Current Opportunities at IQbusiness

• As a seasoned program manager, you should possess a proven track record of large-scale program management and leadership, ensuring timely, cost-effective, and high-quality completion. You possess the rare ability to thrive - and remain calm - under pressure, making you the ideal candidate for high-stress environments. You’re an excellent communicator and can work well with others, enabling you to build strong relationships and collaborate effectively with your team members. With superior critical thinking capabilities, you can quickly assess complex situations and make informed decisions. You’re comfortable with quickly changing priorities, and your amazing adaptability and flexibility allow you to pivot when needed and still maintain your focus on the task at hand.

Basic Qualifications

• Matric
• Qualification in Project Management
• A degree or Diploma in Business Management, Computer Science, Business Science, or Engineering would be advantageous
• PRINCE2, PMBOK, Agile, Scrum, SAFe, Kanban

Requirements

• 4 to 10 years of solid Project Management experience, preferably managing IT & Business projects.
• 3 or more years of experience managing multiple teams across multiple projects.
• Advanced budget management skills
• Exposure to Agile and alternative delivery methodologies
• Exposure to Business & Process Analysis
• MS Office

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• We are seeking a talented AWS Cloud Data Engineer to join our dynamic team. As a Cloud Data Engineer, you will play a crucial role in creating scalable and secure data solutions for our clients. To be successful in this role, it is necessary to have a deep understanding of how to store, process, and analyze massive amounts of data, as well as expertise in utilizing cloud-based infrastructure
• We strongly believe in and adhere to Agile software development and DevOps best practices and principles, and we are looking for someone who shares our enthusiasm. IQbusiness promotes a strong learning, mentoring, and knowledge-sharing culture. In this role, you will build high-quality, innovative, and fully performing data solutions in compliance with best practices, standards, current technology stack, and technical design.

Basic Qualifications

• Relevant Bachelor’ Degree / Diploma / recognized qualification from an accredited tertiary institution
• At least 2 years of Consulting or client service delivery experience on Amazon AWS (AWS)
• At least 3- 5 years of experience in developing data ingestion, data processing, data engineering, and analytical pipelines for big data, relational databases, NoSQL, and data warehouse solutions
• Experience with public cloud architectures, pros/cons, and migration considerations
• Hands-on experience in AWS and Big Data technologies such as AWS EC2, AWS S3, AWS Lambda, Spark/SparkSQL, and streaming technologies such as Apache Kafka, AWS Kinesis, Apache NiFI, etc.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience in programming languages such as Java, C#, Node.js, Python, PySpark, SQL, Unix shell/Perl scripting, etc.
• Experience working with DevOps tools such as GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins, CodeBuild, CodePipeline, CodeDeploy, etc.

Ideally, have one or more of the following AWS certifications:

• Certified AWS Developer - Associate
• Certified AWS DevOps – Professional
• Certified AWS Data Analytics Specialty

Methodologies and Frameworks:

• Data Integration (ETL and ELT)
• Enterprise Data Warehousing and Enterprise Data Lake
• Data Management 
• Data Visualisation and Presentation

Soft Skills

• Great communication skills
• Strong knowledge of the financial services industry, ideally in a consulting role
• Ability to work in different project methodologies: Waterfall and/or Agile

Closing Date 31 May 2023

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About you and the key skills, we’re looking for.

• You hold a degree in project management, business administration, computer science, business science, or engineering. You have gained 5 years of proven technical experience, specifically in project and task planning and execution within a large-scale, complex, and dynamic environment. You are well versed in data governance and data management portfolios, including experience with implementing and managing data management tools as well as understanding the data product life cycle and agile principles.
• It is advantageous if you know cloud-based and on-premises data solutions and, preferably, AWS experience.

Key responsibilities:

• As a Data Manager, you will be responsible for putting data governance rules into practice and keeping them up to date to guarantee data security, integrity, and quality. You will supervise the gathering, extraction, and fusion of data from multiple sources while guaranteeing correctness and comprehensiveness. Creating plans for assessing and enhancing data quality through validation, standardization, and cleaning will be a crucial component of the work. You will like creating reports and offering insights to stakeholders to aid in their decision-making. This position is suited to you if you take pride in working together, mentoring team members, and providing support where necessary.

 Closing Date 06 June 2023

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• As the successful candidate you will become part of a continuous learning culture, where learning, mentoring and knowledge sharing is cultivated and encouraged.

Qualifications and Experience

• Relevant Bachelors Degree in Statistics, Finance, Business Management or similar recognised qualification from an accredited tertiary institution
• A minimum of 3+ years’ experience in the business intelligence and systems analysis and data environment
• A minimum of 3+ years’ experience compiling functional specifications and translating user requirements
• Proven experience within BI Business Analysis, data design and systems analysis in a data and analytics environment
• Stakeholder engagement for purpose of identifying and specifying business requirements
• Liaising between business and functional stakeholders
• IDEAL:  Business Information Business Analysis experience in an finance/banking environment
• IDEAL:  Previous exposure to a credit environment

Knowledge:

• Relevant business area knowledge
• Data and analytics Business Analysis 
• Data Warehouse Methodologies
• Front End Technologies 
• BI Best Practice
• Data Analysis
• Data Governance
• Financial systems and procedures
• Visualisation
• Data Product Life Cycle
• Banking systems environment
• Banking business model
• Agile development life cycle 
• Best practices for Quality Assurance (QA)
• Microsoft Appliance (APS)

Skills and Competencies:

• Facilitation Skills
• Communications Skills
• Negotiation skills
• Attention to Detail
• Interpersonal & Relationship management Skills
• Analytical Skills
• Presentation Skills
• Deciding and Initiating Action
• Relating and Networking
• Persuading and Influencing
• Presenting and Communicating Information
• Applying Expertise and Technology
• Delivering Results and Meeting Customer Expectations
• Coping with Pressures and Setbacks

Key outputs:

• Gather business data and analytics requirements.
• Translate requirements to Analytics teams.
• Facilitate the implementation of the Data Product Life Cycle and best practices.

