other provided details (e.g., benefits, work environment, team info, or additional notes)

Excellent Analytical and problem-solving skills

Effective Planning and organizing skills

Good Interpersonal skills

Excellent Communication skills

Ability to manage time

Successful candidates before being appointed will undergo an extensive background check of their integrity. Only when the vetting exercise is favourable shall the Authority make the appointment.

• Developing and documenting algorithm and system prototypes required to address user requirements.
• Translating system designs and algorithms to computer programming language.
• Maintaining source code by versioning all changes and documenting the changes.
• Implementing application level security features in line with MRA security policies and best practices
• Building the system for deployment on production system
• Developing unit and integration tests for all the modules being developed.
• Performing tests on the programmed application (Unit Tests, Integration tests, stress testing etc.)
• Systematically troubleshooting and closing all reported system bugs.
• Fixing system issues identified through a User Acceptance Testing (UAT) exercise.
• Producing technical documentation for the developed system e.g. deployment guide
• Conducting a technical and user training to system support team
• Providing support to system support team in developing user manuals and training manuals for the system

• Excellent Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Effective Planning and organizing skills
• Good Interpersonal skills
• Excellent Communication skills
• Ability to manage time

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Information Technology or Computer Engineering or any ICT related field