Brief description

The main purpose of this position is to provide leadership within the Enterprise Integration (EI) Centre of Excellence (CoE) by planning and delivering well-structured, tested, and maintainable systems based on a good understanding of enterprise application integration (EAI) and through the effective use of integration specialists, developers, and support staff in alignment with departmental goals and organisational strategic focus areas (SFAs).

The company offers remuneration and benefits commensurate with the level of the position and in line with the market. The level at which the successful applicant will be appointed will depend on his/her competence and experience.

Detailed description

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following key performance areas:

• Provide leadership with regard to EI of the Company and provide input into the development of policies, processes and
• Manage the delivery of work objectives, which include:
  • managing requests for EI development and prioritising work based on business needs and available resources;
  • defining and operationalising quality assurance and unit testing procedures to ensure high-quality solutions;
  • leading and overseeing ongoing maintenance and support for the EI platform;
  • monitoring business use and performance of the EI platforms and other integration components, and providing feedback to business support areas, database administrators, and infrastructure engineers;
  • Providing leadership in an effort to ensure consistency and integrity within the EI environments;
  • managing EI improvement and growth initiatives, estimating EI work efforts and durations, and overseeing design, construction, testing and the implementation of EI programmes, processes, and cycles for large and complex projects, which include translating business needs into EI solutions;
  • representing EI on technology standards and architectural design committees;
  • interacting with vendors on the selection, implementation, configuration, and maintenance of EI-related software and recommending and implementing programmes to address cost reduction and/or improve productivity; and
  • managing the design and implementation of redundant systems within the EI environments, including policies and procedures for disaster recovery to ensure the effective availability, protection, and integrity of EI
• Work in accordance with information technology (IT) governance standards and processes, including the Company’s policies, procedures, and other legislative
• Manage the performance and development of the EI CoE team members and ensure training and mentoring of technical staff as necessary based on best practices, where

Job Requirements

To be considered for this position, candidates must be in possession of:

• a Bachelor’s degree (NQF 7) in Information and Communications Technology (ICT), Engineering or an equivalent qualification; and
• eight to 10 years experience in a large-scale EI environment or equivalent ICT environment
• with at least 3 years experience in a management or supervisory

Additional requirements include:

• Industry, organisational, and business awareness;
• verbal and written communication skills;
• knowledge and skill in:
• verbal and written communications;
• problem-solving and analytical;
• automated testing tools;
• contract negotiation and execution;
• managing the implementation of new technologies;
• manage ongoing relationships; and managing

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