Jobs at ATNS

Key performance areas

• Strategic Engineering Leadership - Develop and implement the Operations Technology (OT) strategy in alignment with ATNS strategic objectives and business requirements; Conceptualise and define the ATNS operations engineering services model considering end-user requirements, benchmarked global, regional, national Air Traffic Management (ATM) concept plans, and supporting ATNS strategic objectives; Influence the development of communication, navigation, surveillance and air traffic management system (CNS) concepts and plans nationally and regionally over a 20-year timeframe by articulating and promoting the ATNS agenda to ICAO, international and domestic associations and other stakeholders; Ensure effective interpretation of global, regional and national air navigation plans while taking due cognisance of user requirements ensuring that the national ATNS systems and infrastructure meet international standards; Instill the core vision, mission and values of ATNS within the engineering environment, and ensure that activities and outputs are congruent.
• Operations Technology Management - Develop OT strategy and roadmap for efficient ATM and operations; Align OT strategy with air navigation and safety goals and objectives; Ensure management of total engineering quality, planning, design, specification and acquisition support; Deploy, integrate and operationalise OT systems; Ensure OT security, safety, governance and compliance in ATM; Monitor and optimise OT performance in ATM; Ensure the effective operation and maintenance of CNS/ATM OT systems; Ensure effective support of OT users and operators in ATM. Lead operations technology planning and adoption to ensure availability of the required systems and infrastructure to ensure safe and effective aviation operations;
• Develop an operations technology plan with relevant planning periods that take into account obsolescence of technology and equipment and the replacement thereof; Design and develop effective OT safety and security systems to ensure safe and secure operations systems and technology; Monitor and optimise OT performance to meet user requirements as measured by system availability, reliability, stability, security and other associated service levels in ATM; Provide strategic direction for operations technology and infrastructure maintenance, security, disaster recovery, and ATM end-user support; Ensure effective integration and implementation of engineering service plans that meet benchmarked capability in order to meet user requirements, measured by system availability and reliability and other associated service levels; Initiate and direct business-driven engineering projects; Ensure project management disciplines are implemented; Ensure projects are managed, that resources are appropriately allocated, and that deadlines are achieved.
• High-tech Infrastructure/CAPEX and Implementation - Lead and/or contribute to the mapping of the short-, medium-, long-term and high-value (multi-million rand) operations technology plans of ATNS and the implementation thereof from conceptualisation, feasibility, technical formulation, acquisition, operation, to maintenance; Perform contract management of high-tech suppliers and Original Equipment Manufacturers; Ensure the availability of the required systems and infrastructure that will enable safe and effective aviation operations.
• Development of Technical Standards - Lead and direct the development of technical standards to meet engineering service requirements and project deliverables; Anticipate changes in engineering standards and requirements; Implement changes, and drive equipment, organisational and other requirements to meet new technical standards.
• Service Excellence - Establish technical service delivery SLA’s; Ensure technical service delivery is achieved in line with identified engineering standards; Ensure the analysis and development of engineering services and standards in line with emerging trends and developments; Keep abreast of technical maintenance developments.
• Commercial Revenue Streams - Consult the organisational strategy and deliverables to determine CNS-specific products and services requirements; Manage the development of CNS-related and collaborative products and services to meet identified opportunities; Ensure that the products and services meet market demands and take appropriate action where necessary to prevent possible losses.
• Governance, Compliance, Risk Management & Reporting - Ensure a robust governance environment by leading the development, maintenance, monitoring and continuous review of Operations Technology policies, processes, procedures, and service level agreements; Ensure full compliance with all relevant legal, regulatory standards, and ATNS frameworks; Prepare strategic level reports to EXCO, the Board and other key stakeholders; Identify strategic and operation business risks and develop and implement appropriate mitigation; Ensure all identified risks are appropriately and timeously measured, corrected, and managed in accordance with the ATNS Risk Management Framework.
• Stakeholder Relations Management - Develop, manage and maintain mutually beneficial relationships with key stakeholders including regulatory bodies, airports, professional institutions, and service providers to ensure ongoing alignment and collaboration; Monitor service delivery levels to ensure the provision of service excellence and user satisfaction.
• Financial Management - Manage expenditure in line with business objectives and priorities within approved financial parameters; Develop the divisional budget in conjunction with Finance to ensure financial sustainability; Manage operations costs in accordance with the mandate matrix (delegation of authority; Ensure accountability and reporting on all costs incurred against the approved budget including monthly deviations; Manage the overall Operations Technology budget in accordance with financial policies and processes.
• People Management - Ensure the optimal development, deployment, and management of human resources in order to meet the required targets and objectives; Manage staff in accordance with Human Capital policies, processes, practices and the disciplinary code; Ensure that new employees have been properly on-boarded prior to commencing work; Monitor the time and attendance of subordinates, take appropriate action in the case of absenteeism, and report issues to Human Capital; Promote high levels of safety, discipline, output standards within a motivational climate so that performance and other outputs are achieved; Manage performance outputs of employees through the performance management system, and take corrective action promptly and effectively; Facilitate change in the Operations Technology environment through ATNS change management processes; Mentor and coach staff as required, and ensure the transfer of knowledge to ensure ongoing performance improvement; Implement transformation initiatives within Operations Technology to ensure an inclusive environment and a representative staff complement; Drive employee engagement and retention within the Operations Technology environment.

