Martin Mutuku

I am highly motivated person with ability to handle multiple tasks individually as well as a part of bigger team thus ensuring project goals are met on time.

Work experience

January 2020- September 2021, Maryland Global Initiative Corporation (MGIC), Nairobi: IT Systems Specialist

Duties and Responsibilities 

• Develop and routinely update all processes, standard operating procedures and documents for software management for the organization
• Define, document, and implement software security policy, secure coding practices
• Perform web application penetration testing and audits 
• User access in the various research databases, backups and business continuity 
• Analyze, manage and resolve Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN), LAN, hardware and software issues)
• User awareness training 
• Ensure security of information is maintained in storage, transmission or on the cloud 
• Defining access privileges and other security control structures for the research databases/servers 
• Manage and monitor logs
• Project management during software design up to commissioning 
• User management, active directory, user access rights to various databases
• End-point security configuration and monitoring, VPN set up 
• Security policy management, user training on matters related to cyber security
• Ensure Confidentiality, Integrity and Accessibility of Study data bases is maintained   

Jan 2013-Sept 2019: Center for Global Health Research(CGHR - KEMRI), IT Systems Analyst

Duties and Responsibilities 

• Design and manage clinical trial and survey databases and data entry procedures. 
• Management and securing of databases, backups and network access to online resources 
• Monitoring projects’ databases, applications, troubleshooting operational issues 
• Database management, optimization for efficiency, backups and recovery functions 
• Systems log monitoring and analysis
• IT equipment inventory management 
• Supervision of field workers though cluster supervisors to collect clean data 
• Ensuring field supervisors meet protocol compliance in data security
• Provide leadership as team leader of three software developers in problem solution and technical mentorship to new staff in data section   
• Field travels, monitoring and training needs assessment 
• Providing help desk support

January 2011- January 2013, Great Lakes University of Kisumu, IT support Engineer

Duties and Responsibilities 

• Network Administration and support
• ICT support and Help Desk
• Consultancy for University on IT resources 
• Administering and managing the LAN/WLAN 
• Maintaining software licenses
• Supervising IT interns and Training new IT Support staff 
• Identifying and escalating situations requiring urgent attention 
• Working closely with software supplier and service providers to solve operational issues 

Education and Training

2012-2015: Masters Information Systems Security and Audit

 University: Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology 

Thesis: “Compliance to ICT security policies by universities, a case study for universities in western Kenya” 

2005-2009: Bachelors Computer Science and Technology, Maseno University (2nd Class Honors)