Pakistan: Software Engineer, Monitoring and Evaluation Program, Islamabad, Pakistan
Country: Pakistan
Closing date: 12 Sep 2013
Software Engineer, Monitoring and Evaluation Program, Islamabad, Pakistan
Company Profile: MSI is a Washington, D.C.-based international development firm providing specialized short- and long-term technical assistance. Since its 1981 founding, MSI has grown in size and technical scope, now implementing and managing more than 70 projects worldwide. More than 30 are long-term, many in conflict-prone or fragile states that include Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Today, our range of technical expertise includes analytical and field projects in democracy and governance, economic growth, strategic planning, organizational capacity building, health and the justice sector. MSI focuses on helping our local partners foster progress, manage change and improve the effectiveness of development assistance. We expanded our global footprint in 2008 by becoming part of Coffey, a leading geoscience, international development and project management firm, and a publicly traded company on the Australian Stock Exchange. Alongside Coffey, MSI has corporate offices in 17 countries. Together, MSI and Coffey employ more than 1,400 professionals worldwide. For more information on MSI, please visit our website at www.msiworldwide.com.
Project Summary:
In June 2011, MSI was awarded a contract by USAID to provide monitoring, verification and evaluation services to USAID covering USAID-supported programs throughout Pakistan. The goal of the Monitoring and Evaluation Program (MEP) is to assess whether USAID resources are well-spent and achieving desired results and to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse in the administration of programs, regardless of the implementation mechanism.
Position Summary:
MSI is recruiting for a short-term Software Engineer to work in the MEP IT Unit. The consultant will work under the direction and supervision of Senior Systems Designer and the Director of IT. The assignment is expected to begin immediately and last for up to 8 months.
Please note: This is a local position. Only candidates with Pakistani citizenship will be considered.
Responsibilities:
- Maintain and extend MEP’s existing running applications based on VB.NET/ASP.NET, MVC3, Silverlight, SharePoint, Telerik Controls and SQL Server.
- Assist in developing appropriate software for in-house as well as USAID-supported projects in Pakistan.
Qualifications:
- A minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in IT, Computer Science, or a related field (4-year program preferable).
- At least two years of experience building n-tier applications using .NET.
- Demonstrated knowledge of ASP.NET MVC 3, Silverlight 4, SQL Server, and jQuery required.
- Demonstrated knowledge of C# Syntax, SharePoint 2010, and MySQL preferred.
- Demonstrated understanding of XML.
- Demonstrated understanding of implementing MVVM (Model-View-View-Model) patterns.
- Comfortable using Telerik controls and libraries in solutions.
- Basic knowledge of GIS applications development required.
- Ability to work in a team environment.
- Strong communication and organization skills.
- Able to produce high quality work under deadlines.
- Ability to manage multiple assignments.
- Strong internal and external customer and vendor relations skills while ensuring procedural compliance.
Only candidates who have been selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please.
How to apply:
PI64894359
