SARS Specialist Developer Vacancies 2023 South African Revenue Service Jobs in Pretoria

Job Description

About the Position

An exciting opportunity is available for a highly skilled, self-motivated and results driven Specialist developer to join our team of dedicated, passionate software engineers. S/he will be responsible for designing, developing and implementing new applications as well as maintaining existing applications. He/she should have significant work experience developing C# applications. He/she should have good knowledge of complete Software Development Life Cycle. In addition, he/she should be able to mentor junior developers within the team. The candidate, at minimum, will need to possess strong analytical and technical skillsets and be able to work closely with business and technical representatives in a fast paced and ever changing environment. This well-seasoned, proactive and energetic applicant will be required to take initiative and make quick decisions in order to meet organisational requirements.

Job Purpose

To provide expertise, advice and support to deliver on operational implementation plans and / or associated service delivery processes, ensuring effective and efficient development, enhancements, implementation, maintenance and optimisation of application modules/subsystems, in order to continuously enhance service delivery.

Education and Experience

Minimum Qualification & Experience Required

Relevant Bachelor’s Degree / Advanced Diploma (NQF 7) AND 5-7 years’ experience in a C# Development environment, of which 2-3 years ideally at functional specialist level

OR

Senior Certificate (NQF 4) and a relevant IT Qualification(s) / Certification(s), see below, and 5-7 years’ experience in a C# Development environment.

Relevant Certification – such as or any other Technology supported by the SARS Enterprise Architecture Framework

1. IBM Certified Solution Developer – Integration Bus ( Any Version) – could be inclusive of below products

* IBM Integration Bus (IIB) or

* B2B Integrator: or

* Business Process Management (BPM) or

* IBM App Connect

OR

2. Oracle Certified Professional Java SE Developer (Any Version)

OR

3. Microsoft Certified Solution Developer with skills in C# and large volume data processing applications. Experience with SQL Server Integration Services an advantage.

Extensive experience with large volume data processing applications.

Extensive experience with Service Orientated Architecture.

Experience with containerisation and micro services technologies and architectures.

Extensive experience with cross platform and multi database technology data processing, including Microsoft SQL Server and DB2.

Experience with NoSQL technology databases.

ALTERNATIVE #

Senior Certificate (NQF 4) AND 10 years related experience in a C# Development environment.

Job Outputs:

Process

Accumulate information to review work progress that provides input to reporting, decision making and the identification of improvement opportunities.
Apply practical and applied knowledge and act authoritatively on methods, systems and procedures to identify trends and potential risks.
Communication of situational interpretation and judgement of work outputs and queries in area of specialisation.
Correctly apply policies, practices, standards, procedures and legislation in the delivery of work outputs.
Draw on own knowledge and experience to diagnose symptoms, causes and possible effects in order to solve emerging problems.
Initiate process and procedural change, implement the change and provide guidelines and support related to new requirements as a result of the change.
Plan for value-added process improvements, initiatives and services to deliver on operational strategy and objectives.
Execute specialist input through investigation &opportunities within the product process including risk concern.
Provide specialist input through the investigation of opportunities for operational and process product and risk optimisation.
Keep up to date on trends and developments within Project Management, Software Development Life Cycle, supporting methodology, and the industry of the organisation.
Apply software changes in a manner that contributes to efficient and effective service delivery and optimized quality.
Implement initiatives relating to projects that will lead to improved processes within business.
Utilize specialised technical specifications that will enhance operational delivery within predefined standards.
Develop and maintain productive working relationships with peers and SARS role players to achieve business objectives.
Ensure that completed work adhere to relevant policies, procedures, governance and legislative requirements and report on deviations & discrepancies.
Mentor peers and juniors employees
Expected to be able to influence through communication plus ability to make complex decisions
Responsible for raising and communicate issues, highlight project risks and escalate the issues for resolution where required
Responsible for issue identification during testing and Production as well as making fixes required.
Provide clear and timely account of issues as well as mitigating factors to prevent such from happening again.
Review specification and artefacts that enable development.

Governance

Implement and provide input into the development of governance, compliance, integrity and ethics processes within area of specialisation.

People

Develop and maintain productive working relationships with peers and team members to achieve predefined objectives.
Search for, integrate and share new knowledge attained through formal and informal learning opportunities in the execution of your job.

Finance

Adhere to organisational policies and procedures to ensure cost effectiveness and reduction of financial costs.

Client

Contribute to a culture of service excellence, which builds positive relationships and provides opportunity for feedback and exceptional service.
Provide authoritative, specialist services, expertise and advice to internal and external stakeholders.

Behavioural competencies

Accountability
Analytical Thinking
Attention to Detail
Building Sustainability
Commitment to Continuous Learning
Conceptual Ability
Customer service
Fairness and Transparency
Honesty and Integrity
Behavioural Indicators
Organisational Awareness
Problem solving and analysis
Respect
Trust

Technical competencies

Application Development and Maintenance
Business IT Systems
Business Knowledge
Computer Literacy
Customer Relationship Management
Efficiency improvement
Functional Policies and Procedures
IT Development
IT Knowledge
Reporting and interpretation
System Thinking

Compliance Competency

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