Core Description

The purpose of this role is to design, building code and implementing the solution as specified within the project plan and accordance with the defined business needs.

Role Requirements

• Technical analysis & design
• Analyse and design new\existing system changes and evaluate business impact of change, enhancements and new designs;
• Analyse system change requests to provide work estimates;
• Ability to review supplied specifications, conceptualize the technical solutions to meet the requirements and map the relevant technical designs and documents for the required changes e.g. physical data flows, file layouts, routines and utilities, program specifications or prototypes;
• Translate the logical designs into physical designs and detailed programs designs, taking into account the agreed standards, the target environments infrastructure and architecture, performance requirements and external integrations;
• Liaise with the system development team or support consultants on the development of enhancements to overcome known problems or further fulfil the requirements
• Support and development
• Creates logical and innovative solutions to complex requirements. Understanding of working as part of a project team;
• Create and amend programs in accordance with the design, agreed development standards and tools to achieve a well-engineered solution;
• Maintain detailed 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;
• Ensure ongoing technical and application support that will comply with the established level of service and support for existing systems to the line organization users;
• Provide daily technical, functional and operation support for the existing software applications;

Education & Qualification

• BSc (Computer Science or Information Systems)/ BCom (Information Systems)/A National Diploma in IT/and or equivalent qualification;
• Professional Qualifications Level 5;
• Oracle certification is advantageous

Relevant Experience

• Minimum of 5 years development experience
• Must have 4-5 years’ experience using PL/SQL
• Must have 4-5 years’ experience using Oracle Application Express
• Must have 4-5 years’ experience using Oracle DBMS
• Must have at least three years’ experience in large volume database (50Tb plus)
• Telco / Banking experience is an advantage
• Knowledge of Oracle ADF and Java technologies is advantageous
• Knowledge of Amazon / OpenShift Cloud is advantageous
• Knowledge of C, C# and C++ is advantageous
• Knowledge of UNIX is advantageous
• Knowledge of Agile development methodology using Scrum and Kanban is advantageous
• Must be willing and able to work long hours for short periods to meet deadlines
• Must be willing to provide standby once a month