Datastage Software Engineer

 

Recruiter:

A 1L Realization (Pty) Ltd

Job Ref:

JHB000172/VB

Date posted:

Monday, February 21, 2022

Location:

Midrand, South Africa


JOB SUMMARY:
Our client in the telecommunications sector requires a Datastage Software Engineer on a contract basis.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Role purpose:
The Software Engineer is responsible for creating prototypes, designing, and building modules and solutions in an iterative agile cycle, develop, maintain, and optimize the business outcome. This role is responsible for estimating user and technical stories, designing, and developing code, writing and executing unit and integration tests, and supporting testing of deliverables against user and technical story acceptance tests. The incumbent is responsible for performing peer reviews, collaborating with architects and other developers to produce “just enough” design, and ensuring that enough technical documentation and training is provided for reference and operational support. This role is responsible for providing software-related operations support, including managing level two and level three incident and problem management.

Core competencies, knowledge, and experience:
  • Agile and lean programming and development of software systems in Web-scale environments
  • Backlog item estimation
  • Unit, integration, smoke and static code analysis testing
  • Architectural element testing e.g. APIs
  • Creating of ETL processes by ensuring the accuracy and completeness of data which is extracted, transformed, and loaded to systems
  • Testing of ETL processes and Debugging:
  • Automated testing and tools e.g. Selenium
  • Code reviewing
  • Software incident and problem management
  • Expertise in multiple programming and markup languages, such as especially any ETL tool, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Java, Ruby, SQL, XML, JSON, YAML, and Python, and paradigms such as object-oriented-, even-driven-, procedural-, functional-, and declarative programming
  • Continuous integration and continuous delivery methodologies and tools
  • DevOps culture, processes, and tools
  • Cloud-native architectures, including public cloud PaaS / IaaS, micro-services architectures, API
  • Highly cross-functional and able to swap and perform adjacent roles at short notice
  • 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
  • Strong relationship building, persuasion, and collaboration skills that drives internal-and cross-team constructive feedback and support
  • 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
  • Willingness to track, assess, and incorporate practice and technology developments into day-to-day working
  • 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

 

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