Senior Rpa Developer

Interfront Soc; Gauteng; Hybrid; ZAR 300 000 - 400 000; Part time

Job summary

A technology services firm in Gauteng seeks a Senior RPA Developer to automate business processes using Microsoft Power Platform. The ideal candidate has at least 6 years of software development experience, including 4 years specifically in RPA development. Responsibilities include designing, testing, and deploying RPA bots, while ensuring compliance with governance and providing end-user support. A hybrid contract position is available until the end of March, inviting applications from candidates with relevant qualifications.

Qualifications

• 6 - 8 years experience in software development.
• 5 years at a specialist level with at least 4 years in RPA development.
• Microsoft Certified: Power Automate RPA Developer Associate.

Responsibilities

• Analyse business processes and identify automation opportunities.
• Collaborate with analysts to gather requirements.
• Design and deploy RPA bots according to governance.
• Maintain and monitor bots for optimal performance.
• Document automation solutions and provide training.

Skills

Power Automate

RPA development

JavaScript

VBScript

.NET Framework

Microsoft Dataverse

Power Apps

AI Builder

Power Virtual Agents

APIs

REST

Spring

SOAP

React

Node.js

Angular

J2EE

Java

Web Services

Education

Relevant bachelor's degree in computer science or Information Systems

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Analyse business processes and identify opportunities for automation using Microsoft Power Platform tools.
• Collaborate with business analysts and process owners to gather requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
• Design, develop, test and deploy RPA bots in accordance with SARSs governance and security standards.
• Maintain and monitor bots to ensure optimal performance and resolve any issues.
• Document automation solutions and provide training / support to end-users and stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with SARSs data privacy, cybersecurity and internal control policies.
• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives and contribute to the RPA Centre of Excellence.
• Apply and utilise systems in a manner that ensures efficient and effective service delivery, optimised quality, financial accuracy and calculation.
• Apply processes to improve data validation across service delivery systems in line with operational targets.
• Design, model and document process solutions specifications.
• Ensure that business requirements are clearly identified, prioritised and satisfied by appropriate technical and / or business process solutions.
• Provide process solution support to institutionalise process initiatives.
• Analyse and make recommendations about improvements to specialist systems, procedures, policies and practices.
• Draw on own technical or professional expertise, knowledge and experience to identify and recommend tactical solutions to defined problems in practices.
• Influence and communicate across business areas impacted by practice area to minimise resistance and ensure onboarding of new thinking.
• Proactively identify interconnected problems, determine their impact and use to develop best-fit alternatives, developing best-practice solutions.
• Recommend changes to optimise processes, systems, practice areas and associated procedures and execute the implementation of change and innovation.

Governance

Ensure that completed work adheres to relevant policies, procedures, governance and legislative requirements and report on deviations and discrepancies.

People

Provide specialist know-how, support, advice and practice thought leadership in area of expertise.

Closing date: 10th of October

Successful candidate must be based in Gauteng region.

Employment type: Hybrid contract position until 31st of March

This vacancy is open to people with disabilities.

Qualifications and Experience

Relevant bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems or related field.

6 - 8 years experience in software development of which 5 years at a specialist level and at least 4 years in RPA development.

Microsoft Certified: Power Automate RPA Developer Associate.

Scripting languages: VBScript, JavaScript.

• .NET Framework.

Microsoft Dataverse.

Power Platform: Power Apps, AI Builder, Power Virtual Agents.

Ability to design scalable automation solutions.

Familiarity with AI / ML integration.

Understanding of business analysis and process engineering.

Key Skills and Competencies

The acknowledgement and assumption of responsibility for actions, products, decisions and policies within the scope of the role.

Understanding a situation or problem by breaking it into smaller pieces or tracing the implications of a situation in a step-by-step way.

The ability to take all relevant details into account to ensure that a task is completed to required standards.

The ability to identify patterns or connections between situations that are not obviously related and to identify key or underlying issues in complex situations.

This is the ability to formulate new concepts based on information gathered.

Degree to which one possesses definitive technical and / or fundamental understanding of the business.

Must be able to systematically identify, analyse and resolve existing and anticipated problems in order to reach optimum solutions in a timely manner.

Ability to be considerate for self and others.

Firm belief in the reliability, truth or ability of someone or something.

Decisions, practices, processes and transactions are transparent and fair.

The quality of being upright, truthful, sincere and freedom from deceit or fraud; guided by values and ability to demonstrate moral judgement and doing the right thing consistently.

Activities, tasks and practices associated with obtaining and using knowledge in business areas, functions and products.

Ability to determine trends from raw data to assist decision-making.

Fundamentally rethinking and redesigning business processes to obtain sustained improvements in quality, cost, service, lead time, flexibility and innovation.

Contributions to improving operational efficiencies, including re-evaluation of processes and provision of recommendations to enhance operational efficiency.

Ability to create reports in a lucid and effective manner, keeping in mind the purpose of the reports.

Work Level

Senior

Job Type

Contract

Salary

Market Related

Duration

6 - 9 Months

EE Position

No

Location

Pretoria

Required Experience

Senior IC

Key Skills

APIs, REST, Spring, SOAP, .NET, React, Node.js, Angular, J2EE, JavaScript, Web Services, Java