(1695) Lead – Enterprise Integration Specialist - BSTD at South African Reserve Bank

Detailed description

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following key performance areas:

• Define integration development and design standards and processes to ensure uniformity in the delivery of integration artefacts.
• Design future integration frameworks and develop integration capabilities to ensure the delivery of technological roadmaps by the Enterprise Integration Centre of Excellence (CoE).
• Drive the implementation of integration frameworks and capabilities.
• Ensure that integration planning and practices are aligned with strategic business goals and the Business Solutions and Technology Department’s (BSTD) overall strategic vision.
• Collaborate with application subject matter experts (SMEs) and architects in the development of the CoE’s approach and methodologies.
• Keep abreast of technological advancements in integration through research, make recommendations and ensure the implementation thereof where appropriate.
• Lead the proof of concept (PoC) process and execution of the implementation of associated technologies.
• Provide on-the-job training, mentoring and coaching in respect of innovative ways of working to the CoE.
• Establish and manage internal and external stakeholder relationships to ensure common understanding of integration technology implementation.
• Report on the delivery and performance of integration initiatives and possible future drivers.
• Keep abreast of information and communications technology (ICT) trends and provide advice on best practices and automation techniques.
• Fulfil the line management function pertaining to the development and performance of the delivery team.
• Mentor and coach integration developers.

Job requirements

To be considered for this position, candidates must be in possession of:

• an Honour’s degree (NQF 8) in Information Technology, Engineering or an equivalent qualification; 
• 8−10 years’ experience in analysis, integration design, integration development and/or administration of integration technologies such as ACE, MQ, DataPower, API Connect, Aspera, CP4I, Transformation Extender and Oracle Fusion (SOA);
• extensive experience in technical architecture, design, analysis, re-engineering and the development of integration flows (including error and audit) between a variety of applications;
• proficiency in Red Hat Linux and Unix AIX 7.2, SOAPUI and Postman;
• proficiency in Atlassian Bitbucket, Atlassian Bamboo, Jira and Confluence runtime tools;
• skills in integration protocol such as RESTful API, Webservice, MQ and File (MQMFT, FTPS);
• proficiency in the following data types: Transformation (JSON/SWAGGER, XML/XSD/WSDL/XSLT, CSV/Excel, Fixed Length, Binary) and No Transformation (Binary); and
• experience in Java-related technologies (e.g. Struts, JSF, JSP, EJB3, Ajax, etc.).