(1749) Developer - BSTD

The main purpose of this position is to develop and support business intelligence (BI) solutions, to meet the business needs of the South African Reserve Bank Group (SARB Group).

Detailed description

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following key performance areas:

• Engage in short-term planning and perform tasks against work plans as defined in conjunction with more senior developers.

• Follow departmental BI standards and best practices for coding, testing and documentation and deliver solutions within agreed timelines.

• Write customized code in SAS, including macro programming and connecting to different data stores.

• Maintain and enhance the source code and process flow for the department’s SAS production environment.

• Consistently provide BI solutions maintenance and support in the designated area and ensure business continuity in line with the agreed service standards.

• Keep abreast of ICT developments and trends within specialised area of technology to develop and design the most appropriate BI solutions.

• Actively participate as a member of a team, to move the team towards the completion of goals.

• Engage with the internal and external user community to ensure that business benefits are realised.

• Evaluate own performance against given criteria and identify and address any task-specific learning needs.

Job requirements

To be considered for this position, candidates must be in possession of:

• A National Diploma (NQF 6) in Information Technology (IT) or an equivalent qualification;

• at least 2–5 years of experience in BI solutions development; and

• exposure to BI Technologies such as (SAS, MS Power BI, Oracle BI, MS Fabric, Denodo, Teradata) would be an advantage.

• A SAS base certification would be advantageous.

Additional requirements include:

• knowledge and skill in:

• base SAS Programming;

• data analytics;

• problem solving;

• industry, organisational and business awareness;

• quality assurance;

• continuous improvement;

• continued learning and professional development;

• business continuity and planning;

• IT enablement planning;

• IT transformation and innovation;

• change management;

• application design, configuration and development;

• application support and maintenance;

• infrastructure design and development;

• systems integration;

• workload estimation; and

• technical analysis.

In line with the SARB’s commitment to diversifying its workforce, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups. People with disabilities are welcome to apply.

The SARB offers remuneration and benefits commensurate with the level of the position and in line with the market. The level at which the successful applicant will be appointed will depend on his/her competence and experience.