Customs Solutions Developer

In order to be considered the following is required: Relevant Degree or National Diploma Minimum 4 + years Project Management Experience Minimum 4 + years database experience Experience in managing an internal or externally operated production systems environment Customs programs experience and Customs Applications Support Knowledge Experience in working with Customs, Excise Technical and Operations Mandates Excellent oral and written communication skills (English) Experience in managing an internal or externally operated production systems environment Experience in Programs and Project management Duties & Responsibilities Effective deployments, early benefits realization by ensuring plans reflect optimized time-to-market Ensure that existing and new Features and Functions within core applications are maximized Develop realistic achievable and price conformant Service and Operational Service Level Agreements with business stakeholders and ensure back-to-back compatibility with dependent service providers Maintain service quality and availability applications, office automation and communications and ensure that infrastructure uptime is monitored in line with established SLAs and OLAs Deploy solutions and ensure appropriate configurations on all servers and customs related applications /servers Ensure business continuity via appropriate topologies, archive and recovery strategies Institutionalize continuous quality improvement via ongoing Root Cause Analysis and Eradication Be Point of escalation in service failure situations and ensure proactive management and stakeholder communication of incidents by involving all appropriate workgroups Monitor and scale capacity – up and down - ahead of demand (Hardware and Communications infrastructure) Ensure hardware refresh policy is optimized for maximum cost effectiveness Implement cost effectiveness programmes and submit potential cost reduction initiatives for review and consideration Ensure adherence to global KPI and to report performance in line with standard reporting requirements Internal and external vendor and customer relationship management Lead or participate in global/regional initiatives as part of a virtual IT function Compliance to regional standards including First Choice Ensure maintenance and changes to scripts are processed as per business requirement Ensure Legal compliance through following legislated records and data management practices Reduce the activities in the area of Network administration, performance monitoring and tuning in association with regional BIT Unix server administration (where local applications are based on Unix/Informix) Help desk and service tickets management, including ticket reduction via root cause analysis and eradication Enforce IT Security Policies through training, management communications user and country IT audits Ensures competent, motivated, and harmonious team is recruited, retained and developed Maintains a safe and healthy environment for staff consistent with the policies and procedures of the business Developing the team’s capability and capacity Establishing an environment conducive to good performance and morale and ensuring the early resolution of conflict Establishing performance criteria and providing regular feedback to staff Developing and fostering professional excellence and networking with other business units Creating an environment in which individuals and teams perform at their best to maximize their own potential to create a win-win for the business If you would like to email your CV directly – please send it to millerm@bedifferent.co.za  Information displayed above not limited to advertisement. Please consider your application as unsuccessful if you have not received a response within 14 days of submitting your application. However, please keep a lookout on our website, www.bedifferent.co.za, for available positions which you may be suited for.