Integration & DevOps Engineer, Data-Activated Architecture for Resilient Transition (DART)

Integration & DevOps Engineer, Uganda Data-Activated Architecture for Resilient Transition (DART)

About Palladium:

Operating in over 50 countries, Palladium is a global consulting and implementation company working in partnership with governments, businesses, investors, and communities to design and deliver solutions that create lasting positive impact. We address some of the world’s most complex challenges across infrastructure, economic growth and natural capital, health, energy, climate and environment, and digital transformation—strengthening systems, institutions, and markets to support inclusive and sustainable development. Our more than 2,100 staff worldwide work as trusted advisors across diverse contexts, combining deep technical expertise, implementation techniques, and innovative technology to deliver locally informed, client-focused solutions that help organizations achieve measurable, sustainable impact.

Palladium is part of GISI’s global family of companies, which aims to create solutions for the world’s most complex challenges. With annual revenues of $14 billion, GISI’s approximately 15,000 employees are engaged in projects across 100 countries worldwide providing construction, program/project management, and engineering consulting services.

Project Background:

Data-Activated Architecture for Resilient Transition (DART) supports the Ministry of Health (MOH) to strengthen and scale interoperable, fit-for-purpose digital health systems. The project supports facility digitization and EMR readiness; National Data Warehouse (NDWH) stabilization; data-center design and cybersecurity; Health Information Exchange (HIE) operations and priority integrations; workforce certification; survey modernization; responsible AI adoption; and service-delivery data reporting performance. The project is designed to build on MOH-owned systems, repositories, standards, and governance structures, with progressive transfer of capability to government and Ugandan institutions. Project period is anticipated 2026–2030, beginning with a six-month foundation phase.

Note: All positions are subject to award, final organizational design, and Palladium hiring procedures. Reporting lines may be adjusted during mobilization. “MOH” includes the responsible Directorate/Department of Health Informatics (DHI) and other government units as applicable.

Position Summary:

The Integration & DevOps Engineer designs, builds, tests, deploys, and supports secure and maintainable integrations among priority MOH digital health systems. The position supports MOH-controlled development, staging, and production environments; CI/CD pipelines; standards-based data exchange; system monitoring; and operational handover to DHI and local technical teams.

Location:

This role and project will be based out of Kampala, Uganda with national and regional travel as required. Candidates must have current work authorization in Uganda as visa sponsorship cannot be considered.

Reporting and Supervision:

• This role will report to the Technical Director, Interoperability & HIE Architect, DART

Primary Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain integration pipelines, adapters, APIs, and workflow automations for approved priority use cases
• Map, transform, validate, and exchange data using MOH-approved FHIR profiles, identifiers, terminology mappings, and security controls
• Configure and support interoperability components, including OpenHIM, OpenFn or approved equivalent tools, API gateways, CI/CD pipelines, and monitoring tools
• Support event-streaming workflows using Kafka where approved, including schema management, topic governance, secure access, consumer monitoring, retention, and recovery testing
• Establish and maintain MOH-controlled repositories, automated testing, deployment procedures, release controls, rollback plans, and runbooks
• Troubleshoot interface failures, message queues, API performance, data-validation errors, and integration incidents
• Participate in technical design reviews, code reviews, user acceptance testing, change advisory processes, and post-release stabilization
• Pair with MOH engineers and Ugandan partners to transfer practical integration and DevOps capability

Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, information systems, or related discipline
• At least 4 years of experience in systems integration, backend development, DevOps, or health information systems
• Practical experience with REST APIs, JSON, XML, Git, CI/CD, Linux, Docker, automated testing, and monitoring
• Experience with HL7 FHIR, OpenHIM, OpenFn, Kafka, API management, and digital health systems is strongly preferred
• Strong troubleshooting, documentation, collaboration, and communication skills
• Professional fluency in English

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis. We encourage you to apply early as the position may close once a suitable candidate is found. Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or status as a protected veteran.

Should you require any adjustments or accommodations to be made due to a disability or you are a neurodivergent individual, or for any other circumstance, please email our team at accessibility@thepalladiumgroup.com and we will be in touch to discuss.

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