University of the Free State Assistant Director: Senior Technical Data Development, Integration and Maintenance Jobs in South Africa
University of the Free State Assistant Director: Senior Technical Data Development, Integration and Maintenance Jobs in South Africa
Duties and responsibilities:Leadership and ManagementResponsible for the management of a team and ensuring that the Division members have sufficient information to perform their duties.
Plan and maintain short-term plans and objectives for the Division and ensures that deadlines are adhered to, and quality outputs are delivered.
Manage the operational tasks received from university staff and students and external clients using the University’s systems and developed web applications.
Control the span over all areas of people, process, technology, data and governance.
Identify and communicate possible impacts, risks, and issues.
Prioritise work to resolve technical emergencies as they may occur.
Responsible for the mentoring of team members through informal channels.
Technical Responsibilities
Responsible for technical development and implementation of databases.
Consolidate and optimise available database infrastructure.
Consolidate and optimise available data warehouse infrastructure.
Conceive analytics and business intelligence platform architecture for clients, including internal and third-party clients.
Design and implement ETL procedures for intake of data from both internal and outside sources, as well as ensure data is verified, and quality is checked.
Design and implement ETL processes and data architecture to ensure the proper functioning of analytics lad, as well as client’s or third-party’s reporting environments and dashboards.
Collaborate with business and technology stakeholders in ensuring data warehouse architecture development and utilisation.
Carry out monitoring, tuning, and database performance analysis.
Perform the design and extension of data marts, metadata, and data models.
Ensure that all the data warehouse architecture code are maintained in a version control system.
Ensure that all technology solutions are properly architected and specified.
Design and implements database structures.
Create and maintain the databases and database objects such as tables, tablespaces, synonyms, views, triggers, stored procedures, defaults, domains, and indexes.
Test the backup and recovery processes extensively.
Recover databases within the service level agreement.
Articulate any data loss encountered.
Ensure the logging and recoverability of database updates since the last backup.
Take frequent backups – full and incremental as needed.
Ensure accurate and complete replication of applicable data during the available windows.
Design and develop reports and analytics capability.
Detect collision to avoid loss of data.
Maintain and establishes a work schedule.
Analyse, review, and write data applications and programs, based on customer needs and requirements.
Conduct analysis of customer needs and developing solutions to software challenges.
Assist with querying and extracting data from large databases.
Produce data reports from complex data sets.
Provide customer training in relation to new data-based software applications.
Maintain confidentiality of work-related information and materials.
Liaise with the business intelligence manager, and internal customers to design and develop reports and analytics capability.
Liaise with the data quality manager to identify and resolve data issues through the configuration of data cleansing and de-duplication software.
Identify and resolve data issues through the configuration of data cleansing and de-duplication software.
Manage the database aspects of the reporting and analytics platform(s) to ensure that reporting jobs are successfully run, and analytics data
aligns with timeliness/completeness requirements.
Liaise with database administrators to ensure that the data warehouse is tuned for optimal performance.
Liaise with business analysts and project managers to develop and refine reporting and analytics requirements.
Develop, Implement, Maintain and Test ESB integrations. This includes the data feeds and output based on the current technology stack.
Evaluate code to ensure its validity and operability.
Ensure coding structures to predefined architecture.
Build and maintain reusable code libraries.
Code development in pre-defined coding languages that aligns with UFS development needs.
Optimise applications in terms of speed, scalability, and operability.
Work overtime as and when required.
Transform design and user interface mock-ups into functional web applications and systems powered by CMS.
Ensures that HTML / CSS is cross-browser and standards compliant and meets accessibility requirements.
Integrate web applications and custom systems with existing applications on campus or third-party/open-source platforms.
Resolve and or escalate issues in a timely fashion.
Integrate data from various back-end services and databases.
Determine technical requirements.
Evaluate codes to ensure that it is valid, properly structured, meet industry standards and are compatible with browsers, devices, or operating systems.
Ensure that all user input is validated before submitting to the back-end.
Manage timelines.
Inform the supervisor of risks to projects
Code testing for sign-off.
Strategic Alignment
Participate in the Business Unit management meetings and strategic planning sessions to obtain a clear understanding of business requirements and strategic direction.
Ensure that the physical designs for the databases and its data structures align with UFS, IT strategies, UFS architecture frameworks and logical data mode.
Inherent requirements:
BSc degree or BTech degree or B.Com Degree in Information Technology on NQF level 7.
A minimum of four (4) years relevant experience.
Key Competencies:
Results oriented.
The ability to cope with a frequently changing environment and to adapt to evolving situations.
The ability to be reliable, responsible, dependable and to fulfil obligations.
Strategic thinking.
The ability to deal with several activities at a time.
The ability to plan work and to follow plans.
Business Acumen:
The ability to adhere to rules and strictly follow work regulations.
Proficient in using MS Office.
Leading.
The ability to lead, take charge of situations, and offer opinions and directions to others.
Building coalitions.
The ability to negotiate, sell, influence and to persuade others.
The ability to interact with others and establish personal connections with people.
How to Apply
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