Senior Advisor Intermediate IT Development
Position summary
Introduction
Job description
Behavioural
· Integrity
· Honesty
· Trustworthiness
· Professionalism
· Attention to detail and commitment to data quality
· Ability to collaborate with business, data, and technology stakeholders
Leadership
· Live the Eskom vision and values
· Grow people
· Ignite passion
· Promote teamwork
· Encourage the right behaviour
· Promote open and transparent communication
· Promote responsible, consistent, and governed use of enterprise data
· Encourage knowledge sharing and common understanding of business data
Knowledge
· Understanding of an IT environment
· Expert understanding of IT procedures and guidelines
· Knowledge of ISO 9001
· Knowledge of Data Bases, Operating Systems and software applications
· Certified Software Developer
· Knowledge of data analytics concepts, reporting solutions, and analytical data requirements
· Knowledge of data management principles, including business, technical, and operational data management.
· Understanding of business glossaries, data dictionaries, data catalogues, and metadata repositories
· Understanding of data lineage, data classification, data ownership, and data stewardship
· Knowledge of data quality principles, controls, standards, and issue management
· Understanding of data governance policies, standards, and supporting processes
Skill
· Strong communication skills (verbal and written)
· Good problem solving and analytical skills
· Business acumen
· Project Management
· System Configuration
· Ability to analyse data requirements and translate them into technical and analytical solutions
· Ability to capture, organise, maintain, and communicate metadata
· Ability to define and maintain business terms, data definitions, and data relationships
· Ability to support metadata discovery, lineage analysis, and data-quality assessment
· Ability to communicate data insights clearly to business and technical stakeholders
· Ability to work with data owners, data stewards, analysts, developers, and subject-matter experts
Key Responsibilities
· Respond promptly and professionally to bug reports
· Build efficient and reusable services.
· Perform systems design and analysis
· Perform unit testing of modules
· Advise and coach Junior Developers
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Minimum requirements
Qualification(s)
· B Degree / Tech in Information Management / Information Technology
at NQF 7 with 360 Credits
Related Experience:
· 4 years’ Proven experience as a Software Developer or similar role Knowledge of coding languages (e.g. C#, Java, JavaScript) and frameworks/systems (e.g. AngularJS, Git)
· Experience with databases and Object-Relational Mapping
· (ORM) frameworks (e.g. Hibernate)