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Senior Specialist: Business Integration (Fixed Term Contract) at The South African Revenue Service (SARS)

The South African Revenue Service (SARS)
Full-time
On-site
Job Purpose


To provide expertise, advice and support in practice formulation and associated best practice improvement tactics, by ensuring sustainability of SARS software, systems and technologies, enabling a holistic business solution that support and sustain the business capability with minimal business risk, integrate and align architectures within the Enterprise Architecture, in order to enable tactical translation and operational implementation.


Education and Experience

Minimum Qualification & Experience Required


B. Tech: Computer Systems AND 8-10 years' experience in an IBM Integration Software Development Environment or other versions of the software, of which 3-4 years at junior specialist level.


OR


Relevant IT Qualification / Certification, as specified in Min Functional requirements, where applicable and 8-10 years' experience in an IBM Integration Software Development Environment or other versions of the software,of which 3-4 years at junior specialist level.


ALTERNATIVE #


Senior Certificate (NQF 4) AND 15 years' experience in an IBM Integration Software Development Environment or other versions of the software, of which 3-4 years at junior specialist level.


Minimum Functional Requirements


IBM Integration Software Development


Job Outputs:

Process


Analyse and make recommendations about improvements to specialist systems, procedures and associated area's practice.
Contribute to the optimum utilisation of org. resources, advising on effective planning and development of area of specialisation resource plans.
Develop a single practice area in alignment with operational activity and procedural frameworks and ensure tactical implementation.
Draw on own technical or professional expertise, knowledge & experience to identify & recommend tactical solutions to defined problems in practices.
Integrate business information, compare, analyse & produce reports to identify trends, discrepancies & inconsistencies for decision making purposes.
Optimise goal achievement through tactical strategy implementation and optimisation of practises, processes & systems across an internal value chain.
Plan for value-added, continuous practice & system improvements to deliver on objectives to enhance tactical implementation and excellence.
Proactively identify interconnected problems, determine its impact and use to develop best fit alternatives; best practice implementation solutions.
Translate top down policy in relation to own practice area and communicate impact to relevant stakeholders.
Recommend changes to optimise processes, systems, practice area and associated procedures and execute the implementation of change and innovation.
Ensure proper project planning and execution as well as overall change control.
Provide support to projects by applying the required specialised skills in terms of infrastructure, architecture, data, design, services, processes, monitoring and patterns.
Troubleshoot and methodically identify research and resolve complex issues in the IT environment.
Design, plan and implement all the software, integration, design and development activities that relate to the portfolio of business integration in conjunction with all relevant stakeholders.
Introduce best practises and influence the divisions to change and adopt accordingly.
Contribute to IT business planning with regards to interface applications.


Governance


Develop and/or align governance and compliance policies for own practice area to identify and manage risk exposure liability.


People


Integrate new knowledge and transfer skills attained through formal and informal learning opportunities in the execution of your job.
Provide specialist know-how, support, advice and practice thought leadership in area of expertise.


Finance


Implement and monitor financial control, management of costs and corporate governance in area of specialisation.


Client


Develop & ensure implementation of a practice that builds service delivery excellence & encourage others to provide exceptional stakeholder service.
Participate in the specialist practice community and contribute positively to organisation knowledge management.
Provide authoritative, specialist expertise and advice to internal and external stakeholders


Behavioural competencies


Accountability
Analytical Thinking
Attention to Detail
Building Sustainability
Commitment to Continuous Learning
Conceptual Ability
Fairness and Transparency
Honesty and Integrity
Organisational Awareness
Problem Solving and Analysis
Respect
Trust


Technical competencies


Application Development and Maintenance
Business Knowledge
Database Design and Management
Efficiency improvement
Functional Policies and Procedures
IT Knowledge
Reporting and Interpretation
System Thinking


Deadline:27th February,2026