Closing Date 31 May 2023

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• We are currently seeking to appoint experienced Business Analysts who are based in Cape Town, Bellville or surrounds.
• Process documentation, BRD’s, User Stories, Data Flows and Wireframes are just a few of the skills and techniques we use across the project environment. We look at solving problems across Technology and Business and choose to enable our clients for their future.

Key Requirements:

• 3 - 5 years' experience (data, process, and business analysis)
• Industry knowledge: Banking, Insurance (short term and long term) and/or Retail
• Business knowledge: Business Domains and Functional Areas such as Finance, HR, SC, IT, CRM, Digital
• Demonstratable interest and competency in technology
• Demonstratable leadership and/or a track record of results achievement
• Ability to work independently towards the following outcomes:
  • analysis activity and effort planning
  • translation of organisational needs or ambitions into feasible business solutions
  • understanding of business' stakeholders needs and concerns
  • clearly defined business, functional and technical change requirements
  • requirements analysis and verification of proposed solution designs
  • solution assessment and evaluation against requirements and overall ambitions
• Technical requirements:
  • client centricity
  • process analysis
  • data analysis
  • digital
• Project management experience:
  • stakeholder management
  • risk and issue management
  • workstream / project integration and dependency management

Education Qualification

• Bachelors Degree in Business Science, Finance or Engineering OR
• Bachelors Degree in Information Systems
• Certification in Business Analysis, in addition to the above, preferred

Skills / Methods:

• Facilitation
• Requirements analysis
• Change management
• Agile methodology
• Waterfall methodology
• Consulting 
  • proactive / self-starter
  • collaborative
  • solution-oriented
  • value / outcome oriented
  • relationship oriented

Closing Date 13 June 2023

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• In this role, you will create value for clients by helping them to engineer and manage the lifecycle of connected, data-driven, intelligent digital products and services that effortlessly iterate and continuously improve while creating synergy when they interact with each other and when they combine with other elements across the Digital Economy. 

As a Lead, you will be responsible for managing and ensuring effective and efficient delivery and integration of the following agency capabilities: 

• Customer and Citizen Insights
• Digital Products, Service Innovation and Design
• Digital Product and Service Ecosystem Design
• Digital Product and Service Prototyping
• Digital Product and Service Engineering
• Digital Product and Service Lifecycle Management 

Skills and Experience: 

This role would be an ideal fit for a T-shaped individual (who has a specialism with depth in a particular domain(s) but who can at the same time operate as a generalist across other domains) 

• Experience in a consulting capacity would be advantageous (either internally within an organization or as an external consultant)
• Experience in a C-suite role or demonstrated ability to engage and shape value at C-suite level
• At least 15 years of relevant professional work experience
• Relevant qualifications (A university degree and/or postgraduate studies would be advantageous)
• A proven track record of leadership and delivery in a similar context 

Personal Attributes: 

• Enabling Thinking (demonstrate a Growth Mindset, an Entrepreneur Mindset, and a Disruptor Mindset)
• Perspective (knowledge on how the Digital Economy impacts on your context, customers, and clients)
• Cultural fit – alignment with the following cultural dynamics:
  • Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging
  • Service and Impact
  • Accountability and Empowerment
  • Connectedness and Cooperation
  • Creativity and Innovation
• Personal mastery in relation to the following softer skills:
  • Self-Awareness
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Authenticity
  • Courage
  • Visioning
  • Critical Thinking
  • Storytelling
  • Design
  • Ethics 

Success in this role means being comfortable working in an environment that promotes: 

• Joint accountability
• Continuous improvement of outcomes
• Self-organization
• Multi-disciplinary teaming
• Agile & lean methods

Closing Date 30 June 2023

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The opportunity

• As a Senior Supply Chain Consultant you will be responsible for sourcing opportunities, developing proposals, delivering projects, developing solutions and capabilities which differentiate IQbusiness in the market and thought leadership amongst our clients and in industry.
• As a Senior consultant your role will focus on being a subject matter expert to drive out transformational initiatives. You will work independently as well as in teams at our clients, supporting them with improving their business performance. You will use your quantitative and qualitative analytical skills to help structure and analyse the problems of the client, and report the findings and results. You will use your years of experience to suggest viable alternatives based on prior experience.
• Drawing on your knowledge, skills and experience, you will start to build valued relationships with external clients and internal peers. 

Duties and Responsibilities:

As a Senior Consultant, you’ll balance internal and external responsibilities, comprising client, business development support, operational and personal development.

• Build, maintain and strengthen relationships to increasingly become a trusted point of contact in Supply Chain and Operations
• Complete deliverables within your remit
• Be an active member of a core project team, providing significant Subject Matter Expertise, often working with others from different parts of IQbusiness
• Contribute to the development of proposals to showcase some of our leading practices
• Maintain a personal development program to continually enhance your technical and consulting skills

Skills and attributes:

• Proven track record of implementing end to end supply chain projects inclusive of transforming Processes, Technology and People
• Minimum of 6+ years’ work experience in a Supply Chain environment (Consulting or business) 
• A degree preferably in the field of Business, Operations management, Supply Chain Management or a technical/engineering discipline or similar studies. 
• An analytical and a structured way of working, you are strong in conceptual thinking and you have a great drive and are enthusiastic. 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and able to engage effectively with peers and senior stakeholders.
• Proactive and energetic, with innovative qualities that enable high quality work to be delivered often in relatively short timeframes.
• Fluent language skills in English

Additional:

• A significant network of clients/contacts within the supply chain environment in Africa
• An open and flexible mindset on working abroad.

