Manager – Integration - BSTD at South African Reserve Bank

Brief description

The main purpose of this position is to provide leadership within the Enterprise Integration (EI) Centre of Excellence (CoE) by planning and delivering well-structured, tested and maintainable systems based on a good understanding of enterprise application integration (EAI) and through the effective use of integration specialists, developers and support staff in alignment with departmental goals and organisational strategic focus areas (SFAs).

Detailed description

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

• Provide leadership with regard to EI of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) and provide input into the development of policies, processes and standards. 
• Manage the delivery of work objectives, which include:
• managing requests for EI development and prioritising work based on business needs and available resources;
• defining and operationalising quality assurance and unit testing procedures to ensure high-quality solutions;
• leading and overseeing ongoing maintenance and supporting for the EI platform;
• monitoring business use and performance of the EI platforms and other integration components, and providing feedback to business support areas, database administrators and infrastructure engineers;
• providing leadership in an effort to ensure consistency and integrity within the EI environments;
• managing EI improvement and growth initiatives, estimating EI work efforts and durations, and overseeing design, construction, testing and the implementation of EI programmes, processes and cycles for large and complex projects, which include translating business needs into EI solutions;
• representing EI on technology standards and architectural design committees;
• interacting with vendors on the selection, implementation, configuration and maintenance of EI-related software and recommending and implementing programmes to address cost reduction and/or improve productivity; and
• managing the design and implementation of redundant systems within the EI environments, including policies and procedures for disaster recovery to ensure the effective availability, protection and integrity of EI assets.
• Work in accordance with information technology (IT) governance standards and processes, including the SARB’s policies, procedures and other legislative requirements.
• Manage the performance and development of the EI CoE team members and ensure training and mentoring of technical staff as necessary based on best practices, where appropriate.  

QUALIFICATIONS

Job requirements

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

• a Bachelor’s degree (NQF 7) in Information and Communications Technology (ICT), Engineering or an equivalent qualification; and 
• eight to 10 years’ experience in a large-scale EI environment or equivalent ICT environment, with at least three years’ experience in a management or supervisory role.   

Additional requirements include:

• industry, organisational and business awareness;
• verbal and written communications skills;
• knowledge and skill in:
• verbal and written communications; 
• problem-solving and analytical; 
• automated testing tools;
• contract negotiation and execution;
• managing the implementation of new technologies;
• manage ongoing relationships; and
• managing change.