VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

E-Zone HRM Limited is a management consulting group providing one-stop solutions to clients who seek improved and sustainable profitability through the effective use of their people and resources. We specialize in delivering innovative and value added services that promote revenue growth and cost containment.

E-Zone HRM Limited has a formal agreement with one of the United Nations Agency to provide outsourcing services under a third party contract.

E-Zone HRM Limited is now accepting applications from Bangladeshi Nationals for the following vacancies under third party outsourcing contract modality:

DevOps Engineer for MIS, DGHS - NOA

Duty Station: MIS, DGHS

Contract Duration: 12 Months

Number of Vacancies: 1(One)

Contract Type: Contract with E-ZONE.

Contract Start Date: 15th September, 2023

Reporting to: Health Officer (eEPI), Health Section of UNICEF Bangladesh

A. Purpose

The purpose of the assignment is to support the Management Information System, Directorate General of Health Services for server and system maintenance of vaxepi.gov.bd system for immunization:

• To ensure the smooth operation of the HPV and routine Vaccination Apps with self and suggestive registration and to continue the support in improving immunization coverage nationwide under the HPV vaccination campaign project including support in the implementation of Routine EPI smart registration systems/ Citizen Portal.
• Technical assistance will be provided to MIS, DGHS in the deployment of the vaxepi.gov.bd system for citizen portal, EPI e- tracker, Data Integration and sharing, managing Share server, database, application-level authentication, and technology-based innovations to reach the vulnerable children with quality and equity of immunization services.

B. Background

Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination is a critical intervention to prevent cervical cancer and other HPV-related diseases. However, ensuring high coverage rates for HPV vaccination requires efficient registration processes that are accessible and user-friendly. Developing an HPV Vaccination App offering self-registration and suggestive registration features can significantly enhance vaccination campaign effectiveness and reach.
Developing this HPV and routine Vaccination App with self and suggestive registration features can significantly enhance the efficiency and coverage of HPV vaccination campaigns. By providing a user-friendly platform for registration, education, reminders, and monitoring, the app can empower individuals to take proactive steps toward HPV vaccination and facilitate targeted outreach efforts to maximize vaccine uptake.
The primary objectives of the HPV and routine Vaccination App with self and suggestive registration are as follows:

• Simplify registration process:  Provide an intuitive and user-friendly platform that allows individuals to self-register for HPV and routine vaccination by their Birth registration ID, eliminating the need for time-consuming manual registration processes.
• Increase vaccination coverage: Facilitate suggestive registration by leveraging available data sources, such as school records, to identify eligible individuals who may not have self-registered.
• Enhance communication and education: Utilize the app to provide accurate and up-to-date information about HPV vaccination, addressing common concerns and misconceptions to improve vaccine acceptance.
• Promote timely reminders and follow-ups: Incorporate reminder functionalities within the app to notify users about scheduled vaccination appointments, and any additional information related to the vaccination campaign.
• Monitor vaccination coverage: Collect real-time data on vaccination coverage through the app to enable timely decision-making, identify areas with low coverage, and target outreach efforts accordingly.
• Web admin portal: a web-based portal for administration and generating reports.

The target audience for this application is individuals who have received or are planning to receive the HPV and routine vaccine.

C. Objectives and Expected Results

The objective of hiring a consultant is to ensure the smooth operation of the HPV and routine Vaccination Apps with self and suggestive registration and to continue the support in improving immunization coverage nationwide under the HPV vaccination campaign project including support in the implementation of Routine EPI smart registration systems/ Citizen Portal. In addition, technical assistance will be provided to MIS, DGHS in the deployment of the vaxepi.gov.bd system for citizen portal, EPI e- tracker, Data Integration and sharing, managing Share server, database, application-level authentication, and technology-based innovations to reach the vulnerable children with quality and equity of immunization services. This consultancy will greatly contribute to leveraging UNICEF’s priority results through DGHS in Bangladesh under the Gavi HPV vaccination campaign project.

