Principal Systems Developer: Business Modernisation at Statistics South Africa

key Performance Areas

• Participate in gathering and analysis of user requirements
• Develop, maintain and run complex procedures on databases from external sources
• Develop, maintain and run complex extract procedures on databases and existing applications to provide to users
• Participate in design of complex high quality applications and relational database
• Develop applications and components
• Test complex applications
• Develop complex user manuals and train users
• Review and quality control developed applications
• Provide user support and technical consulting support on projects
• Supervise staff.

Prerequisites

• An Honour’s degree (NQF 8) in any IT related field
• Training in Programming a SQL Server Database, Transact SQL, Database Design
• 5 years' relevant working experience with web development technologies such as (HTML5/ XHTML, C#, PHP, ASP.Net, MVC, CSS3/ Bootstrap, JavaScript/jQuery and Angular/ AngularJS)and/or mobile development technologies such as (Xamarin Forms/MAUI, Android Studio and Kotlin)
• Working experience in relational databases such as MySQL, MSSQL or Oracle and a good working knowledge of SQL
• Experience in Systems Development Life Cycle methodology and agile methodologies
• Experience in development of processes and standards
• Knowledge of Software Architecture & Design, APIs & Integration and Application Security, database advanced programming, advanced database querying and Transact SQL
• Understanding of development language/s used.