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Introduction (Is this for you?)

•  We are looking for DevOps Engineers who can complement the capabilities of our agile solution development teams. With your cloud management and sysadmin skills, you build and maintain environments. You enrich the solution architecture from an operations point of view and support the flow of work by provisioning automated build and deploy pipelines. You are passionate about (newer) technology and methodologies to craft solutions. You openly share your knowledge with your team members to amplify their adoption of best practices. You enjoy problem-solving, based on your unique skills, experience, insights, learning, and experiments.
• You ask “Why”. You design. You tinker. You troubleshoot. You promote. You solve. You amplify. You care. You deliver. You learn. You share.

Responsibilities (The awesome things you will do)

When you join our organisation, we will entrust and rely on you to…

• Design and promote operational practices and procedures, working closely with the Solution Development Lead
• Promote best practices in all facets of the Solution Delivery LifeCycle (Plan, Code, Build, Test, Deploy, Operate, Monitor) with the team and stakeholders
• Architect, provision, monitor and manage various environments (cloud and datacentre)
• Implement and configure health telemetry (along with thresholds) to monitor solution and environment performance and behaviour
• Design, implement and maintain automated build pipelines and automated deployment pipelines
• Manage internal and external stakeholder expectations by providing frequent progress and seeking feedback
• Monitor maturity of the DevOps practices and any blockers that either impedes the flow or the quality of the solution
• Drive DevOps automation and containerization strategies that align with DevOps principles and standards
• Identify and deploy cybersecurity measures by continuously performing vulnerability assessment and risk management
• Conduct incident management and root cause analysis
• Mentor and guide fellow team members

Skills (Your capabilities that we value)

We will expect you to demonstrate…

• Excellent communication ability
  • Notes: Articulate, vocabulary, punctuation, structure, conflict resolution
• Ability to explain the CALMS model to either a business or technical audience
  • Notes: Definition, benefits, examples, implementation, maturity
• Skilled in troubleshooting and root cause analysis
  • Notes: Structured approach, decomposition 
• Skilled in documenting case studies and lessons learned
  • Notes: Problem statement, approach, success criteria, gains, business benefit. 
• A sound understanding of best practices (backlog management, source control management, automated builds, automated testing, automated release management, monitoring)
  • Notes: Problem statement, approach, success criteria, gains, business benefit
• Proficient in a development language (Python, Perl, Java, Javascript, C#, NodeJS, Angular)
• Proficient in language-independent data format files (YAML, JSON, XML)
• Ability to face complex issues by collaborating with different technical and nontechnical stakeholders to drive towards resolution
  • Notes: Problem statement, approach, success criteria, gains, business benefit. 
• Articulating and describing when a work item will be regarded as Done / Complete

 Experience (Awesome things you have done previously)

 This is your journey so far, your story…

• Provision and developed infrastructure using configuration management and containerization technologies (Chef, Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, CloudFormation, Azure Resource Manager)
• Define and promote version control and continuous code integration activities (Git (or any derivative), TFVC, SVN)
• Design, build, maintain and optimize automated build pipeline (TFS, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Bamboo, Jenkins, AWS CodePipeline, AWS CodeBuild, AWS CodeDeploy)
• Experience working on open source platforms (Apache, Tomcat, Nginx, Node.js, etc)
• Knowledge of virtualization environments (VMWare, OpenStack, KVM)
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, PowerShell scripting, Git, Linux, Shell, Azure Resource Management (ARM) templates, AWS ECS
• Experience in performance/stress testing is good to have
• Experience in Agile is a must
• Minimum years’ experience in 80% of above [Junior = 1 | Intermediate = 3 | Senior = 5]

Certification (The formal learnings we prefer)

 This is your journey so far, your story…BSc Computer Science OR MCDP

• Intermediate Level: Azure Associate Level OR AWS Associate Level
• Senior Level: Azure Expert Level OR AWS Professional Level

Closing Date 30 June 2023

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The opportunity

• As a LoB leader you will be responsible for sourcing opportunities, developing proposals, growing and managing the supply chain team, delivering projects, providing world class managed services to our SMME clients, the development of solutions and capabilities which differentiate IQbusiness in the market, thought leadership and the overall P&L for the Supply Chain LoB
• As a  senior consultant your role will be to lead projects within client engagements and be a subject matter expert to drive out transformational initiatives. You will work independently as well as in teams at our clients, supporting them with improving their business performance. You will use your quantitative and qualitative analytical skills to help structure and analyse the problems of the client, and report the findings and results. You will use your years of experience to suggest viable alternatives based on prior experience.
• Drawing on your knowledge, skills and experience, you will start to build valued relationships with external clients and internal peers. 

Your key responsibilities

Our clients place considerable trust in us and our advice, and people who are passionate about going above and beyond to improve our working world, unifies us as a team. This is crucial in enabling us to consistently deliver or exceed on our commitments.

As a Senior Consultant, you’ll balance internal and external responsibilities, comprising client, business development support, operational and personal development.

• Build, maintain and strengthen relationships to increasingly become a trusted point of contact in Supply Chain and Operations
• Lead projects to complete deliverables within your remit
• Be an active member of a core project team, providing significant Subject Matter Expertise, often working with others from different parts of IQbusiness
• Contribute to the development of proposals to showcase some of our leading practices
• Maintain a personal development program to continually enhance your technical and consulting skills

As a LoB lead, you will be responsible for ensuring that the Supply Chain LoB scales quickly providing the right products and solutions to our clients.

