South African Reserve Bank: Internship Opportunities 2023

The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) invites all innovative and talented applicants to apply for its Information Technology Internship (Grow-IT) opportunity.

Grow-IT is an Internship Programme aimed at addressing the current and future skills needs of the SARB’s Business Solutions and Technology Department (BSTD) in response to the departmental strategy and workforce planning. This includes capacity and capability building as well as succession planning and future talent in the department.

During the programme, learners will acquire the required technical and behavioural competencies based on their areas of specialisation. Successful applicants will be placed within the information technology (IT) environment to acquire all the required competencies.The duration of the programme is a one-year contract (with an option to extend).

Requirements:

• National Diploma in IT or a Bachelor’s degree in: Computer Science, Data Science, Information Systems, Mathematics, Software Engineering or Statistics (NQF 7);
• Must be a South African citizen;
• Must be between the ages of 18 and 35 years; and
• Must be curious, self-motivated and innovative.

Specializations to choose from:

Candidates are requested to indicate their field(s) of specialisation or preference(s) in any of the following fields:

• Applications Security
• Cloud Engineering
• Collaboration – Cloud Solutions
• Cyber and Information Security
• Data Management
• Enterprise Architecture (Solutions Architect)
• Enterprise Integration
• Enterprise Systems (Enterprise Resource Planning, Flexcube and National Cash Management)
• Infrastructure and Operations (Cloud, Database Administration and ServiceNow)