The South African Revenue Service (SARS)
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 Integration/ Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) environment, of which 3-4 years at junior specialist level.
OR
Relevant IT Qualification / Certification, as specified in Min Functional requirements, and 8-10 years’ experience in an Integration/ Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) environment, of which 3-4 years at junior specialist level.
ALTERNATIVE #
Senior Certificate (NQF 4) AND 15 years experience in an Integration/ Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) enviroment, of which 3-4 years at junior specialist level.
Minimum Functional Requirements
Middleware (e.g. WebSphere Application Server) or Integration Design or Integration Development (e.g. IBM Integration Bus (IIB)) or any other technology currently supported within the Enterprise Architecture framework.
Job Outputs:
Process
Advice and adhere to SARS prescribed integration protocols.
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
Business Acumen
Decisiveness
Effective Business Communication
Managerial Budgeting
Planning and Organising
Problem Analysis and Judgement
SARS Systems Products
Deadline:31st March,2026
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