Division: Corporate Services

IT Specialist: Application Developer

Salary: R270 804 (excluding benefits) per annum (Ref. S028/2015)

Pretoria

Purpose:

To develop software and conduct software support and maintenance on systems, design, develop test and document software to meet specified user requirements.
Key outputs:

• Publish approved content to the application and web environments based on a formalised publishing process
• Configure web applications based on business requirements
• Deploy standard functionality on collaboration technology and User Requirement Specifications
• Investigate and model business functions, processes, information flows and data structures, using methodical and consistent techniques
• Assist in presenting solutions for client information
• Document new and existing applications according to industry standards (technical and functional specification)
• Develop custom reports based on business requirements on all production technologies
• Develop user, and administrative training manuals
• Interpret specifications to plan a new application requirement
• Design solutions from supplied specifications, using agreed standards and tools, to achieve a well-engineered result
• Plan, design and conduct tests of solutions, correcting errors and re-testing to achieve an error-free result in alignment with the approved standards
• Interpret and execute a set of more test plans using agreed methods and standards
• Test applications against business requirements
• Document test results for record purposes.
Requirements:
• Degree/National Diploma in Information Technology
• Software development language certification (C# and .Net), SharePoint, MCSD and an ITIL certification
• 2-5 years’ experience in an information technology environment
• Knowledge of relational database concepts and design (SQL)
• Knowledge of project management principles and methodologies
• Adherence to existing systems with defined procedures set out in the service level agreement.


The National Treasury is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from women and people with disabilities in particular. Our buildings are accessible to people with disabilities.

Applications should be accompanied by a comprehensive CV and originally certified copies of qualifications and ID. Please forward your application, quoting the relevant reference number and the name of the publication in which you saw this advertisement, to the Recruitment Administrator: National Treasury, Private Bag X115, Pretoria 0001 or to e-mail: recruit.cs@treasury.gov.za

Closing date: 27 February 2015 at 12:00. No late applications will be accepted.

Qualifications and SA citizenship checks will be conducted on all short-listed candidates and, where applicable, additional checks will be conducted. It is the applicant’s responsibility to have foreign qualifications evaluated by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA).

If you have not received feedback from the National Treasury within 1 month of the closing date, please regard your application as unsuccessful.