Minimum requirements

Qualifications Requirement

• Masters level qualification in Business Management or related field is required.
• Bachelor’s degree in electronic/electrical (Light Current) Engineering or equivalent is required.
• Registration as Professional Engineer with the Engineering Council of South Africa.
• Formal Leadership and Business Management training as an added advantage.

Experience Requirement 

• At least ten (10) years engineering experience in an aviation environment or similar of which seven (7) years should have been at senior management level.
• Air traffic navigation experience will be an added advantage.

Apply by: 12 August 2026

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Job description

• Design, Specification, Performance and Quality Monitoring of CNS Systems and Facilities  - Compile technical functional specifications for CNS systems and equipment in area of expertise for procurement purposes under the guidance of a Senior Systems Engineer; Develop tender documents, acquisition and implementation documentation under the guidance of a Senior Systems Engineer; Participate in contract negotiation sessions with bidders and contractors; Participate in site acceptance and commissioning tests of new CNS systems and equipment to ensure that specified requirements are met under the guidance of a Professional Engineer; Participate in the establishment of the Bid Specification Committee and the Bid Evaluation Committee; Evaluate change requests that will have a material impact on the performance or operation of deployed systems, as a member of the configuration management team environment, under the guidance of a Professional Engineer; Develop and maintain planning and prediction models; Prepare relevant plans, processes, procedures, business cases and safety cases for introducing new technologies into the operational environment; Make presentations to management on the recommended research approach to be followed, under the guidance of a Professional Engineer; Conduct research of ATM/CNS technologies in the global environment, under the guidance of a Professional Engineer; Make presentations to ATNS and third parties on research and development project outcomes; Attend seminars, conferences, workshops, etc. on related matters; Establish benefit levers for projects in alignment with business needs and requirements and ensure that the  project prioritisation process is followed;       Participate in seminars, conferences, workshops on related topics; Ensure that projects have project plans in line with the corporate project management framework; Identify plans, processes, and procedures for ensuring that planning for relevant safety cases for introducing new technologies into the operational environment, under the guidance of a Professional Engineer; Support the development of all mandatory milestone review documents including the technical design document (TDD), programme management plan (PMP), support and maintenance plan (SMP), system acquisition plan (SAP) and quality assurance plan (QAP); Performance Quality - Participate in site acceptance and commissioning tests of new CNS systems and equipment to ensure performance requirements as specified are met; Support the Senior Systems Engineer in managing the quality and performance of CNS systems and the implementation of CNS projects.
• CNS and ATM Systems Planning - Participate in the preparation of the ATNS CAPEX plan using your area of expertise and inputs from other ATNS departments as regards ATM operational needs, equipment obsolescence and research and development outputs; Participate on an ad-hoc basis in the preparation of the ATNS submissions to the ATNS Regulating Committee;             Participate in ATNS user consultation meetings; Review ITU-T agenda items and provide input to ICAO specifications; Develop an understanding of the ATM community and the CNS and ATM technology needs.
• Governance,  Compliance and Risk Management - Contribute to the development and implementation of relevant policies, processes and control measures to enable effective management and execution of required deliverables; Identify risks associated with technology projects and establish effective mitigation; Ensure compliance with all relevant legislation, regulations, policies and processes; Support and ensure compliance with the ATNS Quality Management System; Prepare and submit reports to meetings as required under the guidance of a Professional Engineer; Make submissions for approval to the appropriate authorising authority under the guidance of a Professional Engineer; Prepare ad hoc reports as required by clients and management under the guidance of a Professional Engineer; Attend required departmental and company meetings.
• Stakeholder Relations Management - Develop and maintain sound relationships with all key stakeholders to support ongoing collaboration and alignment; Interact with various levels within the organisation on technology and project-related activities; Interact with various levels within the organisation on technology and project-related planning activities; Build internal partnerships through interaction with multiple departments within ATNS; Provide recommendations when required for the prevention of problems that have occurred in one area from occurring in another by proactively identifying the cause and promoting preventative action.
• Financial Management - Provide inputs into the budget development process; Manage delegated expenditure in line with business needs and priorities, and within set financial parameters; Report expenditure including any possible deviations to the budget on a monthly basis; Ensure compliance with ATNS Finance policy and Delegation of Authority; Ensure efficient utilisation of the approved budget; Manage costs involved while maintaining quality of service; Compile and provide required reports on utilisation of the budget; Identify and prevent irregular and fruitless and wasteful expenditure; Provide the required supporting documents to enable effective auditing processes.