• Build a presence in the African market whereby IQbusiness Supply Chain is seen as the imminent provider of Outsource and Logistic Solutions in Africa
• Build and manage a world class team focused on:
  • The development opportunities within a broad client base
  • The Delivery of successful transformational initiatives
  • The building of long lasting relationship with our Client’s,
  • The building of world class capabilities which differentiate IQbusiness in the market
  • Provision of a managed service to SMME organisations by linking up the world class capabilities derived.
• Deliver on the revenue and profit imperative for the Supply Chain LoB

Skills and attributes for success

To qualify for the role you must have

• Proven track record of implementing end to end supply chain projects inclusive of transforming Processes, Technology and People
• Proven track record of managing people and growing high performing teams
• Minimum of 5 years work experience in a Senior Management Position
• Minimum of 10 years work experience in a Supply Chain environment (Consulting or business) 
• A Master's degree preferably in the field of Business, Operations management, Supply Chain Management or a technical/engineering discipline or similar studies. 
• An analytical and a structured way of working, you are  strong in conceptual thinking and you have a great drive and are enthusiastic. 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and able to engage effectively with peers and senior stakeholders.
• Proactive and energetic, with innovative qualities that enable high quality work to be delivered often in relatively short timeframes.
• Fluent language skills in English

Ideally, you’ll also have

• A significant network of clients/contacts within the supply chain environment in Africa
• An open and flexible mindset on working abroad.

Closing Date 31 July 2023

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• We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Microsoft Dynamics Developer with C# experience to join our team. As a Senior Microsoft Dynamics Developer, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining customizations and integrations within Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365) using C# programming language.
• You will be involved in all stages of the software development lifecycle, from gathering requirements, designing solutions, coding, testing, and deployment. You will also be responsible for troubleshooting and resolving technical issues within the D365 platform.

Responsibilities:

• Work closely with business stakeholders to understand their requirements and translate them into technical designs and specifications.
• Design, develop and maintain customizations and integrations within D365 using C# programming language.
• Develop plugins, workflows, custom entities, and forms using D365 platform tools such as PowerApps and Power Automate.
• Perform testing and debugging of code to ensure high quality and functionality.
• Collaborate with other developers and technical teams to ensure system integrations and data flows are efficient and effective.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues within the D365 platform.
• Develop technical documentation and provide training to end-users on D365 functionality.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in developing customizations and integrations within Microsoft Dynamics 365.
• Strong knowledge of C# programming language and .NET framework.
• Experience in developing plugins, workflows, custom entities, and forms within D365.
• Knowledge of web services, REST APIs, and JSON.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot technical issues.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work independently and within a team environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in developing solutions using Azure services such as Logic Apps, Functions, and Service Bus.
• Experience in other Microsoft technologies such as SharePoint, SQL Server, and Azure DevOps.
• Microsoft Dynamics 365 certification(s).

Closing Date 30 June 2023

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Description: 
The ideal candidate will have a diverse background in delivering business value using technology. As a consultant solution architect we require an individual that is able to adapt quickly to new and varied project environments and provide meaningful and valuable contributions at all stages of the project lifecycle; including 

• high level conceptual solution design
• detailed level solution design
• solution requirements verification
• defining solutions options
• collaborative selection of optimal solutions and transitions
• solution implementation and issue resolution 

Requirements

• Architect IT solutions which involve the application and integration of a broad variety of functions processes, products, data, technologies and services from either the enterprise or solution perspective
• Architecture experience within the various architecture domains which consists of Business, Data, Application, Infrastructure and Security Architecture domains
• Architect IT solutions which encompass both functional and non-functional components across multiple elements of the enterprise in every solution designed
• Ability to align business requirements to proposed solution architectures
• Ability to extract, structure and document solution architecture analysis
• Skills in presenting to peers, IT, Governance forums, Business stakeholders and Executives.
• Ability to map the proposed business solution onto a various frameworks including security, legal, compliance, risk management etc.
• Ability to function well under pressure
• An options thinker

Qualifications and Experience 

• Industry recognized Architecture certification such as TOGAF, ZACHMAN
• Cloud solution architect certification in AWS or Microsoft Azure
• At least 2 years' experience in a similar position
• A minimum of 5 years of IT experience
• Experience in Financial Services, Retail and Medical industry sectors would be beneficial
• Strong organizational skills and leadership skills
• Presentation and communication skills with the ability to articulate complex concepts to cross-functional audiences
• Experience in Agile methodology

Competencies

• Ability to develop business models
• Ability to do high level system solution designs
• Ability to extract, structure and document solution analysis
• Presentation skills
• Ability to map the proposed business solution onto a legal framework
• Ability to function well under pressure
• An options thinker
• Facilitate or lead meetings, teams, or work groups to encourage participation, build mutual trust, respect and cooperation among participants
• Ability to consult management and engineering teams with technical advice. In particular regarding:
  • Business analysis;
  • Project management;
  • IT architecture, infrastructure, cloud development;
  • Engineering, software architecture design, DevOps 
• Communication skills which involves:
  • Interpreting and corresponding to the needs of all involved parties, explaining related risks;
  • Keeping in touch with stakeholders;
  • Handling product delivery
  • Closely interacting with development teams, related enterprise/software architects, business analysts, etc
• Deep analytical skills and the ability to see the connections between layers of business operations.
• Addressing the needs of the corporate strategy
• Understanding the specifics of the technology
• Understanding how different parts of the business operation are connected with each other and how business processes achieve their goals

