Senior Software Developer AM: SAPS Unique needed at SITA SOC

Purpose of the job

• To lead the design, implementation, debugging, documentation, release and maintenance of software-based solutions, write code and enhance software/systems in accordance with ICT standards and the enterprise architecture for Government.

Key Responsibility Area

• Lead the design and development of new features for the software systems, and improvement of the existing ones.
• Implementation, debugging, documentation and release of the software solutions.
• Provide maintenance and enhancement support of the existing systems.
• Perform software systems coding assignments.
• Supervision of the Software development team.

Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum: 3-year National Diploma/ Bachelor’s degree in ICT (Computer Science, Information Systems, Technology and Engineering) or related field.
• Experience: 6 – 7 years’ experience with full software development lifecycle (SLDC), including solution development, operational responsibility in a large corporate/public sector organisation. The experience must include.Good solid programming Skills and understanding of the Java language, Eclipse IDE, Spring MVC framework and Oracle database is essential and required. Extensive experience with working on multiple tasks and report status. Experience in interacting with customers.

Technical Competencies Description

• Understanding of user requirement process Knowledge of Java development process and its technologies computer science including algorithms, data structures, operating systems and databases. Knowledge to design and develop test plans and software simulator to facilitate different levels of testing. Knowledge to report the results of different levels of testing report, the discrepancies between the software and its related documents. Development methodologies (e.g. RUP, OpenUp, Agile), SDLC COTS (Commercial of the Shelf) Products Security (Software and Technologies). Comprehensive knowledge of software testing techniques and tools Comprehensive knowledge and experience with one or more of the major database systems Oracle.Comprehensive Team-working experience.

Closing Date: 17 December 2025