SITA SOC is the State Information Technology Agency, a South African government-owned company (SOC stands for “State-Owned Company”). Established in 1999, it was created to consolidate and coordinate the state’s information technology resources. SITA’s mandate is to manage the procurement and delivery of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) services for the South African government. Its mission is to provide efficient, cost-effective, and integrated ICT services to the public sector to improve service delivery and citizen convenience. 

Purpose of the job

• To test all applications for quality assurance before an application moves into a production environment.

Key Responsibility Areas

• Ensure effective and efficient service delivery in accordance with SITA Policy framework.
• Adhere to Architectural and Governance mechanisms for the system testing section to improve quality of services and deliverables
• Deliver system testing according to project plans and architectural and governance mechanisms to ensure overall compliance and improved service delivery
• Create workpackages for designing and developing system testing components taking into consideration SITAs software development stack ICT standards and enterprise architecture for Government
• Develop system testing components using SITA Test Methods and System testing Techniques using SITA approved System testing Tools
• Maintain system testing components using SITA Test Methods and System testing Techniques using SITA approved System testing
• Execute comprehensive performance, system and automated test activities in accordance with SITA Test Methods and System testing Techniques using SITA approved System testing Tools; and
• Ensure that resources (including self) are kept abreast of the latest industry developments and ensure that appropriate technologies are used for knowledge management to ensure innovation and improved productivity.

Qualifications and Experience

• Required Qualification: 3-year National Diploma / Degree in an ICT related field (Computer Science, Information Systems, Technology and Engineering) or a verified / certified alternative equivalent @ NQF Level 6.
• Certification: ITQSB, ITIL, COBIT, TOGAF Certification is advantageous.
• Experience: 3-4 years’ experience in the ICT field, including IT Governance, IT Planning, systems development / procurement, implementation and maintenance / enhancements of integrated solutions across multiple hardware and software platforms with leadership, management, operational responsibility in a large corporate/public sector organisation. 3-4 years’ experience in the system testing profession including application of system testing techniques, interpretation of solution design architectures, walkthroughs and inspections, functional and non functional test automation concepts and manual software system testing.

Technical Competencies Description

• Expertise on: KING III and Company Act Object Orientation Agile and Waterfall Methodologies Model Driven Architectures Distributed Architectures/Service Orientated Architectures Solution Architecture and Database Design COTS acquisition and implementation FOSS Products Financial management Fraud Awareness Knowledge of: Corporate Governance ICT Governance and Compliance Development Methodologies Programming Languages Implementation Methodologies IT Quality Management Business Process Management General Business Management General Human Resource Management General Financial Management General ICT Procurement IT Security ICT Standards Legislative environment and IT Legislation Integration Methodologies COTS (Commercial of the Shelf) Products OSS (Open Source Software) Products IT Strategies and Architectures Project Management Data Management Application Maintenance and Support User Support and Training Application System testing Hosting and Converged Communication Skills: Security (Software and Technologies) Portal (HTML, CSS, JAVA scripting, Portlets with various integrations) Interfacing and Integration (Middleware Technologies) Development methodologies (RUP, OpenUp, Agile), SDLC (ISOIEC12207)) Quality (ISO9001, CMMI) Entity Relationship Diagrams Governance Processes and Standards (COBIT, ITIL, UML) System testing (ISEB, ISTQB, IEEE829) Customer Relationship Management Political astuteness Business Acumen Negotiation Personal Attributes/ Behaviours:Agility, Collaboration, Customer Centricity, Integrity, Innovation and Empathy