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 To envision, lead and develop fit for purpose, integrated end- to end technical solutions across multiple technologies for the organisation, through inspirational technical leadership and visionary long-term thinking. Provide leadership across multiple initiatives guiding engineering lead practitioners to achieve product / programme alignment.
Role

• Analyse problems and formulate solution based on organisations boundaries,architectures and constraints: Needs to be achievable and operational, must push boundaries when required and continuously push for improvements.
• Design detail solution architecture using new technologies in consultation using the patterns approved by Enterprise Architecture and technology domain SME’s. Design with a holistic, robust and sustainable mindset. Apply a product management mindset (long term thinking).
• Collaborate with the Architecture team to identify the right technologies to be used in  the applications.
• Work with technology domain SME’s to shape, contribute and to integrate a solution across the technology stack, from database and DevOps infrastructure that supports continuous deployment.
• Take proposed solutions through relevant governance forums and obtain acceptance for solutions from relevant specialists (domain or technology).
• Collaborate and communicate and obtain buy-in from key stakeholders.
• Decomposition of the solution and assisting with the scheduling/sequencing work and identification of resourcing needs.
• Flesh out designs and contribute to functional and non-functional requirements.
• Assist software designers with lower level designs.
• Troubleshoot issues relating to technical delivery.
• Keep abreast of the technical landscape on how it fits together.
• Understand constraints and risk and make the necessary trade-offs.
• Influence and negotiate with key stakeholders.
• Craft the end to end solution taking into consideration: people, technology, systems and data.
• Future proof end to end solutions as far as possible within the organisation constraints.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience in development and design (Application, Infrastructure, etc.).
• Bachelor Degree in either Information Systems, Informatics or Computer Science or
• Engineering (or equivalent work experience).
• Information Technology Architect Certification (ITAC) (Open Group).
• Togaf Certification, ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) or equivalent

Experience

• Solid practical software engineering, programming and design experience
• Experience with the solution engineering of Banking applications in an integrated Banking environment
• Strong technical acumen on how the technical landscape fits together: Broad understanding of end to end landscape, specialisation in one domain. Hands on experience with following technology stack: CICS, Cobol, JCL, MQ, JSON, REST, DB2
• Experience in end to end system, security, integration and infrastructure design.
• Architectural thinking.
• Strong financial background either fintech banking start-up or financial e-commerce.
• Technical leadership: mentoring, coaching and developing a talent pipeline.
• A proven track record in decision making.
• Troubleshooting in software solution development.
• DevOps experience and exposure to agile methodologies.
• Experience in technical design modelling and methods.
• Require a broad understanding of end to end landscape and specialisation in one or more domains.
• Exposure to Support and Maintenance

Closing Date 30 September 2023

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Introduction:

• We are looking for a seasoned Project/Programme Manager who is well versed in the Financial Services environment and has worked on Fraud related Projects as a PM. 
• The purpose of the position is to manage a program of projects in a coordinated manner in order to obtain benefits on behalf of the Company and/or its clients, in alignment with industry best practice, client methodology requirements, and the Company’s commitment to Delivery Excellence.

Education:

• Matric
• Qualification in Project / Program Management
• Degree or Diploma in Business Management, Computer Science, Business Science or Engineering would be advantageous
• Certified PRINCE2 Practitioner, Certified PMP, Certified Scrum Master, Certified in SAFe, Certified SAFe Release Train Engineer

Experience and Skills:

• 5 to 10 years’ solid Project/Programme Management experience
• Must have at least 4 to 5 years recent experience in Financial Services and Compliance projects
• 3 or more years’ experience managing multiple teams across multiple projects
• Advanced budget management and stakeholder management skills
• Effective communication skills
• Exposure to Agile and alternative delivery methodologies
• Exposure to Business and Process Analysis

Key Responsibilities and/or output areas include, but are not limited to:

Program Initiation:

• Identify Stakeholders
• Consult broadly with clients (executives and delivery teams) and other stakeholders
• Analyse business value
• Identify delivery cadences
• Program planning
• Identify and plan teams (project and shared resource teams) and teams’ capacity
• Plan procurement
• Estimate costs and determine budget
• Identify functional and non-function dependencies
• Identify program risks
• Perform qualitative and qualitative risk analysis
• Identify program metrics
• Develop program guidance

Program Management and Execution

• Organisation and coordination of teams across the program
• Build relationships across project teams and shared resource teams
• Build relationships with key stakeholders
• Communicate program guidance and establish support team
• Prioritisation and coordination of work
• Balance Priorities
• Attend to administration and reporting relating to procurement
• Schedule and manage releases
• Negotiate and manage dependencies
• Manage program finances
• Monitor and control risks
• Coordinate and monitor schedules
• Monitor and manage teams’ health and performance
• Monitor and measure projects’ performance
• Report on projects’ performance and overall program metrics

Program Close-out:

• Close program or phase
• Ensure that all relevant documentation and reports have been disseminated
• Close procurement arrangements
• Off-board program team members and complete close-out

Closing Date 09 June 2023

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• We are searching for a collections specialist. The person for this role will need to resolve customer queries,  conduct credit checks on new customers, resolve problems in relation to invoice payments, and reconcile complex month-end accounts. They must also report to management on outstanding issues, whilst highlighting potential debtor problems.

Customer Queries Resolution

• Customer Queries Resolution with agreed turnaround times.
• End-to-end query resolution with correct escalation path and feedback to the business and external customers.
• Do all the investigation on customer queries.

Monthly Customer invoicing

• Prepare trend analysis of client invoices with the objective to pick up anomalies.
• Investigate and report all invoicing abnormalities identified.
• Review a root cause analysis on credit notes issued to assist in defining corrective action to avoid repeats.

