Application Support Developer at Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

About the job: 

• The CSIR has a vacancy for an Application Support Developer in the ICT Services Portfolio, who will develop and test applications. The incumbent will support, modify and/or update existing applications by using development skills, following development practices as prescribed by the best practices and the ICT Services development methodologies, standards, procedures and guidelines. The position is based in Pretoria.
• This position reports to Lead: ERP Application Maintenance and Development

Key responsibilities:

• Software Development: Designs, codes, verifies, tests, documents, amends and refactors moderately complex programs/scripts. Applies agreed standards and tools to achieve a well-engineered result. Collaborates in reviews of work with others as appropriate.
• Testing: Defines test conditions for given requirements. Designs test cases and create test scripts and supporting data, working to the specifications provided. Interprets, executes and records test cases in accordance with project test plans. Analyses and reports test activities and results. Identifies and reports issues and risks.
• Systems Integration and Build: Produces software builds from software source code. Conduct tests as defined in an integration test specification record the details of any failures. Analyses and reports on integration test activities and results. Identifies and reports issues and risks.
• Systems Installation/Decommissioning: Installs or removes hardware and/or software, and associated connections, using supplied installation instructions and tools. Conduct tests and corrects malfunctions. Documents results in accordance with agreed procedures. Assists with the evaluation of change requests. Contributes, as required, to investigations of problems and faults concerning the installation of hardware and/or software and confirms the correct working of installations.
• Service Level Management: Monitors service delivery performance metrics and liaises with managers and customers to ensure that service level agreements are not breached.
• Change Management: Develops, documents, and implements changes based on requests for change. Applies change control procedures.
• Incident Management: Following agreed procedures, identifies, registers, and categorises incidents. Gathers information to enable incident resolution and promptly allocates incidents as appropriate. Maintains records and advises relevant persons of actions taken

Qualifications, skills and experience:

• A National Diploma (NQF Level 6) or Bachelors Degree (NQF Level 7) in Computer science/engineering, Information technology with three years of relevant experience and a proven track record in using PHP, Java, MySQL, MS SQL, or PL/SQL
• Working knowledge in a wide variety of programming languages, for example, in PHP / SQL / Java / Python / C++ / C# / JavaScript / HTML / HTML5 / XML, etc. 
• Knowledge of various application development methodologies and frameworks
• Ability to set-up and administer a Linux server
• Working knowledge of testing methodologies, tools, concepts, and standards
• Understanding of common application failures and faults
• Understanding of automated test tools
• Knowledge of quality standards and procedures
• Understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Good time-management skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with minimal supervision
• Ability to communicate technical issues to non-technical individuals
• All international qualifications require an evaluation report / certificate issued by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA). 

Closing date: 03 March 2026