VAS Software Integration Engineer

Requisition ID: 289497 Date posted: 09/03/2026

Role Purpose & Key Responsibilities

Role purpose:

• Accountable for overseeing systems administration, providing technical support and driving software development and systems Integration initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain software in line with Vodacom software development life cycle and standards.

• Oversee systems/applications configurations and ensure their security in line with VTL standards, policies, procedures, and industry best practices.

• Manage systems problems, Incidents, and requests as per the SLA and responsible but not limited to Business Continuity Planning/Disaster Recovery Planning of all systems under his/her watch but also oversee systems capacity, Backup & Restore for optimal provision of services

• Collaborate with backend systems' teams to ensure proper implementation and integration of the solutions.

• Attend Projects related to the VAS Applications’ and IT and Billing and Vodacom at large.

Professional Qualification, Competencies, Knowledge and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science/Engineering, Information Technology or its equivalent.

• 2+ years’ experience in programming languages such as visual basic, C#, C/C++, Python, JavaScript, ASP, PHP, Java, Go

• Experience working in cloud-native environments.

• Experience working with agile methodologies, such as Scrum, Kanban, XP, LSD, and FDD would be an added advantage.

• Telecommunications and Project Management knowledge experience would be an added advantage.

• Extensive knowledge and hands-on experience with RESTful APIs, including design, integration, and troubleshooting.

• Proven ability to manage incidents effectively, perform root cause analysis, and implement corrective actions.

• DevOps culture, processes, and tools.

• Continuous integration and continuous delivery methodologies and tools.

• Unit, integration, smoke and static code analysis testing.

• Backlog item estimation

• Extensive knowledge and proven experience with core internet and networking protocols, including HTTP, DNS, WebSocket, FTP, SSH, and SMPP.

• Proven expertise in managing code repositories, branching strategies, and collaborative workflows using VCS tools

• Strong knowledge and practical experience with multiple programming and markup languages, including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Java, Ruby, SQL, XML, JSON, YAML, C, Golang, and Python.

• Extensive knowledge and hands-on experience with both relational (RDBMS) and non-relational databases, including MariaDB, Oracle, and MongoDB.

• Extensive knowledge and proven experience in administering operating systems, including Linux, Windows Server, and Unix.

• Strong knowledge and proven experience with shell scripting for automation and system administration tasks

• Proven expertise in software development, with strong skills in designing, coding, testing, and deploying applications.

• Strong knowledge around Cloud-native architectures, including public cloud PaaS / IaaS, micro-services architectures, API.

• Flexibility to deal with changing projects and priorities in a short space of time.

• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to learn new methods and processes.

• Good analytical troubleshooting skills excellent technical, analytical and communication skills.

• Self-Motivated Individual with the ability to work in a team and on own initiative.

• Strong communications skills, with the ability to distil difficult technical concepts into simple and actionable modules.

• Strong time-management skills, with the ability to juggle multiple balls, and comfortable working under pressure.

• Good understanding of the business capability / user journey, wider organizational goals, and desired product business outcomes.

• Understanding of both the current Telecommunications and digital services market and emerging business and technology trends