Debtors Management:

• Run weekly age analysis and monitor balances.
• To handle disputed accounts and negotiate with clients to bring payment in line with terms.
• Follow up on legal procedures and monitor the progress of handed-over accounts.
• Do forecasts on a weekly / bi-weekly and monthly basis.

Risk Management

• Ensure the credit risk exposure is within the acceptable risk
• Ensure compliance with the client's credit risk framework.
• Manage working capital within required parameters and Operating budgets.

Reporting

• Prepare provision for credit notes monthly.
• Prepare cashflow reports within the deadline.
• Closing receivable month-end and report/recons (Sub-Ledger to GL).

Customer Relationship

• Ensuring that client queries are resolved within agreed SLAs, TAT, and set guidelines.
• Attend client meetings to speedily resolve outstanding queries, so that the client can pay within stipulated timelines (payment terms).
• Provide accurate advice and education to customers to ensure adherence to all standards and operating practices.
• Deliver first-time-right service excellence by displaying the client brand values to customers during all customer interactions- all forms.

Education

• Matric
• Diploma/Certificate/degree preferable

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This is a 12-month learnership.  The learnership comprises of work experience and several training courses.  We need to recruit 9 x learners with disabilities for this learnership.

The learners will be assigned to the specific business units aligned to their skills and competency in the organisation namely:

• Marketing (1x)
• Human Resources (1 x)
• Enterprise & Supplier Development (2 x)
• Account Management (2 x)
• Data Centre (2 x)
• Business Management (1x)

The successful candidates must be between the ages of 20 and 29 and be in possession of a degree as listed below:

Applicable degrees:

• STEM or related field;
• BA Marketing, Communications, Economics, Public Relations or related;
• BA HR, Legal, Business, Psychology or related.

Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite is ideal (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)

• A stipend (salary) will be on offer for the full duration of the learnership.
• Successful candidates will be issued with a laptop and mobile data.
• Full onboarding will be provided on commencement of the learnership.
• Various training courses will be supplied as part of the learnership including Project Management NQF 4.
• 50/50 Hybrid and in office at Microsoft SA.
• Monthly Formal training sessions: 2 to 3 days consecutively from 9am to 3pm for 10 months

Closing Date 25 June 2023

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• We are looking for DevOps Engineers who can complement the capabilities of our agile solution development teams. With your cloud management and sysadmin skills, you build and maintain environments. You enrich the solution architecture from an operations point of view and support the flow of work by provisioning automated build and deploy pipelines.

Key Responsibilities and/or Outputs

• Design and promote operational practices and procedures, working closely with the Solution Development Lead
• Promote best practices in all facets of the Solution Delivery LifeCycle (Plan, Code, Build, Test, Deploy, Operate, Monitor) with the team and stakeholders
• Architect, provision, monitor and manage various environments (cloud and datacentre)
• Implement and configure health telemetry (along with thresholds) to monitor solution and environment performance and behaviour
• Design, implement and maintain automated build pipelines and automated deployment pipelines
• Manage internal and external stakeholder expectations by providing frequent progress and seeking feedback
• Monitor maturity of the DevOps practices and any blockers that either impedes the flow or the quality of the solution
• Drive DevOps automation and containerization strategies that align with DevOps principles and standards
• Identify and deploy cybersecurity measures by continuously performing vulnerability assessment and risk management
• Conduct incident management and root cause analysis
• Mentor and guide fellow team members
• Provision and developed infrastructure using configuration management and containerization technologies (Chef, Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, CloudFormation, Azure Resource Manager)
• Define and promote version control and continuous code integration activities (Git (or any derivative), TFVC, SVN)
• Design, build, maintain and optimize automated build pipeline (TFS, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Bamboo, Jenkins, AWS CodePipeline, AWS CodeBuild, AWS CodeDeploy)
• Experience working on open source platforms (Apache, Tomcat, Nginx, Node.js, etc)
• Knowledge of virtualization environments (VMWare, OpenStack, KVM)
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, PowerShell scripting, Git, Linux, Shell, Azure Resource Management (ARM) templates, AWS ECS
• Experience in performance/stress testing is good to have
• Experience in Agile is a must

Requirements

• 3+ years working experience in related field
• Bachelor degree (Advantageous)
• Intermediate Level: Azure Associate Level OR AWS Associate Level
• Senior Level: Azure Expert Level OR AWS Professional Level

Closing Date 29 August 2023

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• IQbusiness is looking for Java full stack developers responsible for building Java-based solutions, including anything from back-end services to their client-end counterparts. Your primary responsibilities will be to design and develop these applications, and to coordinate with the rest of the team working on different layers of the solution’s architecture. Therefore, a commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and a quality product are essential.

Key Responsibilities and/or Outputs

• Ability to adhere to coding Standards
• Knowledge of industry coding standards/guidelines
• Understanding basic coding concepts like Code blocks, flow, IO, FileSystem, Serialization, Configuration, Self-commenting code, Data access
• Understanding coding concepts and constructs like lambdas, Idiomatic patterns and RegEx
• Understanding of OOP
• Understanding the difference between solution architecture and design
• Design principles and architectural and design patterns
• Concepts such as IoC
• SDLC – Agile, Waterfall, ETC
• Knowledge of security concepts, tools and techniques
• Ability to define quality in the context of software development

Requirements

• 4-7 years working experience
• Bachelor degree in related field (Advantageous)
• Relevant software development certifications

