Application Developer

SUMMARY:
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POSITION INFO:

OUR BLUE CHIP CLIENT WHO OPERATES IN THE FINANCIAL, INSURANCE & HEALTHCARE WELLNESS SPACE FOR INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES; IS CURRENTLY LOOKING TO EMPLOY AN APPLICATION DEVELOPER.

THIS POSITION WILL BE BASED IN PORT ELIZABETH.

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MAIN PURPOSE OF THE POSITION:

• Develop, test, deploy, maintain and support a portfolio of new and existing software applications and services, from high-level business requirements and designs, through the Software Development Life Cycle.

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RESPONSIBILITIES:

INTERNAL PROCESS:

• Collaborate with the Scrum Master/Project Manager to deliver quality, effective software, in line with the agreed development process and business needs.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements, conduct analysis and prioritise requests.
• Conduct research and evaluate potential technical solutions to identified business problems.
• Partner with Business and/or System Analysts to translate business requirements into workable solutions and document solutions into technical specifications.
• Design and code new software functionality using code that is readable, maintainable and re-usable.
• Conduct Unit Testing of own code, and System Integration Testing (SIT) of each solution and resolve all issues/queries timeously.
• Collaborate with the testing team to co-create test cases to ensure that features within each application are working as expected.
• Contribute to user acceptance testing (UAT) and training material to ensure that functionality is working correctly.
• Provide stakeholders with regular feedback on the technical design and timelines for solution ensuring that business needs are met.
• Maintain existing programmes according to change requests approved by business as and when needed.
• Diagnose root causes of system issues through problem-solving and recommend potential solutions.
• Monitor performance of solutions and make recommendations to improve the performance and functionality of the solution.
• Log issues found in existing systems as internal change controls and ensure successful resolution of issues.

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CLIENT:

• Build and maintain collaborative, professional relationships with clients and stakeholders.
• Deliver on service level agreements made with clients and stakeholders in order to ensure that expectations are managed.
• Participate and contribute to a culture which builds rewarding relationships, facilitates feedback and provides exceptional client service.

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PEOPLE:

• Develop and maintain productive and collaborative working relationships with peers and team members.
• Continuously develop own expertise in terms of industry and subject matter development and application thereof in an area of specialisation.
• Participate and contribute to a culture of work-centric thinking, productivity, service delivery and quality management.
• Contribute to continuous innovation through the development, sharing and implementation of new ideas and involvement of peers.
• Take ownership for driving career development.

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KNOWLEDGE/ SKILLS:

• Knowledge of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
• Knowledge of software testing
• Knowledge of writing test cases
• Microsoft SQL Server 2008/2014 (Compulsory)
• Object Orientated programming skills and principles
• C#
• Web Development (ASP.NET, WEBAPI, CSS, HTML)
• JavaScript
• Web Services

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REQUIREMENTS:

• 3-5 Years development experience (Essential)
• QUALIFICATIONS
• Com/Bus Sci (IS); or
• (Comp); or
• Tech IT (Software Development); or
• Dip IT (Software Development)

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PLEASE CONSIDER YOUR APPLICATION UNSUCCESSFUL SHOULD YOU NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE WITHIN 2 WEEKS OF APPLYING.

 

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