Job Description:
MULTICHOICE OPERATIONS (PTY) LTD
VACANCY: Business Systems Integrator /
Specialist
THIS POSITION IS TARGETING AFRICAN CANDIDATES
ONLY
CONTEXT
(External factors which influence the work environment, taking
future conditions and strategic requirements into account)
- Diverse operating business units
- Multicultural environment
- Competitive business environment
- Customer focus and service orientated environment
- Multi products
- Constantly changing environment
- Cutting edge technology
CUSTOMERS
(External and internal individuals or groups to whom products,
services, programmer and information must be provided)
- MultiChoice Africa
- Customer Care Division Management and Staff
- Outsourced external suppliers and service providers
- MultiChoice customers (subscribers)
- Internal MultiChoice divisions
OUTPUTS
(Products, services, programs and information which the
individual must provide to external individuals or groups, or one
another to accomplish the organisation's mission and strategy
- Design and document new applications as identified by
management through packaged and customized applications.
- Maintain and enhance existing applications
- Design and implement user-driven templates, databases and
interfaces for ease of use.
- Supporting the existing infrastructure
- Develop applications for any new technologies.
- Coordinate and manage the integration of new components
(software and hardware) into existing architectures from different
vendors
- Common architecture and formulation of development
methodologies across all platforms - Web, mobile
- Recommend technical solutions for business initiatives within
defined architectures
- Drive all projects through the Systems Development Life
Cycle
- Coordinate and manage outputs from the Analysts, Solutions
Architect, QA, UAT ITD and 3 rd party deliverables.
- Monitor progress, maintain tracker, escalate issues if/when
required
- Translate business models and application architectures into
operational requirements/solutions
- Gauge the effectiveness and efficiency of existing systems
- Develop and implement strategies for improving of further
leveraging of existing systems/applications
- Conduct Research
COMPETENCIES
(Personal capabilities which are critical to the production of
quality outputs)
Functional
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or related
experience
- Must possess superior skills in ColdFusion 7 +
- Must possess superior skills in SQL
- Must possess strong skills in Object Oriented ColdFusion
Development
- Must possess strong skills in Microsoft SQL Server 2005
- Minimum of three years of ColdFusion experience
- Experience with hardware and software issues
- Project management
- SLA management
- Systems knowledge
- Excellent written and oral communications skills
- Flash video/animation experience a plus
- Extensive knowledge of the SDLC methodologies within an IT
environment
- Risk management and escalation
- Data modeling understanding
Behavioral
- Deadline Driven
- Problem solving
- Diplomacy/tact
- Relationship building
- Initiative
- Perseverance
- Time flexibility
- Service orientation
- Self-motivated
- Attention to detail
Are you interested in this dynamic and challenging position?
Please send your CV to Linda Chai at Human
Resources ( Linda.Chai@MultiChoice.co.za )
PLEASE NOTE :
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