12 Month contract for seasoned Java Developer with company in the Financial Services / Banking / Investment Banking sector with 5 - 10 years' Java Development experience.

Responsibilities

Increase operational efficiency and suggest solutions to enhance cost effectiveness.
Deliver exceptional service that exceeds customers expectations through proactive, innovative, and appropriate solutions by resolving queries fast end effectively.
Cultivate and manage objective working relationships with a variety of stakeholders, including end-users, SMEs, project managers and senior staff members by providing input to business requirements and being able to present and sell concepts to clients.

Produce program specifications and implement system enhancements by addressing specific business needs and resolving queries.

Code, compile, test and implement applications in compliance with the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Support development environments. Responsible for coding standards and peer reviews.

Comply, understand, and implement all steps within IT development and meet governance in terms of legislative and audit requirements during programming execution.

Assess, identify, and mitigate potential risks within the IT programming environment by complying with technology business policy and process requirements (SDLC and change / release management process definition) to ensure operational performance.
Produce technical specifications and architecture that is in accordance to agreed standards. Design, code, test and debug to obtain a robust solution with supporting documentation.

Minimize system downtime through pro-active identification of potential issues and ensure minimization of recurring problems by managing defects and performing code reviews.
Monitor systems post change and pro-actively do performance analysis to ensure there is no system failure due to capacity.
Maintain maximum system availability by ensuring that incidents are recorded for future reference and adequate root cause analysis is done to eliminate the risk of a recurrence.
Manage own development to increase own competencies and develop technical and business skills.
Proactively engage with business units and colleagues to understand underlying needs and opportunities and identify Information Technology (IT) innovative solutions in a timely manner.
Supervises the work of other developers. Provides technical assistance to fellow developers and other Information Technology (IT) team members.

Additional Requirements

Min of 5-10 years java experience.
Strong back end and front-end development skills
Strong SQL skills, especially on MSSQL
Solid experience in the following technologies:
SOA
Microservices
Docker
Java
Angular
NodeJS
Bootstrap
Spring boot
Hibernate
Tomcat
Jboss
Nexus
Teamcity
Maven
Kafka
Experience with workflow tools like TIBCO AMX / Camundo an advantage
Experience with rules engines like Drools and advantage

Qualifications and Experience

Minimum: Comm, B.Eng, BSC Eng, BSC Informatics or related degree.
10+ yrs experience in programming.
Familiar with one or more programming languages as appropriate for the specific requirements of the department related to the field.
System Design experience advantageous.

Contact me at the detail provided below.

Thank you,

Theresa Steenkamp
Key Account Manager - Network Contracting Services
tsteenkamp at networkcontracting c.o.z.a. Apply Now

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