Technology/Domain Specialist II

1 week ago

Midrand, South Africa Recru-it Full time
Job Purpose:
To consult on specific technology through sought after advise and deep expertise and credibility in the industry. Expert in understanding how technology is applied in the organisation and ensure all outputs are in compliance with current governance and legislation.

Job Responsibilities:
  • Consult and provide advice on the use of specific technology. Address the needs of the company by deploying, supporting and configuring the specific technology.
  • Develop solutions using knowledge of technology.
  • Ensure ongoing availability within the SLA requirements.
  • Ensure maximum exploitation of the technology features across multiple business initiatives.
  • Identify further opportunities for use of the technology.
  • Contribute to a culture of transformation by participating in the company culture building initiatives, business strategy, and CSI.
  • Stay abreast of developments in field of expertise, ensuring personal and professional growth.
  • Understand and embrace the company vision and values, leading by example.
  • Identify opportunities to influence the improvement or enhancement of business processes and methodologies.
  • Participate in Research and Development related to specific technology.
  • Ensure alignment with emerging technologies, and impact on the client technologies.
  • Participation in design forums, project forums, user groups and Request for Proposal (RFP).
  • Design optimal technical solution in the companys technologies. Contribute expertise into a design document related to specific technology and its impact on the company technology.
  • Participate in proof of technology and proof of concept, with recommendations.
  • Document and maintain documents relevant to specific technologies and its standards.
  • Maintain technology road map in alignment with strategic IT policies and procedures.
  • Ensure implementation of solution is aligned to best practice.
  • Enable skilling and required corrective action taking place by sharing knowledge and industry trends with team.
  • Obtain buy-in for developing new and/or enhanced processes to improve the functioning of stakeholders' businesses.
  • Maintain up to date landscape views and technical guidelines of how specific technology is implemented at the company.
  • Attend technology specific industry forums and compile and present technical papers.
  • Provide problem solving in high impact incidents.
  • Present to stakeholders on any impact or change to specific technology.
  • Engage with vendors related to specific technologies.
  • Present on the exploitation of the technology.
  • Become a trusted consultant by providing trustworthy information and acknowledging if advice cannot be provided.
  • Expand IP beyond own technology specialty. Review the company and Business Unit Plan and ensure delivered systems, process, services and solutions are aligned to support the achievement of the business strategy, objectives and values.
  • Contribute to the content of the curricula for stakeholders.
  • Enable skilling and required corrective action to take place.
  • Grow the profession through technical mentoring.
  • Review vendor training offerings. Ensure the continuity of the technical specialist pipeline.

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level:
  • Grade 12 (NQF level 4) - 4 years relevant technical qualification/ certification - DB2 for Z/Os certifications

Preferred Qualification:
  • Technical Diploma or equivalent Degree

Minimum Experience Level:
  • 10-15 years experience in an IT environment of which at least 2 years in a senior role from feeding career streams and at least 3-5 years specialisation in the specific technology
  • MVS, TSO, SQL, JCL, REXX, CICS, MQ, VSAM
  • Knowledge of application performance tuning concepts and scripting

Technical / Professional Knowledge:
  • Business Acumen
  • Business principles
  • Change management
  • Industry trends
  • Principles of financial management
  • Principles of project management
  • Research methodology
  • Business writing skills
  • Cluster Specific Operational Knowledge
  • Data Analysis and Interpretation
  • Relevant governing body practises and guidelines
  • Product trends
  • Compliance of license contracts knowledge
  • Mentoring
  • Industry best practise frameworks
  • Business consulting and facilitation
  • Relevant Governance controls and regulatory knowledge
  • Information Technology concepts
  • System Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
  • Role relevant related technologies
  • Service Orientated Architecture (SOA)
  • Systems design
  • Knowledge of specific technology
  • Single technology
  • Object Orientation (Devlopers)
  • IT Solutions Architecture
  • IT Infrastructure Architecture
Behavioral Competencies:
  • Applied Learning
  • Decision Making
  • Innovation
  • Stress Tolerance
  • Driving for results
  • Quality Orientation
  • Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills

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