Minimum requirements

Formal Qualifications

• BSc or BEng Degree in Electronic / Electrical/ Computer Engineering
• Professional Engineer registration with ECSA or eligibility to register as a Professional Engineer and
• Systems Engineer Professional will be an added advantage.
• Registered as a Candidate Engineer with ECSA will be an added advantage.

Experience

• Minimum three years post-qualification experience in electrical/electronic engineering
• Sound understanding of CNS/ATM technologies
• Sound knowledge of International Civil Aviation Organisation Standards and Recommended Practices as applied to communication, navigation or surveillance systems
• Experience in, and in-depth knowledge of planning, specifying, acquiring and implementing engineering projects
• Understanding of ICAO Standards and Recommended Practices, especially related to Communication, Navigation and Surveillance Systems
• Experience in Project Management, Contract Management and Systems Engineering Management

Apply by: 7 August 2026

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Major Activities

• Provide operational leadership to the Air Traffic Service Unit to ensure achievement of Air Traffic Management Service Delivery, and overall ATNS business strategy.
• Provide operational Air Traffic Service Unit input and insights into the operations and long-term ATNS strategy.
• Participate in the development, implementation, and articulation of the regional strategy and value proposition to the organization aligned to the operations and business strategies.
• Support the Head and other thought leaders in the development, implementation and management of the Operations strategy aligned to the vision, culture, and business strategy of ATNS.
• Lead the design, implementation and management of the Air Traffic Service Unit business plan, aviation safety strategy including governance and service management capabilities, along with the service catalogue and service level agreements.
• Drive delivery of the required projects/initiatives within the Air Traffic Service Unit strategy to be on time, within budget and to the required standard.
• Lead implementation of processes to collect feedback on how all the aspects of the Air Traffic Service Centre/Unit strategy are being received in business.
• Analyse trends and metrics in partnership with the Head to develop the required solutions, programs, and policies aligned to the business needs and strategies.
• Set clear targets for the Air Traffic Service Centre/Unit and ensure achievement of such targets by cascading the targets appropriately.
• Develop the annual business plan for the Air Traffic Service Unit to enable achievement of the overall ATNS business strategy and targets.
• Support co-ordination and implementation of the corporate transformation strategy in the Air Traffic Service Centre/Unit in line with relevant policies and legislation.
• Build and maintain strong business relationships with customers to understand their strategies and plans to ensure alignment of the Air Traffic Service Centre/Unit operations to their needs.
• Ensure continuous collaboration for conducting research and development to enable continuous enhancement of the Air Traffic Service Centre/Unit’s operating model, products and services aligned with trends, technological advances, and changes in business strategy.
• Ensure the effective integration and implementation of all Air Traffic Service Centre/Unit ’s resources to meet the required service delivery capability aligned to customers’ requirements.
• Ensure the delivery of Air Traffic Services is in accordance to the South African Civil Aviation Regulations and Technical Standards and the International Civil Aviation Organisation’s Standards and Recommended Practises.
• Develop, implement, maintain, measure, monitor and continuously review the Air Traffic Service Centre/Unit’s Station Standing Instructions, policies, procedures, service level agreements, and letters of procedures and/or agreements.
• Manage and implement Aeronautical Information Management to ensure the required level of support and to enhance the provision of the Air Traffic Service requirements.
• Provide Air Traffic Service Unit inputs and participate in the review of legislation that affects the delivery of Air Traffic Services. 
• Implement and participate in projects aimed at improving the client experience at the Air Traffic Service Unit in collaboration with the stakeholders in the respective business areas.
• Ensuring communication to all affected parties is in line with the requisite quality, empathy, and timelines to deliver outstanding experiences.
