Senior Java Developers, Johannesburg, R1 million p/a gross

SUMMARY:
Work remotely as a Java developer

POSITION INFO:

Our client is a State Owned Entity (SOE) focusing on IT solutions for its large sister company.  Vacancies of Senior Java Developer have arisen at their head office at Somerset West.

 Please note:

• Gauteng based employees will not be compelled to re-locate to Cape Town and will be allowed to work remotely. 

• Due to shortage of the appropriate skills, Foreign national with Permanent Residence status or Valid Work Permits are encouraged to apply, and may be appointed on contract and on satisfactory verification that they are still resident in South Africa and upon their undertaking that they will continue to reside in South Africa during the tenure of their respective contracts 

• Applications will be considered from applicants including semi-retired professionals, aged over 60. 

• Candidates shortlisted by our agency will be required to undergo 2 levels of             competency tests and the score they will achieve will determine whether they may be considered for the Senior or Intermediate Java Developer Positions. The first test, simple and basic, will be a multiple choice test administered by our agency virtually, followed by the second test administered by the employer, and virtual as well.

JOB PURPOSE:

To develop functionality for a JEE (J2EE) based product. The backend is a service oriented Spring based application. It provides a service layer for different user channels ranging from web, rich clients and batch users integrating via JMS and web services. The work contains a portion of support and refactoring of existing code as well as new development (extend it for new functionality) and add extra integration points.

RESPONSIBILITIES/TASKS:

• Support existing and develop new functionality and components.
• Understand existing product and domain elements and work with business analysts to refine and implement new requirements.
• Refactor and improve the code to keep the product maintainable and adaptable to new requirements.
• Evaluate and improve application performance, and high availability features.
• Create unit and integrated system tests to show that the developed functionality works as intended.
• Create technical documentation that explains how the various components of the system work and how to use them.
• Do root cause analysis on bugs to find and fix the cause of a problem in an integrated system.
• Build and deploy the system on an application server.
• Create and execute functional test scenarios (dev testing).
• Work effectively in a team environment, actively collaborating to improve software development processes and standards.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Relevant tertiary qualification in Information Technology or Computer/Engineering Sciences and/ or at least 3 years relevant experience as a developer as part of a team in a software development environment.
• A strong knowledge of Java is essential.
• 2-3 years relevant experience as a senior back-end developer in a multi-tiered Java application development.
• Experience in scripting languages is preferred (e.g. JavaScript, Angular, Python/Jython).
• Ability to work in a team environment and collaborate on a common (UML) design model.
• A thorough understanding of SDLC processes, tools and techniques.

SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS:

• Experience with team development tools: Use of source control applications (preferably GIT); Use of a UML tool for documentation.
• Experience of the following technologies:
  • JEE (J2EE) server side technologies, SOAP and Services
  • Spring framework (preferable)
  • JPA /Hibernate
  • Experience with an application server (IBM Websphere - preferable)
  • Integration experience (Web/RESTful services, JMS)
  • JAXB and XML Schema
  • Maven
  • SQL and experience with a relational database (i.e. Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, DB2)
  • SoapUI/Postman
  • Ability to deliver production quality software by e.g. paying attention to detail, do extensive unit testing and support quality testing phases.
  • Knowledge and experience of the following would be a plus:
    • Business process/workflow layers e.g. JBPM, BPEL (Activiti)
    • Rules engines (i.e. Drools)
    • Design patterns (Object Oriented, SOLID, GRASP)
    • Continuous integration tools (i.e. Jenkins, Bamboo, Docker)

REMUNERATION:

A very competitive package will be negotiated with the successful candidates. Benefits include: Retirement annuity, Group Life and Income Protection, Medical Aid, 24 Days Annual Leave, Office shut down in December between Christmas and New Year’s Day. The duration of the work contracts will range from permanent to monthly, depending on the candidate’s age and residence / citizen status.

HOW TO APPLY:

Please send your CV to Colin Khomeliwa by 16:00 hrs on Friday

21^st  May 2021. The job title must appear in the subject line of the e-mail.

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