BPO & IT Talent Solutions | IT Outsourcing & Staff Augmentation Kenya

BPO & IT Talent Solutions

The Right Technology Expertise. When Your Business Needs It.

Access specialist technology talent and flexible delivery capabilities without having to build every capability entirely in-house. Fabtech helps organisations augment existing teams, assemble specialist delivery teams and explore outsourced technology services aligned with their business objectives.

Build your team · Extend your capability · Accelerate delivery

01 WHAT WE OFFER

Build Your Team. Extend Your Capability. Accelerate Delivery.

Fabtech helps organisations access skilled technology professionals, build dedicated delivery teams and outsource selected technology and business processes. From software engineering and cloud infrastructure to data analytics, business intelligence and artificial intelligence, we help businesses obtain the expertise they need to deliver critical initiatives.

02 WHY OUTSOURCED TECHNOLOGY TALENT

Why Organisations Use Outsourced Technology Talent

Technology priorities rarely wait for a full recruitment cycle. Many organisations need specialist skills for a migration, a platform build or a reporting overhaul — but not necessarily as a permanent, in-house capability. Fabtech’s offering is designed around these common challenges:

  • 01Difficulty finding specialised technical skills
  • 02Delays caused by lengthy hiring processes
  • 03Temporary increases in project workloads
  • 04Skills gaps within existing IT departments
  • 05Specialist implementation or migration expertise
  • 06Pressure to accelerate software development
  • 07Modernising infrastructure and cloud environments
  • 08Improving analytics and reporting capabilities
  • 09Supporting digital transformation initiatives
  • 10Scaling teams in line with project priorities
Technology professional reviewing business intelligence dashboards and analytics reports on a desktop workstation

The potential benefits

Depending on the engagement and your operating environment, outsourced technology talent can help you:

  • Access specialist expertise you do not have in-house
  • Resource flexibly against changing priorities
  • Reduce the internal recruitment burden
  • Mobilise teams faster, where availability allows
  • Maintain continuity of delivery
  • Scale capacity up or down according to requirements
03 ENGAGEMENT MODELS

Choose the Level of Delivery Responsibility That Fits

The right model depends on your needs, your operating arrangements and how much delivery responsibility you want to retain. Each model is distinct — and each is structured through its own agreement.

Engagement modelWhat it meansOften suited toWho typically directs the work
Individual Specialist PlacementStaff augmentationA specialist joins your team to support defined responsibilities and delivery priorities.Closing a specific skills gap or adding capacity to an existing team.Usually your team, within the agreed role scope.
Dedicated Technology TeamTeam-based deliveryA group of professionals assembled around your product, platform, implementation or project.Sustained product development, platform builds and larger implementations.Shared, according to the governance model agreed between you and Fabtech.
Project-Based EngagementDefined deliverablesTechnical expertise assigned to a defined project, deliverable or implementation.Well-scoped builds, migrations, integrations and implementations.Fabtech manages delivery against the agreed scope, with your oversight.
Managed Technology ServicesOngoing servicesFabtech takes responsibility for an agreed scope of ongoing technical services, subject to the service agreement.Ongoing administration, support and operational technology services.Fabtech, against the service levels set out in the agreement.
Business Process OutsourcingProcess responsibilityAn agreed business or technology-enabled process is handled by Fabtech under defined service levels, governance and reporting arrangements.Repeatable, well-defined processes with measurable outcomes.Fabtech runs the process; you set requirements and review performance.
Contract-Based EngagementsFlexible termsFlexible contractual arrangements subject to the agreed scope, duration, commercial terms and applicable employment and tax requirements.Fixed-term, renewable or short specialist assignments.As defined in the contract.
The models above are not interchangeable. Each carries different contractual, employment, tax and regulatory considerations, and responsibilities such as supervision, equipment, system access, confidentiality and intellectual property are set out in the agreement for each engagement. We will recommend a structure only after understanding your requirements.
04 SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT & ENGINEERING ROLES

Software Engineering Talent for Every Stage of Delivery

From the first line of code to production reliability, request software developers, frontend and backend developers, full-stack and mobile app developers, DevOps engineers, site reliability engineers and software QA engineers — individually or as a dedicated software development team.

Software Developer / Software Engineer

Professionals who design, develop, maintain and improve software applications and enterprise systems.

