Technical analysis & design
• Ability to understand and interpret requirements and technical specifications;
• Ability to produce technical specifications of small-medium complexity programs;
• Ability to produce database designs;
• Ability to provide technical estimates to work.
Support and development
• Create and amend programs in accordance with the design, agreed development standards and tools to achieve a well-engineered solution;
• Maintain documentation and project files with respect to progress, problems, needed changes, etc., and provide regular reports on such to the Team\ Project leader and/or Systems;
• Review technical deliverables and manage quality in order to ensure that what has been built meets user expectation;
• Provide daily technical, functional and operation support for the existing software applications.
Testing
• Construct, interpret and execute system and program test plans to verify correct operation of completed systems;
• Plan, design and conduct test of program; correcting errors and re-test to achieve an error free result.
Skills and Competency
• Is a self-starter who requires minimal supervision, and takes high ownership of work assigned
• Must be able to provide guidance and support to junior developers to ensure that project deliverables are met in the required quality standards, time and budget estimations;
• Takes a logical, analytical approach to problem solving and pays close attention to detail;
• Ability to work under pressure;
• Ability to work from test scripts as well as the ability to complete independent, non-script based testing;
• Good communications skills (verbal and written)
• Experience using different development methodologies by the organisation;
• Takes ownership of assigned tasks, maintains good rapport within the team, provides strong contribution and feedback to/ from the team lead;
• Contributes towards improving development/ support process. Focus on evaluating and analyzing flaws/ discrepancies in system, and ability to implement efficient, high-quality solutions;
• Work well with others as part of a team.
Education & Qualification
• BSc(Computer Science or Information Systems)/ BCom(Information Systems)/A National Diploma in IT/and or equivalent qualification;
• Microsoft Certified Systems Developer (MCSD) would be an advantage.
Relevant Experience
• A minimum of 4 years development experience;
• Must have 2-3 years’ experience using C#;
• Must have 2-3 years’ experience using ASP.NET;
• Must have 2-3 years’ experience using WPF;
• Must have 2-3 years’ experience using Microsoft SQL Server;
• Azure, Xamarin, SQLite, Windows Store App & Windows Phone development would be an advantage;
• Has acquired a broad understanding of IS concepts and practical, in particular those used within own organisation concerning the systems development life cycle;
• Design and analysis skills (includes database design);
• Experience using SharePoint, Visual Studio or Telerik will be an advantage