Purpose of the job

• The role will be responsible to execute complex application development, maintenance projects and services and provide innovative solutions and products that resolve challenges of government service delivery. The Advance Software Developer will be responsible for guiding and executing the design, development, and execution of complex services and projects of ICT solutions.

Key Responsibility Area

• Lead the development of functional requirements that articulate clear and concise project deliverables that are compatible with user expectations.
• Deliver feasibility and cost-benefit analysis, including choice of application architecture to enhance the overall application development process.
• Lead and execute complex software development and customization projects spanning multiple environments to ensure that it is successfully delivered.
• Lead and develop/ customize complex applications services solutions by studying information needs; consulting with clients, studying systems flow, data usage and work processes; investigating problem areas; following the software development lifecycle using SITAs software development stack/ development framework.
• Lead and execute maintenance of integrated IT software components using SITAs software development stack/ development framework.

Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum: 3 – 4 Year National Higher Diploma / National Degree in Software Engineering/ Computer Science /Information Technology or relevant qualification equivalent to NQF Level 6.
• Certification: Vendor certification for Java will be an added advantage.
• Experience: 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.

Closing Date: 17 December 2025