Typical capabilities
  • Application development
  • Software architecture implementation
  • API development
  • Database integration
  • Debugging & maintenance
  • Code reviews
  • Performance optimisation
  • Documentation
  • Testing & release support

Frontend Developer

Professionals who build user-facing web interfaces and digital experiences.

Typical capabilities
  • Responsive web applications
  • Modern JavaScript frameworks
  • UI implementation
  • Accessibility
  • API integration
  • Frontend performance
  • Cross-browser compatibility
  • Component-based development

Backend Developer

Professionals who build the server-side systems that power applications.

Typical capabilities
  • Application logic
  • APIs & services
  • Database integration
  • Authentication & authorisation
  • Business rules
  • Integration services
  • Performance & scalability
  • Server-side security

Full Stack Developer

Professionals who work across both frontend and backend components of an application.

Typical capabilities
  • End-to-end web application development
  • User interfaces
  • Backend services
  • Databases
  • APIs
  • Application deployment
  • Integration & testing

Mobile Developer

Professionals who build and maintain mobile applications for Android, iOS and cross-platform environments.

Typical capabilities
  • Android development
  • iOS development
  • Cross-platform applications
  • Mobile API integration
  • Push notifications
  • Mobile security
  • Offline functionality where required
  • App testing & deployment

DevOps Engineer

Professionals who improve software delivery, deployment automation and infrastructure operations.

Typical capabilities
  • CI/CD pipelines
  • Infrastructure automation
  • Containerisation
  • Deployment automation
  • Cloud environments
  • Monitoring
  • Release management
  • Infrastructure as code

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Professionals who improve the reliability, availability and operational performance of digital services.

Typical capabilities
  • Observability
  • Monitoring & alerting
  • Incident response
  • Reliability engineering
  • Performance optimisation
  • Capacity planning
  • Automation
  • Service-level objectives

Software Quality Assurance / Test Engineer

Professionals who help ensure software meets functional, performance and quality requirements.

Typical capabilities
  • Manual testing
  • Automated testing
  • API testing
  • Regression testing
  • Integration testing
  • Performance testing
  • Test planning
  • Defect tracking
  • QA processes
05 INFRASTRUCTURE, CLOUD & SYSTEMS ROLES

Infrastructure, Cloud & Cybersecurity Professionals

Strengthen the platforms your business runs on with cloud engineers and cloud architects, systems administrators, network engineers, database administrators and cybersecurity analysts.

Cloud Engineer / Cloud Architect

Design, migrate, secure and optimise cloud and hybrid-cloud environments.

Typical capabilities
  • Cloud infrastructure design
  • Cloud migration
  • Resource configuration
  • Cloud security
  • Availability & resilience
  • Cost optimisation
  • Hybrid-cloud architecture
  • Cloud governance

Systems Administrator

Keep servers, operating systems and user environments secure, patched and available.

Typical capabilities
  • Server administration
  • Operating system management
  • User & access administration
  • Patching
  • Backup monitoring
  • Troubleshooting
  • System availability
  • Operational documentation

Network Administrator / Network Engineer

Design, run and secure the wired, wireless and wide-area networks that connect your organisation.

Typical capabilities
  • Network design & administration
  • Routing & switching
  • Wireless networking
  • Firewalls & connectivity
  • Network monitoring
  • Troubleshooting
  • Network security
  • Infrastructure documentation

Database Administrator (DBA)

Keep business-critical databases performant, protected, recoverable and ready to grow.

Typical capabilities
  • Installation & configuration
  • Performance tuning
  • Backup & recovery
  • Database security
  • Availability & replication
  • Monitoring
  • Capacity planning
  • Database migration

Information Security / Cybersecurity Analyst

Support your security programme with monitoring, assessment and incident analysis. A security professional strengthens your capability; on its own, it does not guarantee security or regulatory compliance, which depend on your wider controls, policies and governance.

Typical capabilities
  • Security monitoring
  • Vulnerability assessment
  • Incident analysis
  • Access control
  • Security reporting
  • Risk assessment
  • Security policy support
  • Security awareness
  • Incident response support
06 DATA, ANALYTICS & ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ROLES

From Reporting to Machine Learning: Data & AI Talent

Turn data into decisions with business analysts, data analysts, Power BI developers, data engineers, big data engineers, data architects, data scientists, machine learning engineers and AI research scientists. The exact skill set, experience level and technology stack are matched to your requirements.

