Senior Advisor Intermediate IT Development at Eskom Communications

Apply by: 29 October 2026

Job description
Behavioural

• Integrity
• Honesty
• Trustworthiness
• Professionalism
• Attention to detail and commitment to data quality
• Ability to collaborate with business, data, and technology stakeholders
• Leadership
• Live the Eskom vision and values
• Grow people
• Ignite passion
• Promote teamwork
• Encourage the right behaviour
• Promote open and transparent communication
• Promote responsible, consistent, and governed use of enterprise data
• Encourage knowledge sharing and common understanding of business data

Knowledge

• Understanding of an IT environment
• Expert understanding of IT procedures and guidelines
• Knowledge of ISO 9001
• Knowledge of Data Bases, Operating Systems and software applications
• Certified Software Developer
• Knowledge of data analytics concepts, reporting solutions, and analytical data requirements
• Knowledge of data management principles, including business, technical, and operational data management.
• Understanding of business glossaries, data dictionaries, data catalogues, and metadata repositories
• Understanding of data lineage, data classification, data ownership, and data stewardship
• Knowledge of data quality principles, controls, standards, and issue management
• Understanding of data governance policies, standards, and supporting processes

Skill

• Strong communication skills (verbal and written)
• Good problem solving and analytical skills
• Business acumen
• Project Management
• System Configuration
• Ability to analyse data requirements and translate them into technical and analytical solutions
• Ability to capture, organise, maintain, and communicate metadata
• Ability to define and maintain business terms, data definitions, and data relationships
• Ability to support metadata discovery, lineage analysis, and data-quality assessment
• Ability to communicate data insights clearly to business and technical stakeholders
• Ability to work with data owners, data stewards, analysts, developers, and subject-matter experts

Key Responsibilities

• Respond promptly and professionally to bug reports
• Build efficient and reusable services.
• Perform systems design and analysis
• Perform unit testing of modules
• Advise and coach Junior Developers