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key Performance Areas

• Implement stakeholder strategies, frameworks, policies, guidelines, and standards
• Facilitate and analyse business requirements and produce user requirement specifications
• Ensure designing of complex relational databases
• Design complex and quality integrated systems and applications
• Ensure training of users
• Ensure testing of integrated applications
• Facilitate Production and implementation of applications
• Ensure provision of user support.
• Supervise staff and management Systems Project.

Prerequisites

• An Honour’s degree (NQF 8) in IT or related field
• Training in Business analysis, data modelling, database design, Systems and data architecture and project management is an added advantage
• At least 5 years’ experience in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) environment
• Extensive knowledge in agile software development methodologies
• Experience in development of process and standards
• Experience in project management
• Knowledge of systems and data architecture, design artefacts, advance database design and data modelling, programming, product testing
• Knowledge of the way in which organisation process work is an added advantage

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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.

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key Performance Areas

• Develop relevant policies, procedures, guidelines, standards and project plans
• Conduct research into new techniques, technology and solutions
• Install and ensure administration and optimisation of database servers, application servers and related components
• Ensure the designing, development, implementation and monitoring, maintenance and performance tune databases
• Establish and maintain appropriate end-user database access control levels
• Interact with stakeholders
• Define and perform database backups, recovery and archiving according to plans
• Supervise staff.

Prerequisites

• An Honour’s degree (NQF 8) in Information Systems/ Computer Science/IT, DBA Certification
• Training in relational database management and optimisation, Application Server Management and optimisation, Project Management, Software/ product specific training
• At least 5 years’ working experience in a database administration or senior technical position
• Working technical experience with designing, building, installing, configuring and supporting database and application servers
• Hands-on database tuning and troubleshooting experience
• Experience with data processing flowcharting techniques
• Project management experience
• Experience with server performance tuning and monitoring tools
• Extensive application support experience
• Strong understanding of database structures, theories, principles and practices
• Strong working knowledge or relational databases
• Working technical knowledge of database scripts
• General knowledge of storage technologies and server security
• Business process and reengineering knowledge
• Understanding of the relationship between processes and policies
• Proven knowledge of systems development life cycle methodologies
• Extensive knowledge of database security
• Knowledge of technology architecture, web infrastructure, IT security, applications and systems software, database design and management, technology trends and development and knowledge of applicable data privacy practices and laws

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key Performance Areas

• Ensure installation and upgrade of Servers, Local Area Network/ Wide Area Network
• Ensure installation and upgrading of software
• Develop or review security related policies and standards, provide inputs on the directorate’s strategy and manage projects
• Conduct research on latest technology and participate in tender processes
• Build capacity of stakeholders
• Manage network related documentation
• Supervise staff.

Prerequisites

• An Honour’s degree (NQF 8) in Information Technology/ A+/ MCSE/ CNE
• Training in IT Project Management
• At least 5 years ‘relevant experience of which 3 years’ experience must be as a Network Administrator
• Experience with advanced trouble-shooting
• Experience with server and network configurations
• Knowledge of technology architecture, web infrastructure, project management, telecommunications, IT security management and technology trends and development
• Basic knowledge of applications and systems software development
• Basic knowledge of database design and management

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key Performance Areas

• Perform quality assurance on user/business requirement
• Plan and design tests
• Implement and execute tests
• Compile quality reports
• Adhere to quality standards and procedures
• Research into new quality techniques, standards, methods and technologies
• Perform automation of tests and develop generic test models

Prerequisites

• A Bachelor’s degree (NQF 7) in Computer Science/ Information Technology/ Statistical or Mathematical Studies
• Training in practical software testing, Training in development software such as Visual Basic 6.0, .Net, ASP, ASP.Net, Java Scripting, HTML., C#, CSS, Crystal Reports, Transact SQL, SAS is an added advantage
• Training in database/s required e.g. SQL Server, Sybase, Oracle etc.
• Training in project management
• At least 3 to 4 years’ experience in client/server/web system development/ or testing experience
• Experience in System development life cycle methodology
• Detailed understanding of development languages used
• Experience in development of processes and standards
• Report writing and Project management experience would be an added advantage
• Stats SA core business and survey experience would be an added advantage
• Knowledge of trends and developments in computer systems programming techniques and practices, system analysis, database design and data modelling, programming, database querying and data quality