Analysis & BI

Insight & Reporting

Business Analyst

Translates business needs into clear, testable requirements.

  • Requirements gathering
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Process mapping
  • Functional specifications
  • Business process analysis
  • User stories
  • Acceptance criteria
  • Solution validation

Data Analyst

Prepares and analyses data to surface trends and measurable insight.

  • Data preparation
  • Data cleaning
  • Exploratory analysis
  • SQL-based analysis
  • Reporting
  • Trend identification
  • KPI monitoring
  • Business insight

Business Intelligence Developer

Builds Power BI models, dashboards and reporting that leaders rely on — closely aligned with Fabtech’s enterprise reporting and ERP analytics work.

  • Power BI
  • Data modelling
  • Semantic models
  • Dashboard development
  • DAX & reporting logic
  • Data visualisation
  • KPI reporting
  • BI platform optimisation
Engineering & Architecture

Data Platforms

Data Engineer

Builds reliable pipelines that move and prepare data for analytics.

  • Data pipelines
  • ETL/ELT
  • Data integration
  • Data quality
  • Data warehouse development
  • Data orchestration
  • Pipeline monitoring
  • Platform optimisation

Big Data Engineer

Engineers large-scale, distributed data processing.

  • Distributed data processing
  • Large-scale pipelines
  • Data ingestion
  • Batch & streaming processing
  • Platform optimisation
  • Distributed processing frameworks

Data Architect

Designs the data landscape, standards and models the organisation builds on.

  • Data architecture
  • Data modelling
  • Data platform design
  • Integration architecture
  • Data governance
  • Data quality standards
  • Warehouse & lakehouse architecture
  • Platform scalability
Machine Learning & AI

Intelligence

Machine Learning Engineer

Takes models from experiment to dependable production systems.

  • Model development & deployment
  • ML pipelines
  • Feature engineering
  • Model monitoring
  • Model serving
  • MLOps
  • Model evaluation
  • Production integration

Data Scientist

Applies statistics and machine learning to forecast and explain outcomes.

  • Statistical analysis
  • Predictive modelling
  • Experimentation
  • Forecasting
  • Machine learning
  • Pattern identification
  • Business insight
  • Model evaluation

AI / Research Scientist

Explores and prototypes applied AI, including natural-language and generative AI.

  • AI research
  • Model evaluation
  • Applied machine learning
  • Natural-language processing
  • Generative AI research
  • Experimentation
  • Algorithm development
  • AI prototyping
07 HOW ENGAGEMENT WORKS

A Clear, Six-Step Engagement Process

Every request follows the same disciplined path, from understanding your objective to reviewing delivery. Timelines depend on the role, seniority and actual availability, and are confirmed case by case.

01

Understand

We discuss the business objective, skills required, technical environment, seniority and engagement model.

02

Define

We establish the role profile, scope, deliverables, responsibilities and commercial expectations.

03

Match

We identify suitable candidates or team profiles based on the agreed requirements and actual availability.

04

Evaluate

You review profiles and conduct technical interviews or assessments as appropriate.

05

Mobilise

We agree the contractual arrangements, onboarding, access requirements and mobilisation plan.

06

Deliver & Review

Progress, performance, communication and ongoing requirements are managed according to the engagement model.

08 TECHNOLOGY EXPERTISE

Technology Areas We Support

Talent requests are matched to your technology environment. These are the areas in which Fabtech delivers and can source specialist expertise; specific tools and versions are confirmed against each requirement.

Web & enterprise application development
Mobile application development
APIs & systems integration
Microsoft technologies
Microsoft Power BI & business intelligence
Cloud platforms
Databases & data engineering
DevOps & automation
ERP & enterprise applications
AI & machine learning
Cybersecurity & infrastructure
Testing & quality assurance
09 INDUSTRIES

Sectors We Can Serve

Talent and outsourcing support can be provided across a wide range of sectors, based on the expertise each requirement calls for.

