Job Description

Job title: Systems Administrator

Location: Head Office, Pretoria

Organisation name: Data Management Division

Department description: Economic Statistics Department

Brief description

The main purpose of this position is to administer and maintain selected information technology (IT) services in the Economic Statistics Department (ESD) at the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) to ensure their continuous enhancement, quality and operational efficiency.

Detailed description

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following key performance areas:



Establish and maintain stakeholder relationships to ensure efficient administration and maintenance of the time-series database. Identify future business requirements and opportunities for optimisation and propose solutions. Manage and maintain the integrity of the master data on the time-series database and file servers to facilitate effective business operations and mitigate systems-related risks. Develop appropriate time-series structures on the database. Administer, maintain and develop time-series structures in the Business Intelligence (BI) tool. Administer and maintain time series on the web interface. Provide administrative support for the publication of the Quarterly Bulletin. Provide training and support for system users. Assist with the implementation of enhancements to systems in consultation with business and/or other stakeholders (e.g. business processes, reports, upgrades). Stay abreast of industry developments and best practice and apply these in the course of own work. Improve and standardise work processes in the course of own work and ensure application of standards and methods by the team. Ensure that the use of systems in ESD is complaint with policies and standards. * Work independently and provide guidance to junior staff members.