• Continuously monitor and identify any trends or other possible indicators of deterioration in safety or service levels. A proactive plan to ensure safety and service levels is implemented and maintained.
• Manage and oversee investigations into air traffic incidents and occurrences, recommending and implementing appropriate action. 
• Authorise the extension of normal services and services for special operations in accordance with policy and regulations, providing personnel and facilities at locations where ATS is not permanently provided and augmenting staff at permanent locations if required.
• Ensure that aviation safety as well as all value-added measures are delivered and monitored at all times.
• Plan and manage visits to other regional ATCC’s to ensure inter-regional co-ordination and the pursuance of successful conclusions to mutual agreements.
• Support a drive for continuous innovation and evolution of ATNS products and services to always deliver a best-in-class customer experience.
• Drive continuous improvements in the conceptualisation of ideas to attract new opportunities.
• Identify and recommend improvements in existing processes and procedures to enhance service delivery, innovation and research.
• Consider commercial implications in all decision-making including IP protection processes.
• Monitor and evaluate outcomes of new products and processes to ensure continuous and improved business results in the Air Traffic Service Unit.
• Actively contributes to building a high-performing and collaborative culture with customers being at the heart of the company’s offerings. 
• Partner with the wider business to build and foster innovation in our culture of service excellence.
• Manage and implement a robust governance framework for the Air Traffic Service Unit.
• Continuously monitor and measure compliance of the Air Traffic Service Centre/Unit to all ATNS policies and procedures and relevant legislation.
• Manage the Air Traffic Service Unit’s performance against strategy and set targets and corporate objectives.
• Lead the Air Traffic Service Unit’s projects' overall risk assessment and issue management.
• Ensure compliance with relevant legislation, policy and standards.
• Consolidate input from all relevant parties to prepare strategic level reports for the Head of Region and other relevant stakeholders.
• Prepare ad hoc reports as required.
• Build, maintain and nurture mutually beneficial relationships with all relevant stakeholders.
• Adapt Air Traffic Management service delivery as practically as possible to meet client needs and expectations.
• Participate in industry and regulatory forums and workgroups on a local, regional, national, and international level.
• Build and maintain effective collaborative relationships with all relevant business functions and teams within ATNS to enable the required alignment and optimal Air Traffic Management service delivery.
• Lead development, utilisation, and management of the Air Traffic Service Centre/Unit’s budget.
• Ensure effective leadership in the management of operational costs to enable efficient utilisation of financial resources.
• Ensure compliance with the financial policies and procedures applicable in ATNS.
• Ensure accountability and reporting on all costs incurred against the approved budget. 
• In conjunction with ATS Capacity Planning, ensure the availability of skilled and competent staff in the Air Traffic Service disciplines at the Centre to meet the current and future needs aligned to the operating model and overall business strategies.
• Ensure high levels of discipline and performance standards to achieve Air Traffic Management service delivery objectives and the ATNS business strategy.
• Coordinate and ensure resourcing deliverables in line with the Service Level Agreements
• Lead and manage the team to utilise their skills and expertise to support an integrated approach to managing the Air Traffic Service Centre/Unit.
• Manage performance outputs of the Air Traffic Service Centre/Unit by using the performance management system and taking corrective action promptly and effectively.
• Train, mentor and coach staff as required to ensure continuous development and availability of the required skill and talent.
• Ensure the transfer of knowledge and skills to enable sustainability within Air Traffic Service Centre/Unit from a succession management perspective.
• Perform talent management aligned to the HR policies and procedures.
• Drive employee engagement and retention within the Air Traffic Service Centre/Unit function.

