MSF Eastern Africa is looking for an ICT Cloud Officer
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For this position, contact level with patients and children is categorized as Low Risk and will be monitored with this in regard.
Introduction
Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is an international independent medical humanitarian organisation that provides assistance to people affected by conflicts, epidemics, and natural or human-made disasters and excluded from healthcare. We provide this assistance without discrimination, irrespective of race, religion, creed or political affiliation.
About MSF Eastern Africa
MSF Eastern Africa is the regional institutional office of MSF. It focuses on representation and networking, recruiting and supporting staff from the region, communications and fundraising, as well as working on other dossiers of importance to MSF such as Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), Data Protection, mutualization, training, medical operational support and environmental health.
Rationale/Objective for Position
Design, deploy, and maintain MS-Cloud infrastructure to ensure secure, resilient, and scalable ICT services across MSF Eastern Africa and Ubuntu operations. Provide expert-level support and contribute to strategic modernization of network and systems architecture.
This position will be hierarchically and functionally accountable to the IT Infrastructure & Operations Specialist.
Tasks & Responsibilities
- Lead the design and implementation of hybrid cloud infrastructure, ensuring alignment with organizational needs and security standards.
- Manage Microsoft cloud including Azure, Exchange Online/M365, and Windows Server components.
- Develop and maintain technical documentation, procedures, and configuration standards for cloud systems and networks.
- Ensure robust backup, disaster recovery, and system hardening practices.
- Collaborates to long-term networking strategy and cloud migration roadmap in collaboration with ICT leadership.
- Support in virtualization platforms (VMware, Hyper-V etc) and DevOps tools (Terraform, Ansible, Docker).
- Implement proactive monitoring and alerting systems to detect and resolve cloud infrastructure issues before service impact.
- Conduct regular security audits and vulnerability assessments to ensure compliance with MSF ICT policies and external frameworks as CIS & NIST.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams and other MSF entities to integrate cloud-native solutions and enhance operational efficiency.
- Resource optimization: regularly review recommendations (Azure Advisor, …) related to VMs’ sizing and avoid over- or under-provisioning.
- Continuous Improvement: Proactively make suggestions to increase efficiency and reduce overhead.
- Incident Management: investigate and resolve incidents and alerts.
- Monitor cloud infrastructure health, resource quotas and log to ensure optimal performance.
- Manage and support the deployment and configuration of azure virtual machines, virtual networks, load balancing, and scaling solutions.
- Collaborate with the applications team to deploy, install, and support HQ and field applications.
- Develop and maintain PowerShell Scripts to automate routine tasks and improve operational efficiency.
Qualifications
Education
- Degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.
- Certifications; Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate, Azure Network Engineer Associate, Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert (Plus).
Experience
- Minimum 5 years in network and ICT cloud infrastructure roles
- Language; English (required)
- Knowledge
- Expertise in networking (TCP/IP, VLANs, DNS, IPsec)
- Cloud platforms (Azure etc)
- Microsoft systems (M365, Azure AD, Intune)
- Virtualization (VMware, Hyper-V etc)
- Backup/storage (Veeam, HP 3PAR etc)
- Linux, DevOps tools, IaaC
- Basic database administration (asset)
Competencies
- Strong troubleshooting and organizational skills, autonomous and collaborative mindset, adaptable to change, and willingness to work outside office hours when needed.
- Knowledge of Azure DevOps is desirable.
Conditions and Benefits:
- Job Location: MSF Eastern Africa office in Nairobi (Kenya)
- Contract: Open-ended Full-time contract.
- Start date: ASAP.
- Salary: An annual salary of EUR 23,296 at HQ Grade 7 based on a full-time appointment with an annual increment of 2% every year up to a maximum of 10 years.
- Work-life balance financial benefit; ranging between EUR 247 to 295/month based on individual & administrative status. This amount may be used to cover accommodation and utilities, transportation, etc.
- Other benefits include; 25 days of annual leave, Employer Pension contribution and medical insurance cover (staff and family) based on MSF EA terms/conditions.
How to apply
- The vacancy closing date is: 11th August 2026.
- This vacancy is open to Local Applicants (Kenyan residents with valid authorization to work).
- By applying to this position, the applicant confirms they have read, understood and agreed to fully comply with MSF Charter and MSF Behavioral Commitments and Data Privacy Policy.
- In line with MSF’s Safeguarding Principles, successful candidates undergo a rigorous vetting process that includes background checks and self-declaration.
- If you recognize yourself in this profile, we welcome you to apply directly via the vacancy link.
- Applicants are required to submit a single PDF document containing a Letter of Motivation and a Curriculum Vitae (CV) (in English). Please note that applications submitted without a Letter of Motivation will not be considered.
If you have any questions regarding your application, please contact [email protected] before the vacancy closing date. Kindly use this email only for technical issues related to your application, for example, if you do not receive an automated response or encounter problems uploading documents. Applications sent directly to this email will not be considered.
Information
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MSF is an equal opportunity employer and does not charge any application/ recruitment fee.
Lately, MSF is a civil society initiative that brings together individuals committed to the assistance of other human beings in crisis. As such MSF is by choice an association. Each individual applying for MSF roles does it out of conviction and is ready to uphold the values and principles of MSF.
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