Join one of South Africa’s leading financial service providers as an Intermediate Developer. The successful candidate will develop, create, and modify general computer applications software or specialised utility programs. Analyse user needs and develop software solutions. Design software or customise software for client use with the aim of optimising operational efficiency. May analyse and design within an application area, working individually or coordinating development as part of a team.
Responsibilities:
- Application Software Development: Develop existing and new applications by analysing and identifying areas for modification and improvement. Develop new applications to meet customer requirements.
- Improvement / Innovation: Identify shortcomings and suggest improvements to existing processes, systems and procedures.
- Applications Software Maintenance: Monitor, identify, and correct straightforward software defects to maintain fully functioning applications software.
- Testing IT Performance: Perform routine website/applications software tests and respond to user emails to monitor, diagnose, and correct performance issues.
- Information Security: Implement required security measures such as firewalls or message encryption, monitoring performance to notify security experts of any problems.
- Personal Capability Building: Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching.
- Organisational Capability Building: Provide instruction and informal advice to less experienced colleagues within the team to develop their skills.
- Operational Compliance: Develop knowledge and understanding of the organisation’s policies and procedures and of relevant regulatory codes.
- Application Software Roadmap: Maintain road map to facilitate application software development and ensure the development work is prioritised in line with business requirements.
- Customer Service: Carry out a range of customer service activities, including handling customer cases and enquiries that are more complex or outside the norm.
Tasks:
- Modify existing software to correct errors, allow it to adapt to new hardware, or to improve its performance.
- Develop and direct software system testing and validation procedures.
- Direct software programming and development of documentation.
- Consult with customers or other departments on project status, proposals, or technical issues.
- Analyse information to determine, recommend, and plan installation of a new system or modification of an existing system.
- Consult with engineering staff to evaluate interface between hardware and software.
- Prepare reports or correspondence concerning project specifications, activities, or status.
- Store, retrieve, and manipulate data for analysis of system capabilities and requirements.
- Coordinate installation of software system.
- Monitor functioning of equipment to ensure system operates in conformance with specifications.
- Oversee and assign work to programmers, designers, technologists, technicians, or other engineering or scientific personnel.
- Advise customer about or perform maintenance of software system.
- Train users to use new or modified equipment.
Education:
- Grade 12/ SAQA Accredited Equivalent (Essential).
- A recognised software development certification/degree/diploma (Essential).
Experience:
- 3 or more years’ experience using relevant programming languages or technologies (Essential).
- Azure experience (Advantageous).
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