Assistant Director: System Administrator

Requirements

A Grade 12 certificate and a National Diploma (NQF 6) qualification in Information Technology/ information Systems/Computer Science/ Computer Software Engineering/ Informatics/ Management Information Systems or Business Information Management. A Bachelor's degree (NQF 7) qualification in the above fields will be an advantage. Qualifications in Microsoft Azure Developer Expert and Microsoft Apps will be an added advantage. 3 – 5 years’ experience in ICT Industry with at least 2 years’ experience at a supervisory level. Knowledge of a process Based Approach Project Management Practice, Systems Development Life Cycle, database design and management. Knowledge of Web Application Development (HTML, JAVA, .Net, PHP, C#, Python, JavaScript, PHP, C++, and SQL. and/or other web application portal technology and programming languages. Skills and Competencies: Sound knowledge of PFMA, Public Service Act, Public Service, National Treasury Regulations and ICT prescripts. Software languages and associated development platforms and tools, Multi-tier Software architectures and interfaces, System monitoring (availability, manageability, reliability and security), Software development methodologies, IT service management principles for incident, Change, Problem and Release Management, Technical standards/procedures, Expertise in selected software languages, associated framework and tools, Departmental Procedures and Processes. Presentation and project management skills. Information and data Security. Risk 235 assessment and mitigation. Disaster recovery technologies. A valid driver’s license.

Key Responsibilities

Analyse, evaluate, design, validate, define and document detailed business functional and technical requirements of multiple stakeholders. Map business process to ensure transparency, dependencies and process lifecycle management. Build a repository and database of business processes. Develop, facilitate and negotiate technical requirements and technical solutions amongst multiple stakeholders to business problems. Develop technical specification for anticipated business process automation. Identify the current and future state business processes. Help business stakeholders to envision the future and how their work will need to change to support the future including data migration rules, business rules and enforcing elements of system design. Establish process dependencies and duplications. Manage risks, audit queries and resources. Ensure compliance with relevant ICT policies, standards, legislation and governance frameworks. Develop mechanisms and or ways of resolving the identified issues to ensure system development success. Manage systems development projects. Identify software needs for procurement and development. Ensure that systems are properly documented and meet business requirements, coordinating the maintenance and enhancement of existing systems, investigating and resolving complex system-related incidents and problems, ensuring the availability, reliability and continuous improvement of departmental applications. Compile and submit operational reports.

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