Specialist: Developer (Natural ADABAS) Jobs

Job Purpose

To offer expert advice and support for operational plans and service delivery. This role focuses on developing, enhancing, implementing, maintaining, and optimizing application modules or subsystems. The goal is to improve service delivery continuously.

Education and Experience

Minimum Qualification & Experience Required

• Bachelor’s degree / Advanced Diploma (NQF 7) in Information Technology (IT) and 5-7 years’ experience in a Natural / ADABAS environment, including 2-3 years at functional specialist level.

OR

• Senior Certificate (NQF 4) and relevant IT Qualification(s) / Certification(s) in Information Technology (IT), plus 5-7 years’ experience in a Natural / ADABAS environment, including 2-3 years at functional specialist level.

ALTERNATIVE

• Senior Certificate (NQF 4) and 10 years’ development experience in a Natural / ADABAS environment, including 2-3 years at functional specialist level.

Minimum Functional Requirements

• Natural ADABAS
• NaturalONE
• IBM Mainframe (z/OS)
• Job Control Language (JCL)
• Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) and IBM MQ

Job Outputs

Process

• Review work progress and provide input for reporting, decision-making, and identifying improvements.
• Apply knowledge of methods, systems, and procedures to spot trends and risks.
• Communicate interpretations and judgments on work outputs and queries in your area of expertise.
• Follow policies, standards, procedures, and legislation in all work.
• Diagnose and solve problems based on your experience.
• Initiate and implement process changes, providing guidelines for new requirements.
• Plan improvements to support operational strategy and objectives.
• Investigate opportunities and risks in product processes.
• Optimize operations, products, and risks through specialist input.
• Stay updated on trends in project management, software development, and industry practices.
• Apply software changes to enhance service delivery and quality.
• Implement projects to improve business processes.
• Use technical specifications to support operational delivery within standards.
• Build relationships with peers and SARS stakeholders to meet objectives.
• Ensure work complies with policies, procedures, and laws; report any issues.
• Mentor peers and junior staff.
• Influence decisions through clear communication.
• Raise issues, highlight risks, and escalate for resolution.
• Identify and fix issues during testing and production.
• Provide clear reports on issues and prevention steps.
• Review specifications and artifacts for development.

Governance

• Develop and input into governance, compliance, integrity, and ethics processes in your specialization.

People

• Build productive relationships with peers and team members to meet objectives.
• Integrate and share knowledge from learning opportunities.

Finance

• Follow policies to ensure cost-effectiveness and reduce expenses.

Client

• Promote a culture of service excellence and positive relationships.
• Provide expert services, advice, and support to internal and external stakeholders.

Behavioural Competencies

• Accountability
• Analytical Thinking
• Attention to Detail
• Building Sustainability
• Commitment to Continuous Learning
• Conceptual Ability
• Customer Service
• Fairness and Transparency
• Honesty and Integrity
• Organisational Awareness
• Problem Solving and Analysis
• Respect
• Trust

Technical Competencies

• Application Development and Maintenance
• Business Knowledge
• Computer Literacy
• Efficiency Improvement
• Functional Policies and Procedures
• IT Development
• IT Knowledge
• Reporting and Interpretation
• Systems Thinking

Deadline: 4th February, 2026