Specialist: Application Support (Deployment & Releases)

Recruiter:

Isilumko Staffing (JHB)

Job Ref:

222901015

Date posted:

Thursday, December 23, 2021

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

SUMMARY:
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POSITION INFO:

Support and maintain application 24/7, to ensure stability, systems availability and performance according to agreed SLA
Support, maintain and monitor Non-Production and Production Environments
Deploy applications to Non-Production and Production Environments
Maintain software components & ensure reliable deployment of new features
Review input deliverables from Development (RN / DI)
Prepare implementation plan and Communicate to stakeholders
Ensure application monitoring is in place as well as automated daily health checks
Research new tools, technologies and best practices
Taking ownership of software issues, and working with Development Teams to resolve more advanced issues...
Support the adoption of Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, and Agile best practices,
Automation of manual tasks
Proactively perform routine maintenance activities
Perform daily health checks on all applications
Manage pre-implementation and post-implementation testing.
Monitor Service Desk queue and manage incidents, requests and problems experienced with systems.
Run production scripts to correct system errors.
Provide business support when required (e.g. month-end operational activities).

A) Knowledge and Skills

Formal Education

IT degree/diploma

Technical/
Legal Certification

MCSD – Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer
Strong computer skills including Microsoft Office and databases
Knowledge of configuration management tools and application performance and management tools
ITIL foundation certification

Experience

· Minimum 3-5 years of enterprise software development experience or 2+ years of DevOps experience; IIS .net technology

· 2+ years of experience in windows based operating systems

· Knowledge and understanding of Agile Methods

· Minimum 2-3 years of development experience

· Exposure to cloud computing

· Application Performance and Monitoring tools

· Experience working in an Agile development environment

· Insurance background/experience (Advantage)

· K2 Platform knowledge and experience (Advantage)

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