Tech Stack

• HTML / CSS / JS / Angular 2 or later / ReactJS
• Java including: Java SE / Java EE / Hibernate/ JPA / Spring
• JVM Languages: Kotlin / Groovy
• Build & Dependency Tools: Maven / Gradle
• Testing: JUnit / Selenium / Mockito / Cucumber
• Microservices: Spring Boot / Vert.X / Micronaut / Netflix OSS libraries
• Containerisation: Docker / Kubernetes / OpenShift
• Web Services and Networking: RESTful APIs / SOAP / HTTPS / GRPC / Protobuf
• Mobile: Android / IOS / Ionic / React Native / Cordova
• Cloud: Amazon Web Services / Azure / Google Cloud
• DevOps: Jenkins /  Bamboo / Gitlab CIBuild & Dependency Tools: Maven / Gradle
• Testing: JUnit / Selenium / Mockito / Cucumber
• Microservices: Spring Boot / Vert.X / Micronaut / Netflix OSS libraries
• Containerisation: Docker / Kubernetes / OpenShift

Closing Date 30 June 2023

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• We are looking for a Junior Legal Advisor to join a leading Management Consulting and Technology business.
• The Junior Legal Advisor will provide a legal advisory service to the organisation and assist with company secretarial support.
• The role promotes and fosters a culture that supports IQbusiness’ mission and vision and ensures that administrative and operational support is provided in a timely and efficient manner, and achieves consistency across the organisation. Establishment of productive working partnerships with managers across IQbusiness will be crucial to succeed in this role.
• The person filling the role of Junior Legal Advisor is required to work flexibly with limited supervision in a changing environment with demonstrated high level analytical and problem-solving skills.

ACCOUNTABILITY

The Junior Legal Advisor will report to the General Counsel.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Legal Advice and Corporate Compliance:

• Draft, vet and negotiate legal agreements and documents in line as required within the group of companies;
• Work collaboratively with other teams within the business to ensure effective and fully aligned end-to-end legal support to the group of companies;
• Provide strategic legal advice on a variety of matters;
• Identify legal risks in a variety of circumstances and offer alternative strategies and mitigation steps, balancing the business desired outcomes and protecting the business against legal risks;
• Support with any legal action in conjunction with external counsel appointed to provide specialist advice, manage claims or conduct litigation, to ensure that the interests of IQbusiness and those of its staff are protected if required;
• Provide advice in respect of legal aspects of IQbusiness policies and procedures to mitigate risk;
• Be conversant with relevant statutory requirements and keep abreast of new legislative developments;
• Ensure that IQbusiness is compliant with all legislative requirements, including through legislative compliance auditing and reporting;
• Provide guidance to the business on the impact of changes to legislative and other governance requirements relevant to IQbusiness, including but not limited to POPIA and BBBEE;
• Provide input into, prepare and conduct POPIA related training material and sessions together with Learning & Development;
• Ongoing support of and driving initiatives related to Operational Data Protection Compliance;
• Support the actioning of Data Subject Requests [DSR] through formal response and management of queries related to personal information requests;
• Provide legal opinions and advise on queries raised by internal stakeholders from various business units and departments;
• Support the implementation and effective incorporation of legal requirements into commercial and business activities. Drive consistent application of legal compliance and processes, fostering a culture of ethics and compliance;
• Manage the legal documents repository in collaboration with internal stakeholders;
• Advise the business on legal and regulatory issues related to market research;
• Provide weekly reports to General Counsel; and
• Use of technology and associated tools to enable operational efficiency in the legal team.

Company Secretarial Assistance:

• Support with company secretarial responsibilities within the subsidiary companies or board sub-committees from time to time;
• Ensure completion and timely lodgment of statutory forms/returns and reporting under the Companies Act and other relevant legislation/regulation including the Annual Information Statement and any changes in Directors or Secretaries and their addresses;
• Liaise with auditors, lawyers and other professional advisors in relation to various corporate matters and other matters as required by Directors from time to time;

Strategic Procurement & Contract Management:

• Support the business activities of IQbusiness through the provision of legal advice in regard to the development, negotiation and execution of contracts, leases, service agreements, employment agreements, Non-disclosure Agreements, Resource Agreements, Technology and Software Agreements, Teaming Agreements, Partner Agreements, pricing arrangements and other commercial arrangements including the sale/purchase of assets and service agreements for outsourced services, ensuring the organisation’s interests are protected;
• Assist in the development of tenders and other funding submissions and provide legal advice in regard to the application of government procurement and contract management requirements to ensure compliance and limit exposure and risk to IQbusiness;
• Assist with the development and update of legal documentation related to operational execution in some business areas i.e., Privacy Policies, Terms & Conditions, Competition Rules etc.;
• Maintain the contracts register.

REQUIREMENTS

• LLB and admission as an attorney.
• General knowledge of commercial and corporate law, IT law, intellectual property law, employment law, contract management and regulatory compliance and reporting.
• Minimum of 1-2 years post articles experience as a corporate legal advisor.
• Reasonable experience in corporate commercial matters.
• Strong legal research and statutory interpretation skills.
• Demonstrated ability to provide practical legal advice and exercise sound legal judgement.
• Demonstrated experience in dealing with or advising on organisational legal compliance issues, including commercial, IP, contract and employment related matters.
• Up to date knowledge and experience of corporate governance including policy development and implementing systems and frameworks.
• Proven ability to engage and influence a diverse group of stakeholders.
• Well-developed conceptual, analytical and problem-solving skills with strong commercial judgement and decision-making ability.
• Excellent negotiation and dispute resolution skills.
• Listens, summarises and further develops and progresses ideas received from others.
• Shows confidence, maturity, integrity and a high level of energy and enthusiasm.