Banking & Financial Services

SACCOs & Microfinance

Insurance

Government & Public Sector

Manufacturing

Retail & Distribution

Agriculture

Healthcare

NGOs & Development

Education

Professional Services

Telecommunications & Technology

Other Enterprises

10 WHY FABTECH

An Enterprise Technology Partner — Not a Recruitment Agency

Fabtech delivers enterprise technology. That gives us a working understanding of the systems, platforms and delivery realities behind each role we help you fill — and the ability to discuss individual specialists, whole teams or project-based needs in the same conversation.

  • Software engineering & enterprise application development
  • ERP & systems integration
  • Data & business intelligence
  • AI & intelligent platforms
  • Cloud, infrastructure, networking & cybersecurity
  • A practical understanding of enterprise systems
11 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

BPO & IT Talent: Your Questions Answered

What is IT staff augmentation?

IT staff augmentation means adding external technology professionals to your existing team for defined responsibilities and an agreed period. The professionals work within your delivery processes and priorities, while Fabtech helps identify suitable people and manages the arrangements agreed in the contract.

What is business process outsourcing?

Business process outsourcing (BPO) means handing responsibility for an agreed business or technology-enabled process to an external provider, which runs it under a defined scope, service levels, governance and reporting arrangements.

What is the difference between BPO and IT staff augmentation?

With staff augmentation, professionals supplement your team and you generally direct their day-to-day work and own the outcome. With BPO, the provider takes responsibility for an agreed process or service outcome. The exact division of responsibilities is always set out in the contract.

Can we hire individual IT specialists through Fabtech?

Yes. You can request individual specialists across software engineering, infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, data and AI. Availability depends on the role, seniority, skills and timing, and we confirm what is feasible once we understand your requirement.

Can Fabtech assemble a dedicated software development team?

Yes, we can discuss assembling a dedicated team around your product, platform or implementation — for example developers, QA engineers, DevOps engineers and business analysts. Team composition, leadership and governance are agreed upfront.

Can we request Power BI developers and data engineers?

Yes. Power BI and business intelligence developers, data analysts and data engineers are part of our data and analytics talent area, which is closely aligned with Fabtech’s enterprise reporting work. Specific tools are matched to your data environment.

Can we request cloud engineers or cybersecurity analysts?

Yes. Cloud engineers and architects, systems and network administrators, database administrators and cybersecurity analysts can all be requested. Please note that a security professional supports your security programme but does not, on their own, guarantee security or regulatory compliance.

Can we engage professionals on fixed-term or renewable contracts?

Fixed-term and renewable arrangements can be discussed. Duration, renewal and notice terms are agreed in the contract, subject to commercial terms and applicable employment and tax requirements.

Who manages the day-to-day work of augmented staff?

It depends on the engagement model. In staff augmentation, your team typically directs day-to-day work. In project-based engagements, managed services and BPO, Fabtech typically manages delivery against the agreed scope. Supervision, leave, equipment, system access and reporting lines are defined in the agreement.

Can Fabtech support project-based engagements?

Yes. Technical expertise can be assigned to a defined project, deliverable or implementation, with scope, milestones and acceptance criteria agreed before work begins.

How are technical candidates evaluated?

Candidates are reviewed against the agreed role profile, including skills, experience and seniority. You then review profiles and can conduct your own technical interviews or assessments before any engagement is confirmed.

Can we scale the team as requirements change?

Team size can be reviewed as your requirements change. Adding people depends on availability for the skills required; reducing capacity follows the notice terms in your agreement.

Can Fabtech support remote or hybrid engagements?

On-site, hybrid and remote arrangements can be discussed. The right arrangement depends on the role, your security and system-access requirements, location and the terms of the contract.

What information is needed to request a specialist?

Helpful details include the role or roles, number of professionals, seniority, required skills or technology stack, expected start date and duration, working arrangement and a short description of the work. Partial information is fine — we can refine the profile together.

How do we start an outsourcing discussion?

Complete the request form below or contact our team. We will arrange a conversation to understand your objective, the process or roles involved, and the governance and engagement model that best fits.

12 REQUEST IT TALENT

Tell Us What You Need

Share as much or as little as you know today — a single role, a full team or a process you are considering outsourcing. A member of the Fabtech team will follow up to understand your requirements.

What happens next

We review your request, then arrange a discussion to define the role profile, scope and most suitable engagement model.

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