The South African Revenue Service (SARS)
Job Purpose
To co-ordinate, prepare, collect and compile information required to facilitate analysis, management review, decision making or reporting requirements of the functional area. To support production databases during online day and after hours. To support developers with database related software and development.
Education and Experience
Minimum Qualification & Experience Required
Bachelor’s Degree / Advanced Diploma (NQF 7) in Information Technology or Computer Science AND minimum 8-10 years’ experience in a DB2 environment, of which 3-4 years’ experience at operational specialist level
OR
Senior Certificate (NQF 4) AND Relevant IT Qualification / Certification AND 8-10 years’ experience in a DB2 environment, of which 3-4 years’ experience at operational specialist level
ALTERNATIVE
Senior Certificate (NQF 4) AND 15 years’ experience in a DB2 environment, of which 3-4 years’ experience at operational specialist level
Minimum Functional Requirements:
Relevant technical experience:
Advanced administration experience in latest version of DB2 LUW
Experience with large, high volume transaction environments
Query troubleshooting and optimisation
Performance tuning
Backup/Recovery of databases
Clustering/High Availability experience
In the following technologies:
IBM DB2 LUW
Relevant certification
Advanced AIX/Linux scripting
Extensive HADR experience
Advanced query creation
Extensive experience with advanced RDBMS functions such as partitioning, Q replication, compression and XML / JSON
Extensive experience with development practices and processes
Deep architectural understanding of DB2 and related tooling
Ability to develop automated processes
Job Outputs:
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.
Define and review data requirements for management of the function.
Conduct assessments and use information to advise, make recommendations and facilitate improvement
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 throught 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
Adaptability
Building Sustainability
Commitment to Continuous Learning
Conceptual Ability
Customer Service
Fairness and Transparency
Honesty and Integrity
Trust (V)
Organisational Awareness
Respect
Technical competencies
Computer Literacy
Functional Policy and Procedure
IT Knowledge
Customer Relationship Management
System Thinking
Problem Solving
Verbal Communication
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