Minimum requirements
Minimum Qualifications

•  Air traffic control qualification (Aerodrome, Approach and Area control)
• Formal leadership (Management Development Program) and or Business management qualification.

Added Advantage

• Post graduate qualification in Business Management, Aviation Management, Operations, or any relevant field.

Experience

• Minimum 8 years of experience in conceptualising, designing, implementing, and managing air traffic management Operations or functions of which at least 5 years must be at Watch Manager / ATSU Manager level within a complex air traffic services / air traffic management environment.

Apply by: 6 August 2026

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Job description

• Monitoring – Conduct continuous scanning and security monitoring of all IT cybersecurity domains, i.e., networks, Firewalls, Anti-virus, Mobile devices, and Patch management. Monitor IT security governance with ATNS to ensure standards are maintained. Perform continuous threat and vulnerability management monitoring. Monitor compliance with ICT Security policies, processes, and procedures. Identify, analyse, and assess potential security risks and develop effective mitigation plans and actions to avoid or minimise their occurrence. Make recommendations based on monitoring outputs to improve the organisation's security posture. Participate in an integrated IT security forum. 
• Security policies and frameworks – Ensure that the IT security architecture meets all cybersecurity requirements. Manage dependencies across business areas and ensure that IT security components are aligned. Develop and implement organisation-wide policies, programmes, and ongoing practices to preserve the availability, integrity and confidentiality of information resources in compliance with applicable security governance and standards. Identify and implement suitable tool sets to manage the IT security environment 
• Cybersecurity – Operate and control the Information Security Management System (ISMS). Implement key Information Security projects as required. Conduct information gathering on internal and external security intelligence for the investigation of security incidents. Investigate, respond to and take action on information security incidents. Responsible for writing incident reports and submitting them to Senior Management for decision-making purposes. Selects, applies, and ensures adherence to good information security practices. Ensure internal and external suppliers and partners implement security to the required standard and maintain positive relationships with vendors. Ensures that all IT risks are mitigated and addressed. Responsible for investigation into incidents related to recovery of deleted files, analysing and interpreting data linked to crime, analysing mobile telephone records and uncovering links between events, groups and individuals through the pursuit of data trails. Maintains detailed records of investigations to be used as evidence in internal disciplinary hearings as well as the court of law. 
• Governance- Manage IT security events/incidents effectively, ensuring compliance with the IT security policy. Manage and comply with all IT policies, processes, procedures and standards relating to IT security systems. Manage configuration and change-control records for IT security system activities. Develop metrics that allow the enterprise to gauge the success of security system investments. Monitor and report on IT Disaster Recovery exercises conducted with the business across all IT systems to ensure business continuity and make recommendations to support continuous improvement. Develop the Disaster Recovery Plan in accordance with business requirements and review it regularly to ensure its relevance and effectiveness. Conduct/ review and sign off on IT Security audits 

Minimum requirements

Minimum Formal Qualifications: 

• Degree or diploma in Computer Science, IT or Engineering
• Certification as an Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) is required
• Certification as an Information Security Manager (CISM) is required
• Certification as an Information Systems Auditor (CISA) is required
• Other related certifications will be accepted instead of any one of the abovementioned ones when necessary

