Information Technology Analyst Developer at Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

About the job: 

The CSIR has a vacancy for an Analyst Developer in the Smart Places Cluster. The successful incumbent will assist the Impact area to expand reporting the capability of the current information management system, specify the tools and applications design requirements based on the project teams needs and facilitate engagement within the Cluster. This position is based in Pretoria.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead the identification, design, development, and maintenance of in-house and or outsourced systems and application tools through the full software development life cycle (SDLC);
• Lead the development of solution design specifications and user specifications and related data components (such as relational database hierarchies) to address client requirements including verification Acceptance Test Procedures (ATP’s) and Use Cases and overseeing/facilitating the acceptance of the concept demonstrator;
• Design, develop and test software applications for web, mobile (Android, iOS) and desktop (Windows, ARM) environments;
• Document and demonstrate solutions by developing documentation, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts, code comments and clear code;
• Contribute to the identification of risks that arise from technical solution architectures.
• Collaborate with clients as part of formal and informal consultancy engagements and understand client requirements by collecting data and delivering analysis; Manage and facilitate communication between CSIR, clients and their stakeholders;
• Ensure effective and efficient data and communication interfaces between different platforms and applications are in place and functional as and where needed;
• Oversee Data management (including electronic capturing) to ensure that the electronic data collected using tablets and other such devices can be consolidated into a comprehensive database;
• Contribute to the development of proposals to attract funding for the research group;
• Provide mentoring and coaching to junior staff and students;
• Manage medium size projects, and ensure project outputs are delivered on time, on budget and on brief to the expected quality.
• Select and employ standard techniques to get information required by feasibility assessment;
• Facilitate stakeholder input, provide constructive challenges and enable effective prioritization of requirements;
• Analyse and report on test activities, results, issues and risks and include the work of others.

Qualifications, skills and experience:

• A Bachelor’s Degree or National Diploma in computer science or engineering, information technology with at least six years’ of relevant ICT experience together with proven track record in system analysis and application development with large projects;
• A proven track record in planning, scheduling and monitoring work to meet given objectives and processes on time;
• Facilitating collaboration between stakeholders who share common objectives;
• Experience in one of the following: PHP/JAVA/BDMS (MY SQL, MS SQL, Oracle);
• Knowledge or is competent in the provision of ICT database services.