Ibm - Rpg Develoeprs - Senior - Pretoria, South Africa - Sumption Consulting

Description

Are you a
Solid RPG Developer looking for a new opportunity, my client is a long-standing & iconic institution deeply embedded in the agricultural landscape of South Africa.

As a key member of the IT division, you will be afforded the opportunity to grow your skills with a Company that puts its Employees' Happiness and Development first
The role is office based in (Faerie Glen) Gauteng, Pretoria.

Please note that at least 5 years RPG experience is a must
3 x Mid / Senior RPG Analyst Developers


Responsibilities and Duties
⦁ Assist developers to ensure that code standards and the development process are adhered

⦁ Plan and implement solutions for effective development of a program to meet specifications and deadlines

⦁ Required to stay abreast of industry standards

⦁ Plan and execute Unit Testing, Systems Integration Testing, and archiving of test results

⦁ Partake in the development of System/Functional Documentation, operations manuals, systems processes, and technical designs. Is accountable for getting these documents done

⦁ Analyse, resolve difficult/complex system issues, by working with the end-users and other IT support staff

⦁ Writing of technical specifications according to functional requirements

⦁ Translate functional requirements into design specifications, according to the development standards in area of responsibility

⦁ Required to do standby on occasion

⦁ Required to do production support on occasion

⦁ Responsible for developing quality code according to technical specification


Qualifications and Skills
⦁ Matric / Grade 12

⦁ Relevant technical or business qualification - degree / diploma

⦁ Knowledge of the Software Development Lifecycle

⦁ Senior developer (5+ years RPG / ILE experience)

⦁ Embedded SQL

⦁ Experience using IBM Rational IDE

⦁ Fully free-form RPG using embedded SQL.

⦁ Proficient in SQL400

⦁ CLLE

⦁ Web Front-end technology (e.g., PHP/JS) experience (advantageous)

⦁ Experience with XML and JSON (advantageous)

⦁ Integration with 3rd party services via webservice. E.g., SOAP and RESTful API (advantageous)

⦁ Sound RPG programming and solid technical skills.


Ability to commute/relocate:

• Pretoria, Gauteng: Reliably commute or willing to relocate with an employerprovided relocation package (required)