The Consultant will work to continue to ensure the smooth operation of the HPV and routine Vaccination Apps with self and suggestive registration and to continue the support in improving immunization coverage nationwide under the HPV vaccination campaign project including support in the implementation of Routine EPI smart registration systems/ Citizen Portal.

In addition, technical assistance will be provided to MIS, DGHS in the implementation of the vaxepi.gov.bd and EPI e-tracker, dashboards, and technology-based innovations to reach vulnerable children with quality and equity of immunization services nationwide.

The consultancy of ‘DevOps Engineer Consultant’ is essential to maintain the apps –

• Performance:  speed of processing, load capacity, efficient use of communication data channels
• Accessibility: Web-enabled and capable of operating offline for routine workflows, mobile optimized, GPRS compatible for GSM data exchange, local server, or cloud-based hosting options
• Compatibility: includes open standards for data exchange includes open standards for data exchange of key metadata, facilities, and products, (interoperability) using industry data standards (e.g. GS1 and HL7), support for data acquisition from barcode readers, and remote temperature monitoring devices.
• Usability: ease of use and learning, user-centered configuration, real-time data verification and feedback, calculated values, user guides/FAQ/training manual.
• Reliability: recoverability, accommodates irregular power and connectivity
• Security: firewall, access privileges, audit ability, etc.
• Maintainability: documentation, software support, local administration control, etc.
• Portability: accommodates changes in ICT infrastructure, extensibility for new services or functionality.

D. Description of Assignment

The consultant during the contracting period will support the MIS, DGHS to maintain it’s application, server, and database system for vaxepi.gov.bd system for citizen portal, EPI e-tracker and will bring changes in the system as per the instruction from the MIS, DGHS and UNICEF. In addition to this, the consultants will support the MIS in the deployment of the vaxepi.gov.bd system for citizen portal, EPI e-tracker, Data Integration and sharing, managing Share server, database, application-level authentication, and technology-based innovations.

Payment to the consultants will be made on a monthly basis and based on the monthly progress report accepted by Senior System Analyst of the MIS, DGHS. The consultants will be overall responsible in line with the jobs mentioned below.

• Design a scalable and highly available deployment architecture.
• Plan for proper networking based on application requirements and suitability.
• Prepare databases such as PostgreSQL, and MySQL deployment architecture design.
• Prepare a design for Redis cluster deployment.
• Analyze and recommend required changes in deployment infrastructure.
• Recommend best practices on every layer of configuration related to the application.
• Ensure proper security in infrastructure considering the application deployment.
• Prepare deployment configuration for the Web engines.
• Configure load balancer(s) as well as web proxy servers as per application need.
• Tuning and optimization of the web server (s), load balancer(s), and web proxies.
• Prepare deployment automation of web applications.
• Ensure updated chain releases of web applications.
• Add web layer security for the application.
• Analysis Application and Prepare Resource allocation plan.
• Decision-making of several types of clusters (storage cluster, database cluster) and other components based on application requirements.
• S/he has to perform under the guidelines and supervision of the Senior System Analyst, MIS, DGHS.

E. Deliverables

The assignment is designed for the duration of 12 months, where the below tasks are expected:

• Progress report on deployment architecture design.
• Monthly report on proper networking based on application requirements and suitability.
• Progress report on preparation of databases such as PostgreSQL, and MySQL
• deployment architecture design.
• Prepare a report on the design for Redis cluster deployment.
• Status of analysis and recommendations that required changes in deployment infrastructure.
• Report on the recommendation provided best practices on every layer of configuration related to the application.
• Progress report on the security of the infrastructure for the application deployment.
• Status report of deployment configuration for the Web engines.
• Report on configuration of load balancer(s) as well as web proxy servers as per applications need.
• Progress on tuning and optimization of the web server (s), load balancer(s), and web proxies.
• Prepare a report on deployment automation of web applications.
• Progress of updated chain releases of web applications.
• Progress of web layer security for the application.
• Progress of Application analysis and Resource allocation plan.
• Progress of several types of clusters (storage cluster, database cluster) and other components based on application requirements.
• Final deliverable report.

