Senior Java Developer Job Pretoria area,South Africa,Software Development

The Role

Increase operational efficiency and suggest solutions to enhance cost effectiveness.

Deliver exceptional service that exceeds customers’ expectations through proactive, innovative, and appropriate solutions by resolving queries fast end effectively.

Cultivate and manage objective working relationships with a variety of stakeholders, including end-users, SME’s, project
managers and senior staff members by providing input to business requirements and being able to present and sell concepts to clients.

Produce program specifications and implement system enhancements by addressing specific business needs and
resolving queries.

Code, compile, test and implement applications in compliance with the Systems

Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Support
development environments. Responsible for coding standards and peer reviews.

Comply, understand, and implement all steps within IT development and meet governance in terms of legislative and
audit requirements during programming execution.

Assess, identify, and mitigate potential risks within the IT programming environment by complying with technology business policy and process requirements (SDLC and change / release management process definition) to ensure operational performance.

Produce technical specifications and architecture that is in accordance to agreed standards. Design, code, test and debug
to obtain a robust solution with supporting documentation.

Minimise system downtime through pro-active identification of potential issues and ensure the minimisation of recurring problems by managing defects and performing code reviews.

Monitor systems post change and pro-actively do performance analysis to ensure there is no system failure due to capacity.
Maintain maximum system availability by ensuring that incidents are recorded for future reference and adequate root cause analysis is done to eliminate the risk of a recurrence.

Manage own development to increase own competencies and develop technical and business skills.

Proactively engage with business units and colleagues to understand underlying needs and opportunities and identify Information Technology (IT) innovative solutions in a timely manner.

Supervises the work of other developers. Provides technical assistance to fellow developers and other Information Technology (IT) team members.

Skills and Experience

Min of 5-10 years solid java experience (java 17+)

Strong SQL skills, especially on MSSQL

Solid experience in the following technologies:
SOA Microservices Docker Java Angular NodeJS Bootstrap Spring boot Hibernate Tomcat Jboss Nexus Teamcity Maven

Experience with workflow tools like Camunda an advantage

Experience with rules engines like Drools an advantage

Experience with graph DB technologies like Neo4J an advantage

Qualifications and Experience

Minimum:

B.Comm,

B.Eng, BSC Eng, BSC Informatics or
related degree.

10+ yrs experience in programming.

Familiar with one or more programming languages as appropriate for the specific requirements of the department related to the field.

System Design experience advantageous.


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