Description
SBV seeks Software Developer to Develop and Design products according to industry Best Practices and Standards with focus on re-usability, high-availability and portability. Responsible for providing in depth analysis and technical input on a broad-based set of challenges across the Technology landscape. Provides technical assistance to level 1 developers.
Technology Transformation & Innovation
* Assist in deployment of delivery components of the Development Functional Strategy
* Proactively drive innovation through the generation of new ideas and options made by new technologies.
Analysis and Planning
* Research new innovations and solutions (includes new application, database and operating system technologies for mobile, open source and closed source domains)
* Efficiently manage and execute project plans - milestone tracking and communication checkpoints.
* Provide input on the Application Roadmap in line with the Technology Strategy.
* Collaborate with internal teams and vendors to fix, improve and develop new applications in accordance with SLAs
* Analyse and understand business requirements, architecture and technical documents.
* Enhance applications by identifying opportunities for improvement and making recommendations.
* Review and apply security principles to all development work performed.
* Conduct system and impact analysis of new development changes and remedy them prior to development
Analysis and Planning
* Research new innovations and solutions (includes new application, database and operating system technologies for mobile, open source and closed source domains)
* Efficiently manage and execute project plans - milestone tracking and communication checkpoints.
* Provide input on the Application Roadmap in line with the Technology Strategy.
* Collaborate with internal teams and vendors to fix, improve and develop new applications in accordance to SLAs
* Analyse and understand business requirements, architecture and technical documents.
* Enhance applications by identifying opportunities for improvement and making recommendations.
* Review and apply security principles to all development work performed.
* Conduct system and impact analysis of new development changes and remedy them prior to development
* Develop the appropriate software using the relevant development tools (coding)
Implementation and Execution
* Write code according to Industry best practice and standards with focus on re-usability, high availability and portability meeting business requirements using the relevant technologies.
* Consistently write, translate, and code software programs and applications according to specifications.
* Administer critical analysis of test results and deliver solutions to problem areas.
* Generate statistics and prepare and write reports for management and/or team members on the status of the programming process.
* Assist in the development and maintenance of user manuals and guidelines.
* Install software products for end users as required.
* Write programming scripts to enhance functionality and/or appearance of company Web site and/or related Web applications as necessary.
* Remove code script from company Web site and/or related Web applications as necessary.
* Liaise with network administrators, systems analysts, and software engineers to assist in resolving problems with software products or company software systems.
* Implement roll-out, change control, release management, project and client management
Risk & Quality Management
* Strive for ZERO defects on any code developed from the team.
* Assist design and develop unit test cases for any development work.
* Perform unit testing on code developed for quality assurance and alignment with requirements.
* Conduct and report on code reviews and unit testing on code written by other team members including corrective action identified to meet minimum standards.
* Identify, document and manage Internal Risks Controls with reporting into the Technology Risk Register.
* Manage code deployment, fixes, updates and related processes through defect tracking in testing and evaluation of error logs.
* Ensure that all artefacts are well managed and controlled in the relevant repositories as per the defined policies and procedures.
* Run and monitor software performance tests on new and existing programs for the purposes of correcting errors, isolating areas for improvement, and general debugging.
Effective client support
* Incident, problem and release management
* Ensure systems up-time
* Monitor customer support cases
* Assist and provide support to resolve problems
* Deploy proper Help Line protocol and escalation for problem solution
* Monitor adherence to SLAs
Business partner engagements
* Effectively communicate and regularly engage with key stakeholders at different levels.
Policy Formulation & Management
* Ability to construct policies and processes
* Ability to define the reporting content for the correct audience combined with the ability to scale the presentation of these reports to the appropriate audience
Effective teamwork and self-management
* Follow through to ensure that personal quality and productivity standards are consistently and accurately maintained
* Demonstrate consistent application of internal procedures
* Provide guidance to junior software developers and research assistants.
* Plan and prioritise, demonstrating abilities to manage competing demands
* Demonstrate abilities to anticipate and manage change
* Demonstrate flexibility in balancing achievement of own objectives with abilities to understand and respond to organisational needs
* Manage own career development by staying abreast of any technical and industry changes
* Provide leadership, guidance and motivation to employees measured via the SBV people survey
* Drive, train and inspire the team to consistently improve their technical knowledge.
* Drive the SBV values while inspiring confidence and generating excitement, enthusiasm and commitment.
Requirements
Minimum Requirements: Work Experience
* 5 years’ experience as a software developer.
o Web based development(HTML5, Javascript, Angular, ReactJS, CSS)
o Object oriented development (Java, C#, .Net Core, Python)
o Database Management (SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL)
o Version Control (Git, MS TFS)
* 1 year development experience of cloud applications.
o Docker knowledge
o Kubernetes
o Node.js
o NGINX
* Understanding of new emerging web and mobile development frameworks and models.
Minimum Requirements: Education
* Degree in Information Technology Management, Computer Science, Business Administration, Commerce or similar
* Technical certifications, e.g. SQL, .Net, Java, Python (advantageous)
NB: Communication will be limited to shortlisted applicants only.
SBV recruitment is committed to transformation and diversity alignment
Work Level
Mid-Level
Job Type
Permanent
Salary
Market Related
EE Position
Yes
Location
Selby #J-18808-Ljbffr