Each candidate must, on the latest date for receipt of completed application forms:
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
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
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
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
e)
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.