National Expert - System Admin for Digital Agriculture System

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Technical Focus:

FAO and MoFALI is jointly implementing a Technical cooperation project to take significant steps to integrate the existing separate IT systems deployed in the agriculture sector of Mongolia. The expected outputs include i) development of digital agriculture implementation action plan; ii) a resource mobilization strategy for implementing e-agriculture strategy and; iii) identification of digital agriculture solutions.

Tasks and responsibilities:

• Serve as the overall technical and operational focal point for digital agriculture systems, and to develop hardware and network requirement of the digital agriculture of the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry (MoFALI); • Identify hardware and network systems that are operational including detail specifications and configurations of the system, and coding systems; • Propose an integration mechanism of IT systems on the basis of detailed specifications and configurations of the systems; • Define configuration requirements including all installs, tests, administration of system users, security aspects, and audit trail; • Develop guidelines and system to monitor all software and hardware products incl. network configuration, and ensure compliance to the current international standards; • Prepare all necessary documentation for creating MoFALI’s file system, stock of IT systems, and the Operating Systems, incl. necessary files, and any other related software; • Develop, monitoring and evaluation mechanism for IT systems upgrade, inter-system coordination, and their performance; • Provide suggestions, instructions, and advice for improving the current system of the MoFALI towards a digital agriculture system; • As a member of the digital-agriculture team, be responsible for developing resource mobilization strategy, a digital agriculture action plan, and capacity development plan of the IT Division of the MoFALI; • Perform other duties as required.

CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING

Minimum Requirements

• Advanced degree in computer science, engineering or related fields; • 10 years of work experience in information technology; • Working knowledge of English, and limited knowledge of another FAO official languages; • Nationality of Mongolia.

FAO Core Competencies

• Results Focus • Teamwork • Building Effective Relationships • Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement

Technical/Functional Skills

• Work experience in system development, database, system and database analysis, hardware and software development of systems is highly desirable; • Proven knowledge and practical experience in development, management and implementation of various databases, IT systems and network platforms across different IT infrastructures; • Strong knowledge and experience in monitoring and evaluation of different IT systems, databases and its analysis; • Proven experience in developing and operating various hardware, IT and coding systems across multiple sectors; • Experience in public and private sectors and international level is considered as an asset; • Strong interpersonal skills and ability to dialogue with diverse stakeholders to create consensus around issues and capable of working in multi-cultural environments; • Effective time management and organizational skills to ensure qualitative outputs under strict deadlines.

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