Platform Engineers

CHAI Rwanda VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT Title: Platform Engineers [2] Program: Digital Health Job Location: Kigali, Rwanda Type: Full-Time Paid Start date: Immediate Overview The Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI) is a global health organization committed to saving lives and reducing the burden of disease in low-and middle-income countries while strengthening the capabilities of governments and the private sector in those countries to create and sustain high-quality health systems that can succeed without our assistance. For more information, please visit: http://www.clintonhealthaccess.org The Government of Rwanda (GoR) strives to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by enabling equitable access to quality health services for the population as outlined in the Fourth Health Sector Strategic Plan (HSSP IV). This commitment has been made against a backdrop of rising health care costs and uncertainty around the future availability of donor funding and calls for improved health sector sustainability. Acknowledging this, the Government aims to employ effective, equitable, efficient, and sustainable health care financing and systems strengthening, putting an emphasis on primary health care as the cornerstone of a strong and sustainable health system. CHAI Rwanda’s Health System Strengthening (HSS) programs work on a day-to-day basis with Government leadership in the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the Rwanda Social Security Board (RSSB). The goal of those programs is to support the Government to accelerate progress towards UHC by ensuring the sustainable delivery of quality, essential health services. This includes the design and implementation of national Primary Health Care (PHC) reforms from health center level down to community health, to increase health workforce availability, to prioritize and sustainably finance essential services, and to support improved management, financing, and delivery of quality primary health care. Position overview CHAI currently seeks an Entry-level Platform Engineers to work with the Ministry of Health (MOH) National Health Intelligence Center to support the design, deployment, and maintenance of systems that collect, store, and analyze large sets of structured and unstructured data. The role involves assisting with data pipelines, databases, and big data tools, while also supporting DevOps practices such as CI/CD pipelines, containerization with Docker, and orchestration with Kubernetes. The engineer will contribute to system monitoring, troubleshooting, infrastructure maintenance, and automation to ensure that data systems are scalable, reliable, and optimized for use by data scientists, analysts, and other stakeholders. S/He will be seconded to the National Health Intelligence Center (NHIC) and will report in parallel to CHAI, Program manager, Digital Health for specific CHAI-supported initiatives. Platform Engineers will provide need-based technical assistance during the review and implementation of data analyt