Minimum Years of Experience: 

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in the IT environment, of which 2 years should be in an enterprise IT security function

Apply by: 5 August 2026

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Job description

• Data Integration, Operations, and Service Reliability - Ensure effective data management, formulate quality data collection techniques, implement efficient and secure procedures for data handling and analysis, and establish data sharing rules and proper governance. Monitor and analyse information and data systems, troubleshoot data-related problems, and ensure data security and integrity. Ensure data integration in the Enterprise Data Warehouse. Define and implement access and security controls in the data warehouse environment. Create efficient ETL (Extract Transform and Load) jobs to transform data. Define and implement effective data pipeline jobs to extract, transform and load data. Ensure smooth and efficient execution of all data pipelines. Ensure the day-to-day operation and management of data. Collaborate with expert teams to design and maintain data architectures that support business needs. Evaluate and recommend data management tools and technologies. Implement and manage master data management solutions for core data entities. Ensure consistent and accurate master data across the organization. Establish data quality standards and processes to maintain high data integrity. Lead data profiling, cleansing, and validation initiatives. Monitor and report on data quality metrics and drive continuous improvement. Design and maintain data architectures that support business needs in collaboration with expert teams. Analyse and interpret large amounts of data. Ensure training on all relevant data management and automation products and service users on the applicable compliance and governance requirements. Conduct regular data security audits and risk assessments. Ensure timely compilation and submission of all the required reports (internal and external) to ensure compliance. Collaborate with expert teams to design and maintain data architectures that support business needs. Lead and manage the delivery of enterprise data integration operations, ensuring consistent, reliable, and high-performing data services across all business-critical systems. Establish and enforce service management frameworks, including SLAs, OLAs, KPIs, and performance benchmarks for data integration services. Implement and oversee advanced monitoring, observability, and alerting capabilities, enabling proactive identification and resolution of issues. Direct incident management, root cause analysis, and problem management processes to minimise downtime and prevent recurrence of issues. Drive the implementation of Data Ops practices, including automation of deployment pipelines, testing, and operational workflows to improve efficiency and speed. Ensure robust business continuity and disaster recovery strategies, including failover mechanisms and recovery procedures for critical data services. Continuously assess and optimise system performance, scalability, and resource utilisation to support growing data volumes and complexity. Establish a culture of operational excellence and continuous improvement, leveraging metrics, feedback, and innovation to enhance service delivery
• Enterprise Data Integration Strategy and Roadmap - Lead the development, socialisation, and execution of a forward-looking enterprise data integration strategy, ensuring full alignment with organisational strategy, digital transformation priorities, and regulatory obligations. Translate complex business, operational, and regulatory requirements into a prioritised, multi-year integration roadmap, balancing quick wins with long-term strategic initiatives. Establish and govern enterprise integration principles, patterns, and reference architectures, ensuring consistency and reuse across all integration initiatives. Drive the identification, evaluation, and adoption of modern integration approaches (e.g., API-led, event-driven, real-time streaming) to support evolving business needs. Embed integration strategy within the broader enterprise data ecosystem, ensuring alignment with data governance, data architecture, and analytics strategies. Define and track strategic performance metrics and value realisation indicators, ensuring measurable impact on business outcomes. Lead strategic engagements with executive stakeholders to secure buy-in, funding, and prioritisation of integration initiatives. Continuously assess internal capabilities and external trends to adapt and evolve the integration strategy, ensuring long-term sustainability and competitiveness. Manage end-to-end delivery of data integration projects by engaging with business to identify key areas for data integration opportunities, developing associated roadmaps, and managing resources
