Senior Specialist Integrator

North-West University / Noordwes-Universiteit; Potchefstroom; On-site; ZAR 763 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading university in South Africa seeks a Senior Specialist Integrator to develop and implement data integration solutions. The role requires a degree in Information Technology and 5 years’ experience in data management and integration development. Responsibilities include collaborating with business stakeholders, ensuring quality assurance, and leading integration development projects. This permanent position offers a competitive remuneration package commensurate with experience.

Qualifications

• 5 years' experience in managing data lineage and integration development.
• Strong knowledge of industry standards and best practices in solution architecture.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement integration solutions in a complex ecosystem.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to align integration needs.
• Ensure effective testing and quality assurance for implemented solutions.

Skills

SQL

Data modeling

Integration development

Problem-solving

Analytical skills

Education

Degree in Information Technology (NQF Level 7)

Tools

Oracle

MySQL

Microsoft SQL

Kafka

JSON

Job description

Position Summary

Industry: Education & Training

Job category: University and Academy

Location: Potchefstroom

Contract: Permanent

Remuneration: Market Related

About Our Company

NWU

Introduction

NORTH-WEST UNIVERSITY (POTCHEFSTROOM CAMPUS) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY POSITION NUMBER: SENIOR SPECIALIST INTEGRATOR POSITION: N000879 PEROMNES GRADE: P7 WITH OFFERING PACKAGE: R 762,255 per annum EMPLOYMENT TYPE: PERMANENT APPOINTMENT

Job Description

Purpose of the Position:

Development and implementation of cost-effective data and integration technical solutions in a complex and integrated business solution ecosystem. Implements quality logical and physical designs that have been optimized to meet the operational performance requirements for multiple solutions and products. Utilizes and implements sound architecture, industry best-practices, standards and procedures. Collaborates with business stakeholders, development leads and architects to produces data integration solutions, turns data into information and knowledge to supports and enables key business processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Analysis and Design
• Analysis business and functional requirements and translates these requirements into robust, scalable, operable designs to develop and deploy effective integration packages. Investigates and recommends demand forecast for integration services.
• Conducts research to keep abreast on new technologies and standards.
• Evaluates and recommends new technology opportunities and best practices that will impact solution integration and data transformation.
• Integration Development
• Lead, define and develop well-designed, testable, reusable and efficient system integration across business areas using best practices and industry standards.
• Explores the data and discovers patterns, meaningful relationships and trends. Implements data structures using best practices in data modelling.
• Performs data conversions, imports and exports of data within and between internal and external systems. Identifies data-quality issues and data governance.
• Ensures documentation of and integration components is created and maintained.
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Collaborate directly with business stakeholders and development teams to align with the integration and data transformation needs.
• Tracks and reports on integration issues in a timely manner.
• Guides and mentors, the technical team improving technical awareness, depth and use of integration and data transforming technology across the business.

Projects

• Serves as project team member for projects of medium to large in scope and high complexity performing integration and data activities according to approved methodologies, tools and standards.
• Collaborate and function as a team member building relationship across multi business areas.
• Documentation
• Produces comprehensive and applicable technical documentation throughout the lifecycle addressing development protocols, technical specification, design, standards and ensuring that these are kept up to date.
• Conducts post implementation reviews.
• Quality Assurance
• Provides data that is accurate, congruent and reliable.
• Establishes acceptance criteria and effective testing plans and methods to satisfy data quality and auditability of any solution implemented.
• Provides input to the development of data/information quality metrics. Conducts reviews ensuring quality according to approved requirements, standards and methodologies
• Testing
• Performs effective end-to-end integration testing ensuring the implemented solutions meets the business requirements, satisfy data quality and auditability. Establishes acceptance criteria for integration and performance tests and validates test results during testing cycle. Communicates test results to business stakeholders and development team. Monitor integration activities after implementation and communicates any discrepancies
• Support
• Tracks, monitors and analysis integration performance and production issues. Troubleshoots, debug reported data loads or reconciliation inconsistencies and adjust data models and/or reports. Ensures sustainability and stability to the production environments. Communicates results, problems and solution recommendations to business stakeholder, support and development teams. Keeps the relevant documentation up to date

Minimum Requirements

• Degree and/or Diploma and/or Certifications in Information Technology (NQF Level 7)
• 5 years’ experience in managing data lineage, data modelling and integration development

Desirable Professional Status

• Java Certification, Other relevant Certification

Experience

• 5 years understands all aspects of the solution development life cycle (e.g. requirements, analysis, design, development, implementation/deploy, testing, and documentation), integration and implementation
• 5 years of knowledge of industry standards and best practice in solution architecture and design

BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES

• Stable, adaptable with high stress tolerance in a mature way.
• Sound analytical, problem-solving, troubleshooting, interpretive and presentation skills
• Strong communication skills - both written and verbal - with the ability to engage with both internal and external stakeholders
• Self-starter with the ability to work independently and take initiative
• A desire to remain technically capable and an expert in current technologies
• Excellent personal organisation and ability to prioritise and carry out multiple tasks in constantly changing environment
• Ability to translate ideas and business requirements into fully functioning ETL workflows.

TECHNICAL COMPITENCIES

• Proven hands-on Solution Development experience and tool set:
• Advanced SQL including query tuning
• A strong knowledge of different databases such as Oracle, MYSQL and Microsoft SQL
• Strong knowledge of service-oriented architecture (SOA), event drive architecture (Kafka) and web services design technologies - JSON, SOAP, KAFKA, REST, Java,
• Knowledge of domain driven architecture
• Experience in the delivery of large scale and complex solutions
• Experience solution implementations using approved methodologies, SDLC and best practice concept Experience in the identification of data quality, data migration and techniques to perform data analysis
• Must be able to work on simultaneous projects, across different environments and to meet multiple deadlines
• Ability to understand business concepts and evaluate the impact of business changes on systems
• Ability to learn new applications
• Knowledge of Higher education processes is recommended
• Knowledge of Wiki mark-ups (preferably Confluence) and JIRA

Remuneration

The annual total remuneration package will be commensurate with the level of appointment as advertised and in line with the NWU policy guidelines.

Enquiries

Enquiries regarding job content may be directed to: Dassie Janse Van Vuuren Tel: [phone]

Enquiries regarding recruitment process may be directed to: Ms Dolly Lebepe, Tel: [phone]

Closing Date

30 January 2026

Planned Commencement of Duties

As soon as possible

Application Information

Kindly take note: applications must be submitted online through the official NWU vacancy website.

Incomplete applications and those submitted through any other platform will not be considered.

The University subscribes to and applies the principles of Employment Equity (EE) Act and is committed to transformation. Preference will be given to candidates from the designated groups, in accordance with the principles of the EE Act and NWU Employment Equity Plan.

The University reserves the right not to make an appointment. Communication will be limited to shortlisted candidates only.

If you are not contacted within two months from the closing date of this advertisement, please accept that your application was unsuccessful.