A Senior Information Technology Officer (Application Development) is mainly deployed on the following types of work – (a) liaising with users to design, to promote, and to propose IT solutions or services to clients on software to internal users; (b) assisting in collecting user requirements and assisting users in preparation of assignment brief; (c) performing feasibility study, user requirement definition, system analysis and design, system implementation, documentation, quality control, testing, and maintenance for IT systems and services; (d) providing maintenance service in database, web applications, mobile apps, programming languages and application software packages; (e) assisting in resolving technical issues, security vulnerabilities and transfers such skills to team members; (f) maintaining an information protection program to assist all staff in the protection of all information system and assets; (g) adopting the security governance process to monitor and response to IT security related activities; (h) participating in the evaluation of new hardware and software technologies; (i) assisting in the procurement of IT products and services; (j) supervising contractor for the delivery of IT systems and services; (k) providing training to users of IT systems; and (l) leading or acting as member of a project team to supervise junior staff to carry out the above mentioned duties.
Successful candidates may be required - (a) to work irregular hours / in remote areas / in harsh conditions; (b) to perform shift / stand-by / on-call / emergency duties; and (c) to wear uniform / protective clothing.

Candidates should have –
(a) a Higher Diploma or an accredited Associate Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Engineering, or related IT disciplines from a Hong Kong university/ tertiary institute/ Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education, or a Diploma in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Engineering, or related IT disciplines from a registered post-secondary college awarded after the date of its registration, or equivalent;
(b) Level 2 or above in Chinese Language and English Language in the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination (HKDSEE) or Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (HKCEE), or equivalent [see Note (1)]; and
(c) at least 5 years’ relevant experience in the design, development, administration, and project management of multi-tier application software systems.

Candidates who possess –
(a) Knowledge in mobile app lifecycle, implementation languages such as Kotlin, Swift, Flutter and testing tools such as Appium;
(b) Knowledge in SQL database such as MS SQL, MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL and NoSQL database such as MongoDB, Couchbase, Redis, Cassandra;
(c) Skills in web development using reactive framework such as Angular, Laravel, ReactJS and Vue.js;
(d) Experience in web application development using .NET and Microsoft Internet Information Services, and maintenance support of internet website;
(e) RestAPI design knowledge using C#, Python, Node.js, Scala, Golang;
(f) Knowledge in automated testing including feature test, end-to-end test, Selenium implementation;
(g) Experience in implementation, administration or support on SAP ERP system;
(h) Experiences in analysis of user requirements to provide viable solutions and to produce the respective proposals and specifications;
(i) Experiences in contract management and liaison with different parties to achieve project goals;
will have an advantage.