F. Administrative Issues

• The consultants will report to the Health Officer (eEPI), UNICEF and the MIS, DGHS to submit the deliverables outlined under reporting requirement.
• For payment by E-Zone on due time, the Supervisor will forward the certified attendance sheet and confirmation of receiving expected deliverables for the respective period.
• If the consultant is required to travel outside their duty station, prior approval will be required, then travel and DSA costs will be reimbursed at actuals.

G. Qualification Requirement

• A Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in CSE/EEE degree is required.
• A minimum of 10 years of professional work experience as a System Administrator, preferably work experience with BCC or MIS, DGHS.
• Solid Experience in designing Large Scale Infrastructure
• Proven Experience of deployment of Large-Scale RDBMS Database Clusters like MySQL, NDB Cluster, MySQL/MariaDB Galera Cluster, PostgreSQL Cluster, Database, Synchronous/Asynchronous Replication, Backup, Restore & Recovery Systems Deployment
• Proven Experience in the deployment of large-scale NOSQL Clusters (like Apache, Hadoop, Apache Cassandra, ScyllaDB, Apache Solr, Apache Spark, Apache Kafka, etc.)
• Proven Experience of Large-Scale Time Series Database Clusters (like TimeScaleDB, Prometheus, InfluxDB, OpenTSDB, etc.)
• Proven Experience with different types of clusters like High Availability Clusters, Load, Balanced Cluster, High-Performance Compute Clusters, Shared Filesystem Clusters, Shared Block Device Clusters
• Proven Experience of Private Cloud Deployment on OpenStack
• Proven Experience in Deploying Distributed Storage Platforms (like Ceph, GlusterFS, and OpenStack Swift)
• Proven Experience of Deploying Real-time system clusters
• Proven Experience of Deploying Container Orchestration Platforms (like Kubernetes)
• Proven Experience with Linux Platform Setups, Automation and Orchestration
• Proven Experience of handling Large Scale Enterprise Virtualization Platforms
• 2+ years of low-level (kernel level) development experience in Linux
• 10+ years of Solid Experience in deploying and managing physical and virtual server fleet.
• Strong design sense of designing infrastructure components by analyzing the workload.
• Proven Experience in managing large networks.
• Solid Experience in Linux Platforms (CentOS/RedHat/Ubuntu/Debian)
• Security Hardening Expertise compatible with Telco-grade security standard
• Experienced with various public (AWS, Azure, etc.) and private cloud (like VMWare, Huwaei Cloud Platform
• Preference would be given to candidates with working experience in the surokkha.gov.bd
• Working experience and familiarity with the health program of the Ministry of Health and   Family Welfare, international organizations, or any other agencies will be an asset.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of software development is an added advantage.

H. Consultancy Cost:

• The consultant will get BDT 130,000 per month as a consolidated package.
• Consultant will be responsible to pay all taxes as per government rules and regulations. E-Zone will make statutory deductions towards income tax as per government rules and regulations  

This position is open for Bangladeshi Nationals only. All candidates, irrespective of gender, religious and ethnic backgrounds can apply for the vacancies. Candidates are requested to apply with an update CV (not more than two-pages) mentioning academic background, experiences and skills given in the ToR and cover letter (preferably one page) highlighting the motivational factors for applying and suitability of the candidature for the position. Only short-listed candidates will be invited for written test. The successful candidates will be interviewed for selection. Selected candidates will be requested to join as soon as possible.

The UN Agency prides itself as fostering a multicultural and harmonious work environment, guaranteed by a zero-tolerance policy on sexual exploitation and abuse, and on any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment and discrimination. All selected consultants will undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

Candidates with the required profile and proven experience, who meet these qualifications, are invited to submit their application in English clearly mentioning the Job Title along with a meaningful cover letter, updated CV, recent PP size photographby email to:
jobs.un@e-zonebd.com

Last Date of Application: September 26, 2023

Please mention ‘’DevOps Engineer for MIS, DGHS – NOA’’ on the subject line of your email.