Assistant Information Technology Officer

Legislative Council Secretariat

Hong Kong

On-site

HKD 419,000 - 535,000

Full time

9 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Paid annual leave

Medical and dental benefits

Job summary

The Legislative Council Secretariat invites applications for an Assistant Information Technology Officer in its Information Technology Office. The role focuses on AI/IT security research, project development, and support for AI-powered solutions.

The successful candidate will work on AI/LLMs, NLP, RAG, APIs, and integration, while ensuring high security and compliance standards. A diploma or above with strong English/Chinese is required, with at least five years of relevant experience.

Qualifications

Recognized diploma or above in IT/AI related field.
HKDSE English and Chinese Level 2+ (or equivalent).
At least five years of AI/IT security related work experience.
Proficiency in AI frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch) and programming (Python).
Knowledge of web apps, APIs, cloud tech, security risk assessments.

Responsibilities

Assist team leaders in AI/IT security research, product analysis and evaluation.
Provide technical support for IT systems and AI-powered solutions.
Lead IT security monitoring, system analysis, and project deployment.
Assist in funding proposals, cost-benefit analysis and budgeting.
Support AI chatbot agents, LLMs, NLP, RAG and secure AI development.

Skills

AI engineering

IT security

programming

data science

cloud technologies

prompt engineering

NLP

multimodal LLMs

API design

communication skills

Education

Diploma or above in electronics/CS/IT/AI engineering

Level 2 or above in HKDSE English/Chinese

5+ years relevant AI/IT security experience

Tools

DeepSeek / Alibaba Qwen / iFLYTEK Spark / Kimi / Azure OpenAI

TensorFlow / PyTorch

API design & system integration

Job description

The Legislative Council Secretariat ("the Secretariat") is looking for high calibre individuals for appointment as Assistant Information Technology Officer in its Information Technology Office of the Administration Division. Under the supervision of The Legislative Council Commission, the Secretariat’s mission is to render efficient and professional services, research and administrative support for the Legislative Council ("LegCo"), enhance community understanding of the activities of LegCo and provide an effective avenue for redressing grievances of members of the public.

The main duties of an Assistant Information Technology Officer include assisting the team leaders in the following areas of work:

(a) conducting artificial intelligence ("AI") and/or information technology ("IT") security technical research, product analysis and evaluation, project development and implementation;

(b) managing daily operations and providing technical support for various IT systems, IT security monitoring, business applications and AI-powered solutions;

(c) implementing AI-related and/or IT security-related projects, including tender preparation, procurement, system analysis, design, programming, implementation, integration, deployment, testing and user training;

(d) assisting in the preparation of funding proposals, cost-benefit analysis and budget control;

(e) providing programming and technical support for AI chatbot agents, large language models ("LLMs"), prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation ("RAG"), virtual assistants, natural language processing ("NLP"), big data analytics and secure AI application development;

(f) participating in the development, deployment and system tuning of multimodal LLMs, multiple AI agent solutions and multi-LLM agent collaboration applications, and assisting in the implementation of security controls for AI models, data pipelines, application programming interfaces ("APIs") and integration interfaces;

(g) monitoring the quality of services and performance of vendors of products and services, including their compliance with IT security and data privacy requirements;

(h) enhancing various business application systems for integration with AI-powered solutions and IT security controls;

(i) assisting in IT security operations and incident response activities, including vulnerability scanning, patch management, security log and access right review, endpoint/server/network security monitoring, security baseline compliance checking, backup and recovery verification, incident investigation, evidence collection, reporting, coordination with internal users, vendors and relevant parties, and tracking the implementation of remediation actions; and

(j) taking part in any other IT/electronic system project implementation, support, maintenance and IT security duties as required.

Entry requirements

Applicants should have:

(a) a recognized Diploma or above, preferably with an Associate Degree, in electronic engineering, computer science, IT, AI engineering, computer engineering, data science, IT security, or equivalent;

(b) obtained (i) Level 2 or above in Chinese Language and English Language in the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination, or equivalent; or (ii) Level 2/Grade E or above in Chinese Language and English Language ("Syllabus B" before 2007) in the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination, or equivalent;

(c) at least five years’ relevant work experience in planning, designing, programming, implementing, installing, integrating, testing, maintaining, operating, and providing technical support for AI-related and/or IT security monitoring and operating systems;

(d) proficiency in, knowledge of and/or work experience in some of the following areas and technologies:

(i) prompt engineering, RAG techniques, NLP, machine learning and deep learning algorithms, multiple AI agents and multi-LLM technologies, API design and system integration;

(ii) different LLM setups, configurations and system tuning such as DeepSeek, Alibaba Qwen, iFLYTEK Spark, Kimi, Microsoft Azure OpenAI/GPT, Gemini, Grok, LLaMA, etc.;

(iii) mainstream AI frameworks (e.g. TensorFlow, PyTorch) and programming languages (e.g. Python);

(iv) IT security management and operations, standards and assessment frameworks, security auditing and risk management methodologies;

(v) common web applications, APIs, cloud technologies, IT/AI security risk assessments and/or penetration testing; and

(vi) IT security standards, frameworks and best practices, such as the Digital Policy Office’s IT Security Policy and Guidelines (e.g. G3, S17, ISPG-SM02 and ISPG-SM04), GB/T 22239-2019, GB/T 22240-2020, GB/T 28448-2019, ISO/IEC 27001, cloud security best practices and secure software development lifecycle principles;

(e) an excellent command of written and spoken Chinese and English;

(f) good communication and interpersonal skills, strong initiative, self-motivation and sense of responsibility; and

(g) the ability to work independently and under pressure to ensure the timely delivery of high quality IT services.

Preference will be given to those who possess the following IT professional certifications:

AI / Cloud / System Development Certifications

Google Professional Machine Learning Engineer
Certified Professional Python Programming Level 2 (PCPP2)

IT Security Certifications

Certified Information Security Professional (CISP)
Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP)
Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
Certified AI Security Professional (CAISP)
Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK)

All applicants should be willing to work beyond normal office hours and on holidays when needed.

The Secretariat may devise further criteria to assist in the shortlisting of applicants.

Remuneration

The starting salary is $37,585 per month, increasing by five annual increments to $47,950, subject to satisfactory conduct and work performance.There is also a monthly cash allowance for the rank of Assistant Information Technology Officer (the current rate is $705 per month). Successful applicants will be appointed on three-year agreement terms subject to renewal upon satisfactory completion of service, at which the appointee will be eligible for an end-of-agreement gratuity. The gratuity, when added to the employer’s contribution to a Mandatory Provident Fund Scheme, is equal to 10% of the total basic salary drawn during the agreement period.Fringe benefits include paid leave as well as medical and dental benefits.

Application

All personal data provided will be treated in strict confidence. Applicants not invited for interview within eight weeks from the closing date may assume their applications unsuccessful.

As an equal opportunities employer, The Legislative Council Commission is committed to ensuring that there is no discrimination in employment with the Secretariat. The post advertised is open to all applicants meeting the basic entry requirements irrespective of their disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy, age, family status, sexual orientation and race.

[Note] Please note that the Secretariat has not authorized any employment agencies or third-party organizations to receive applications on behalf of the Secretariat.