Software Engineer: Web and Mobile Applications at Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

The CSIR has a vacancy for a Software Engineer: Web and Mobile Applications in the Command, Control and Information Warfare impact area within the Defence and Security cluster. The incumbent will be involved in concept development, directed research, software solution and architecture design, software implementation and software maintenance to address the need for software solutions in the military as well as non-military domains. This position is based in Pretoria and may require occasional travel.

For more information about the impact area and cluster, please visit www.csir.co.za/command-control-and-information-warfare and https://www.csir.co.za/defence-and-security respectively.

Key Responsibilities

• Participate in architecture design and implementation of new systems and maintenance and extension of existing systems;
• Participate in complex, technical projects using cutting edge technology and innovative designs;
• Lead software component developments in various stages of the full software development life cycle;
• Pro-actively ensure project success from a software development point of view;
• Work with internal and external clients as well as subject matter experts in various disciplines to solve problems;
• Pro-actively research technologies to improve team and systems innovation, processes and productivity;
• Documentation of solutions through technical documentation, code comments and clear code;
• Mentor and coach interns and students.

Qualifications, Skills And Experience

• A Bachelor of Engineering degree in computer engineering or an Honours degree in computer science, or equivalent qualification, with at least one year experience as a software engineer;
• A Master’s degree in computer engineering or computer science would be advantageous;
• Experience of technical designs and implementations in the following is a minimum requirement:
  • Web, mobile (Android) software design and development;
  • Strong working knowledge of object oriented design and implementation using popular methodologies and tools such as Unified Modelling Language (UML);
  • Entity Framework experience ;
  • ASP.NET Web API and RESTful applications;
  • Requirements definition, software design, development, testing, and integration;
• Working knowledge of:
  • ASP.NET MVC 4 / 5 and later;
  • MS SQL Server 2012 and later;
  • JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, JQuery, JSON, node.js;
  • Android Java
  • C#
  • Linq
• Excellent verbal and written communication;
• Ability to work well under pressure and meet deadlines;
• Must be a problem-solver, enthusiastic, self-motivated and a definite self-starter;
• Must have the ability to work as part of teams as well as independently.