ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS
CHARACTER
Each candidate must be of good character.
HEALTH
Each candidate must be in a state of health such as would indicate a reasonable prospect of ability to render regular and efficient service.
EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE ETC.
Candidates must have on the latest date for receipt of completed application forms:
(i)(A) A qualification at Level 8 on the National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ) major award (i.e. honours degree) or higher in a relevant computing discipline plus 2 year's directly relevant, recent ICT experience from your employment to date*
OR
(ii) B) A qualification at Level 8 on the National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ) major award (i.e. honours degree), or higher, with computing taken in the final year and at least 3 years directly relevant, recent ICT hands-on experience from your employment to date*
OR
(iii) C) A qualification at Level 7 on the National Framework of Qualification (NFQ) major award (i.e. ordinary degree) in a relevant computing discipline plus 3 years' directly relevant, recent ICT experience from your employment to date*
OR
(iv)(D) A qualification at Level 6 on the National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ) major award in a relevant computing discipline and at least 4 years directly relevant, recent ICT experience from your employment to date*.
AND
(v) have a satisfactory knowledge of public service organisation or the ability to acquire such knowledge.
* Relevant ICT hands-on experience should include, but is not limited to: areas such as managing delivery of digital solutions, enterprise architecture, software and applications development projects involving a range of technologies and platforms covering web development, data management, database administration, business analysis/discovery, business intelligence and data analytics, DevOps, enterprise architecture, technical infrastructure service design and delivery, server and client operating systems and architecture stacks, telecommunications and networking infrastructure delivery support, technical support, ICT service management, operations and server support, ICT/ cyber security, mobile device management, virtualisation delivery support, database and application support, cloud computing, etc.
DESIRABLE REQUIREMENTS
Kilkenny County Council can for any position they advertise, include Desirable Requirements. Desirable Requirements are those that would be beneficial to optimising job performance. Desirable Requirements can be used to reduce numbers called for interview.
a) Possess a third level qualification of at least Degree level in GIS, Geography, Computer Science, Environmental Science, Engineering or equivalent that has GIS as a significant module within it.
b) Good working knowledge of GIS technologies particularly ArcGIS Server, ArcGIS Portal, ArcGIS Online, MapInfo, ArcPro, FME and FME server.
c) Good working knowledge of GIS principles and concepts e.g. grids, projections, transformations, accuracy etc.