Closing Date 20 June 2023

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Minimum Requirements

Qualifications:

A relevant Scrum Master certification in at least one of the following:

• Certified Scrum Professional (ScrumAlliance) or
• Certified Scrum Master (ScrumAlliance) or;
• Certified Scrum Product Owner (ScrumAlliance) or;
• Agile Certified Practitioners (ACP) - PMI or;
• Professional Scrum Master Certification Level 1 / 2 - Scrum.org
• Relevant coaching certification or training advantageous including Certified Scrum Coach (CSC) or general coaching outside of Agile
• Advantageous, but not a prerequisite - Prince2 Certified (Foundation or Practitioner) or PMP certification.

Experience:

• Experience playing the Scrum Master role for at least 3 years for a software development team that was diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory.
• Exposure to work within the governance structures of a large corporate will be an advantage.
• Consulting experience in a variety of industries will be an advantage.
• Experience with the implementation and adoption of Agile in an organisation
• Background in project management either through project experience or as a practising project manager.

Job Specification

Duties and Responsibilities:
To play the role of an Agile Coach to assist our clients in adopting Agile values, principles and practices. As most of our clients are new to Agile, the role will also require leading and assisting teams to deliver projects in an Agile manner.

• The role of the Agile Coach within IQbusiness has the following job objectives:
• The overall objective or goal for the Agile coach is the pursuit of creating sustainable, high-performance teams and organisations. This is enabled by creating motivated teams to build the right product. This is achieved by creating autonomy, mastery and purpose at the individual level that translates to the team level 

This role will interact with the following parties:

• Technology Enablement Management
• Clients and stakeholders at various levels
• IQbusiness practices

Agile-Lean Practitioner

• Ensuring that the agile manifesto - values and principles are understood and accepted by the team
• Deep knowledge with regards to the selected Agile framework or method (Scrum, Kanban etc.) - process focus
• Understanding of the practices, tools and techniques that are appropriate for the context

Teaching

• The ability to train people on Agile concepts, practices, tools and techniques
• Specific training for the roles that the individuals within the team will be playing as well as the necessary education to the wider organisation required to adopt Agile
• Provide a reference point to the correct body of knowledge
• Impart experience to the individuals and teams

Mentoring

• Providing a soundboard to individuals and teams with regard to key concerns and issues
• One-on-one mentoring of the different roles within the Agile team
• Expert in conveying the required message

Professional Coaching

• Not about telling people what to do, but asking leading questions and allowing the teams to figure out solutions to specific impediments
• Coaching needs to address the different levels within the organisation
• Coaching upwards to middle management and senior management
• Coaching at the team level
• Coaching at the individual level
• Ensure sustainability of the team - engage initially over a period of time, and ensure that the team is in a position to continually improve
• High levels of engagement up front with facilitation and involvement, moving to observation and guidance
• Helping the team be accountable for delivery
• An agile coach is not part of the team and typically is not accountable for delivery. This is for the Scrum Master. Not getting involved in the content

Facilitation

• Facilitation of ceremonies at the beginning of the engagement with a transition to ownership of facilitation to Scrum Masters and Product Owners
• Impart professional facilitation skills to key team members
• Facilitate difficult conversations to deal with team and organisational impediments
• Create a collaborative team environment - promote collaboration

Mastery

• Technical mastery - Embedding engineering principles and practices (e.g.) Continuous Integration, Refactoring, Test Driven Development and other XP practices
• Business mastery coach - understanding of the business domain and focusing the team and organisation on building valuable products
• Transformation mastery - Agile transformations may lead to resistance to change. It is important for the Agile coach to actively facilitate the change in the teams and organisations. This should address the question to the individual "What's in it for me?" This is typically a transitory change management approach.

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Minimum Requirements

You will be even more awesome if:

• You hold a Certified Scrum Professional (CSP) OR Certified Scrum Master (CSM)/ Professional Scrum Master (PSM I or PSM II) OR PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner
• You have an understanding of Kanban and Lean Software Development
• You have any other relevant Agile certifications

Job Specification

This job might be for you if:

• You put the customer at the heart of everything you do.     
• Change is your middle name and you thrive in organizations that constantly adapt and evolve.
• You like people more than computers. You look forward to engaging with the business and delivery team every day.
• You know just how to support your team and give them the environment they need to grow.
• You get your energy from people, not tools. You know that email, IM, texting, faxing (?!) and phone calls don’t work. You love speaking to people, face to face. Every day.
• Buggy software is "not your bag, baby" and neither is hiding behind progress report
• You have had a go at navigating the minefield of corporate governance, to create an environment that supports innovation, creativity and work-life balance.
• You stay in touch with the latest software development trends and are comfortable (or want to learn more about) DevOps, SAFe etc.
• You like to keep things simple.
• You know what a servant leader is, and you aspire to the best one you can be.
• You jump at the opportunity to foster team collaboration.
• You have experience helping people to help themselves.
• You are passionate about your career in Agile software development and want to make a real, lasting difference.
• You have at least 3 years’ experience working in an Agile team – either as a development team member or Scrum Master

You might like us because:

• You will be a part of a team of highly experienced, like-minded individuals.
• We value learning and development and provide our Scrum Masters with training and coaching to accelerate their personal growth.  
• You will gain exposure to multiple industries and organisations in your role as a change agent. 

Critical Core Competencies Personal & Behavioural

• Aspiring to Agile values and principles
• Supportive and Caring (motivating/assisting)
• Strong servant leadership skills
• Entrepreneurial & Commercial Thinking
• Applying Expertise and Technology
• Delivering results and customer value
• Relating and networking (communicating & developing relationships)  
• Formulating strategies and concepts within agility@IQbusiness
• Facilitation & influencing
• Learning & researching (continuous improvement)
• Achieving personal work goals & objectives (planning & organising)