A leading IT Company based in Johannesburg, is looking for a Perl Developer to join their team.

Duties:
• Create and maintain code that meets design specifications, follows standards, is easy to maintain and is free from defects;
• Provide maintenance, improvement and production support for existing applications;
• Participate in design sessions to understand the business requirement and solution to be delivered;
• Assist the Business analyst with creating project plans and estimating task durations;
• Communicate with other Developers, the Integration Manager and Business Analysts on product issues;
• Work with Testing team to ensure that the project is accurately tested;
• Effective database development
• Effective product development
• Effective custom development
• Effective trouble shooting

Database Development
• Working with all aspects of database design, development and maintenance.
• Writing and execution of scripts on databases.

Product Development
• Designing and maintaining both new and existing applications.
• Preparing technical documentation of products and source code, both internally and externally.

Custom Development
• Development of custom software for specific client projects.
• Integration of custom-developed software
• Assistance with specifying of custom requirements, including estimates for costing purposes.
• Preparation of technical and handover documentation as required by the customer on developed modules.

Web Services
• Familiar with web service protocols (SOAP, WSDL, etc.)
• Familiar with web service frameworks (Java, PHP, Perl, C++)

Requirements:
• BSc degree or equivalent
• 2 -5 years’ experience within a similar position
• Fully proficient in HTML and Perl
• Web
• HTML
• CSS
• JavaScript
• PHP (Nice to have)
• ASP
• MySQL
• MSSQL
• Perl (Essential, MUST HAVE)
• Linux (Additional)