• Data Architecture and Platform Enablement - Provide overall leadership for the design and evolution of enterprise data integration architecture, ensuring it supports scalability, interoperability, security, and performance across complex environments. Define and standardise integration frameworks, patterns, and toolsets, enabling consistent and efficient delivery across projects and teams. Oversee the end-to-end implementation of data pipelines, ETL/ELT processes, API integrations, and streaming solutions, ensuring alignment with architectural standards. Ensure that integration platforms support hybrid and multi-environment deployments (on-premises, cloud, and edge), enabling flexibility and future growth. Drive the adoption of platform engineering principles, including modular design, reusable components, and infrastructure automation. Collaborate with enterprise architecture, security, and infrastructure teams to ensure cohesive and compliant technology solutions. Lead initiatives to modernise legacy integration environments, reducing technical debt and improving performance and maintainability. Establish governance and oversight mechanisms to ensure architecture compliance, solution quality, and adherence to best practices
• Interoperability and Enterprise Data Flow Optimisation - Lead initiatives to enable seamless interoperability across systems, platforms, and business domains, ensuring efficient data exchange. Identify and address data silos, redundancies, and inefficiencies in data movement across the enterprise. Define and implement standard integration patterns and protocols, including APIs, messaging, and streaming technologies. Enable secure and efficient data exchange with external stakeholders, partners, and regulatory bodies. Drive continuous optimisation of data flows to improve performance, reduce latency, and enhance data accessibility
• Governance, Compliance, Standards, Risk Management, Security, and Reporting - Develop, implement and communicate relevant policies and processes to enable effective management of data. Implement data practices in the organisation in line with regulation and ensure compliance. Identify key risks and develop and implement effective mitigating plans and actions. Ensure compliance with data privacy regulations (e.g., POPIA, HIPAA) and industry-specific requirements. Ensure that effective data recovery plans are in place to ensure business continuity in case of a disaster or potential threats. Provide the required documents to support effective auditing processes. Ensure adherence and compliance with the ATNS regulatory framework. Integrate and enforce data governance principles within data integration processes, ensuring data quality, lineage, and traceability are maintained. Define, implement, and monitor adherence to data integration standards, policies, and best practices across the organisation. Ensure that all data integration activities comply with data protection, security, and regulatory requirements, including POPIA and relevant aviation standards. Collaborate with data governance and security teams to ensure consistent data classification, metadata management, and access control practices. Support audit and compliance activities by ensuring transparent, traceable, and well-documented data flows and processes
• Stakeholder Relationship Management and Strategic Advisory - Develop and manage strategic relationships with key IT product and service providers. Conclude SLAs with the various business Units to ensure business expectations are managed. Manage and provide regular reports on SLA compliance while identifying inefficiencies. Develop, implement and communicate the function’s policies and procedures to enable efficient management of data. Build and maintain strong relationships with business units, operational teams, and executive stakeholders to understand data integration needs and priorities. Provide expert advice and guidance on data integration capabilities, risks, and opportunities, supporting informed decision-making. Facilitate collaboration across IT, data, and business teams to ensure alignment and successful delivery of integration initiatives. Communicate strategy, progress, risks, and value delivered through structured reporting and executive engagement. Act as a trusted advisor to leadership, ensuring data integration is recognised as a key enabler of organisational performance and innovation
• Financial Management - Provide input into the development of the departmental budget. Manage delegated expenditure in line with business objectives and priorities, and within approved financial parameters. Report expenditure including any possible deviations to the budget on a monthly basis. Ensure compliance with the PFMA and ATNS Finance policy and Delegation of Authority. Provide the required supporting documents to enable effective auditing processes
• People Management and Capability Development - Manage staff in accordance with Human Capital policies, processes and practices. Ensure that new employees have been properly on-boarded prior to commencing work. Conclude clear performance management contracts with the team and ensure effective management thereof. Lead and manage a high-performing data integration and engineering team, ensuring clear direction, accountability, and delivery against organisational objectives. Drive workforce planning, recruitment, and retention, ensuring the right skills, capacity, and role alignment to meet current and future demands. Oversee performance management processes, including goal setting, performance reviews, and accountability for delivery and outcomes. Develop and implement capability development and upskilling initiatives, ensuring the team remains current with evolving data integration technologies and practices. Foster a culture of innovation, continuous improvement, and engineering excellence, encouraging adoption of modern practices and tools. Promote collaboration and knowledge sharing across teams and business units to strengthen enterprise-wide data capabilities

