About the position
Solution design involving all stakeholders (Business/Developers/QA).
Design solutions that are scalable, catering for requirements for various international markets (80% standard and 20% customizable), with functionality encapsulated in API’s that can be integrated with legacy/other systems, and frontends that are expandable.
Participate in stand-up’s and meet with end users and other stakeholders and gather requirements.
Analyse and implement new system requirements specifications.
Ensure that all processes are investigated / considered in obtaining the specifications of the user requirements.
Propose and review system designs and evaluate alternatives.
Review and present proposals / system solutions to IT Project Lead, DevOps Team, QA Team, and Product Owner / Business team.
Detailed documentation relevant to all stakeholders (Business/Developers/QA).
Assist with generating a work breakdown structure to estimate technical delivery and manage those deliverables with the technical team.
Assist developers in developing systems/solutions in line with quality and delivery requirements.
Code review of developer outputs.
Assist with identifying and mitigating risks on the project.
System testing /parallel runs assist QA in testing systems/solutions.
Troubleshoot technical issues, provide guidance and direction to technical team when required.
Analyse, troubleshoot and fix Production Known Errors.
Preparation of system/technical documentation (as per ISO standards).
Preparation/Updating of user and operation manuals and other Confluence documentation.
User training.
System implementation / deployment & release activities.
Production support & hyper-care after production deployments.
System audits/quality assurance.
Minimum Requirements:
Qualifications/Experience:
Work experience, diploma / degree in business / IT environment.
Minimum of 5 years working experience in Java environments
Essential Skills Requirements:
AWS Cloud (migration of applications to the cloud, deployment on AWS, development on AWS, other cloud
knowledge and experience, e.g. Azure, Openshift)
Java 7 & 8+, Functional Java, Backend & Frontend experience and knowledge
REST services, RESTful APIs
Java Logging frameworks / Java Persistence Framework
JAX-RS (Jersey RESTful Web Services Framework)
JMS / JMS 2 / JEE 7 / CI/CD
JSON and XML with Schema
HTTP Authentication, Encryption with SSL
SQL with DB2, Postgres and Oracle
EJB2/3/CLI
Knowledge of Apache & WebLogic 12.1.3 Server
Git with Bitbucket, Code versioning (Git/SVN)
Jenkins with Build Pipelines
Any additional responsibilities assigned In the Agile Working Model (AWM) Charter
Advantageous Skills Requirements:
Kubernetes (advantageous)
Angular (advantageous)
Apigee (advantageous)
Kafka (advantageous)
Event driven Architecture (advantageous)
JavaScript, Typescript (advantageous)
Flyway (advantageous)
Eclipselink (advantageous)
Terraform (advantageous)
SOAP services (advantageous)
Environment management (highly advantageous)
Spring Boot (highly advantageous)
Quarkus (highly advantageous)
Docker (highly advantageous)
Knowledge of other programming languages and tools (advantageous)
Desired Skills:
- Java 7 & 8+
- Functional Java
- REST services
- RESTful APIs
- JMS / JMS 2 / JEE 7 / CI/CD
