Senior Engineer: Automation & Scheduling – Fixed Term Contract Jobs

Job Purpose

To design, implement, manage changes, and support the SARS Workload Automation Scheduling system using BMC Control-M. This role defines operational processes for the organization. Work with application and system owners to design, configure, and schedule production batch jobs across a multi-platform enterprise infrastructure. Define and understand work processes and job plan dependencies. Help enforce production control policies and procedures.

Education and Experience

Minimum Qualification & Experience Required

• Relevant National Diploma / Degree (NQF 6) in Information Technology and 3-4 years’ experience in a BMC Control-M environment, including 1-2 years at knowledge worker level.

Alternative

• Senior Certificate (NQF 4) and 6 years’ experience in BMC Control-M environment, including 1-2 years at knowledge worker level.

Job Outputs

Process

• Gather information and provide reports with recommendations in your area of expertise.
• Apply practical knowledge to identify trends and risks using methods, systems, and procedures.
• Communicate interpretations and judgments on work outputs and queries.
• Follow policies, practices, standards, procedures, and legislation in delivering work.
• Plan and schedule activities to improve quality and service delivery.
• Handle process and procedural changes, implement them, and provide guidelines for new requirements.
• Investigate opportunities for operational, process, product, and risk improvements.
• Use knowledge and judgment to make decisions.
• Advise on proper sequencing of tasks for application development.
• Analyze, code, schedule, execute, and confirm complex ad-hoc production job requests.
• Review log messages for completed job executions.
• Code and test converted or migrated jobs before production; use Control-M tools to troubleshoot issues.
• Convert and migrate existing jobs and schedules into BMC Control-M.
• Provide support and after-hours standby for IT systems and services.
• Gather future requirements, address SLA concerns, and identify impacts from new application changes.
• Present findings to various organizational levels to align automation with business needs.
• Communicate effectively with third parties, technical, and business owners on solution design.
• Provide independent judgment on methods and techniques for optimal automation.
• Integrate research and best practices for problem avoidance and improvement.
• Design and deploy job scheduling infrastructure.
• Apply IT concepts for complex analyses across IT specializations.
• Collaborate with managers and users to define job flows for new applications.
• Identify and resolve complex workload automation and scheduling issues.
• Maintain productive relationships with peers, SARS role players, and third parties.
• Conduct inspections to ensure adherence to procedures and recommend changes.

Client

• Contribute to a culture of service excellence, building positive relationships and opportunities for feedback.
• Understand and adhere to customer service standards; provide specialist support to meet expectations.
• Monitor and propose improvements to processes affecting client satisfaction.

Governance

• Comply with governance and compliance procedures; identify and escalate risks.
• Ensure work adheres to policies, procedures, and legislative requirements; report deviations.

People

• Develop and maintain productive relationships with peers and team members to meet objectives.

Finance

• Follow policies to ensure cost-effectiveness and reduce financial costs.

Behavioural Competencies

• Accountability
• Analytical Thinking
• Attention to Detail
• Commitment to Continuous Learning
• Conceptual Ability
• Expertise in Context
• Fairness and Transparency
• Honesty and Integrity
• Organisational Awareness
• Respect
• Trust

Technical Competencies

• Business IT Systems
• Business Knowledge
• Computer Literacy
• Data Collection and Analysis
• Efficiency Improvement
• Functional Policies and Procedures
• SARS Systems Products
• Stress Management
• Use of Build Automation
• Reporting

Deadline: 3rd February 2026

Method of Application

Interested and qualified candidates should apply through the SARS career portal.