Minimum requirements

• B.Eng. or BSc in Computer Science or related field such as Electronics/Electrical/Computer Engineering/Data Management/ Computer Studies/Information Technology/ Data Analytics/ Data Management/ Information Systems/ BCom Informatics or related field
• Postgraduate degree in Computer Science or related field such as Electronics/Electrical/Computer Engineering/Data Management/ Information Systems/ Computer Science/Computer Studies/Information Technology/ Data Analytics/ Data Management/ Information Systems will be an advantage

 Required Experience 

• Minimum 7 years’ experience in, data engineering, data integration, ETL/ELT, data warehousing/ data lakes, enterprise data platform development, and data pipeline development including data pipeline orchestration, integrating data across multiple systems, working with structured and unstructured data, and supporting enterprise data platforms such as data warehouses or data lakes within an operations environment preferably air traffic services/ air traffic management, of which at least 3 years must be leading data engineering, data integration, ETL/ELT or data warehousing/lakes teams and delivering data platform initiatives
• Experience with working with large and complex datasets, and delivering data solutions within enterprise data platforms, with exposure to leading or coordinating data engineering activities
• Demonstrate experience in various programming languages such as Python/C#/SQL/Java
• Proven experience in data management, familiarity with database technologies and knowledge of data administration functions
• Familiarity with various tools and technologies to oversee and lead data management initiatives effectively

Apply by: 13 August 2026

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Job description

• Business Architecture Models - Provide a blueprint that aligns IT with business strategy, enabling strategic planning, change impact assessment, and capability-based planning. Develop and maintain current-state and future-state business capability models. Map business functions to services, capabilities, processes, and applications. Engage with business units to gather, analyse and validate requirements. Conduct workshops and working sessions to co-create architectural solutions
• Business Capability Gap Analysis - Identify gaps between current and desired business capabilities. Enable evidence-based decisions on where to invest, retire, or enhance capabilities to support organisation performance improvement. Support prioritisation of transformation initiatives
• Strategic Alignment of Initiatives - Translate business requirements into system architecture requirements and specifications to ensure the realisation of business value and prevent misaligned initiatives and wasted resources. Ensure all TI projects and programs align with business requirements and enterprise architecture principles. Ensure business value realisation from ICT investments and prevent misaligned initiatives that waste resources
• Business Architecture Governance, Compliance & Risk Management - Ensure compliance with IT and Enterprise Architecture policies and processes, as well as all relevant legislation. Define and enforce enterprise system architecture standards and guidelines to minimise risk of disruption, identify dependencies, and ensure readiness for transformation. Support consistency, interoperability, and compliance with organisational standards. Identify risks and develop and implement approved mitigation plans and actions. Review and contribute to architectural decisions at governance forums
• Change Impact Assessment - Assess impact of proposed changes to business capabilities, processes, and services. Minimise risk of disruption, identify dependencies, and ensure readiness for transformation. Provide architectural insights to support change control processes
• Support for Enterprise Architecture Artifacts - Integrate business architecture into broader Enterprise Architecture discipline, enhancing traceability and reuse of architectural assets. Enhance traceability and reuse of architectural assets. Contribute business perspective to enterprise system architecture reference models and roadmaps. Maintain repository of system architecture documentation
• Innovation & Continuous Improvement - Improve organisational agility through structured innovation and modernisation of system architecture. Monitor industry trends, business innovation and best practices. Recommend improvements to business models and services using architectural insights
• Stakeholder Relations Management - Develop sound relationships with key internal and external stakeholders through continued communication and engagement to support ongoing collaboration and alignment. Promote collaboration and ensures business needs are accurately captured and reflected in architectural outputs

Minimum requirements

Formal Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Information Systems, Business Administration or a related field
• Professional certifications preferred (e.g., CBA, TOGAF)

Desired Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum 5 years of experience in business analysis or system architecture
• ICT Governance and Compliance (e.g. COBIT, ITIL)
• Experience with security regulations and standards (e.g. POPIA, ISO 27001, NIST)
• Familiarity with risk assessment tools and security operations (SOC/SIEM)

Apply by: 5 August 2026