Java Analyst Developer - Cape Town, South Africa - Sanlam

Description

Who are we?

Sanlam Group Technology is responsible for the provision of a digitally enabled technology service as a group COE, drive business and transformation and provide group-wide digital and data architecture. We operate the various technology platforms and shared services, ensure Cyber and Information Security resilience, and act as technology governance and risk orchestrator for technology across Sanlam.

What will you do?

Working in an agile team, you would be responsible to produce quality software according to business requirements. You need to assist with the deployment and monitoring of the developed systems in development, testing and production environments.

What will make you successful in this role?

Produce quality software according to business requirements.

Assist with the deployment and monitoring of the developed systems in development, testing and production environments.

Adhere to coding quality standards including unit and integration testing requirements.

Provide production support, Standby and overtime as business requires.

Attend and contribute to daily stand-ups and other agile ceremonies.

Assist with breakdown of tasks from business requirements.

Accurately track time within the systems provided on a daily basis.

Deliver on sprint commitments.

Contribute to team planning, discussions and solution designs.

Document solutions and assist others in doing their documentation.

Share knowledge with team members.

Qualification

Grade 12
Relevant Computer Science degree or diploma will be recommended
Java Certification will be advantageous

Experience :

Minimum of 4 years' experience within application development in Java
Minimum of 3 years'working experience in J2EE
Practical experience with Java Server Pages, Servlets, Stateless Session Beans, JDBC, Java Messaging Service
Experience with the following tools will be an advantage: IBM WebSphere, IBM MQ Series, Eclipse or WebSphere Application Developer
DevOps experience is highly recommended
Experience in Scaled Agile Framework will be advantageous
Exposure to GIT, Gradle, Nexus, JIRA and Confluence will be advantageous
Web Services technologies experience i.e. RESTful APIs
UML experience will be an advantage
Relational Database experience (Experience with SQL Server development will be an advantage
Experience with RCP development will be an advantage
Experience in working with life insurance financial applications will be recommended

Knowledge :

Agile development principles
Good understanding of the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
CI/CD principles
A solid understanding of Object-Orientation
Problem Analysis and Problem-Solving Techniques
Impact Analysis Techniques
Documentation Frameworks, Tools and Standards
Understanding of Project Management Principles
Understanding the Deployment Process in the Development Phase
High level understanding of Enterprise Test Methodology (Automation)

Knowledge and Skills

IT Data AnalysisProject OversightReporting and AdministrationQuality, Compliance and AccreditationBusiness Requirements DefinitionTechnologies

Personal Attributes

Organisational savvy - Contributing through othersManages complexity - Contributing through othersPlans and aligns - Contributing through othersOptimises work processes - Contributing through others