About the position
Develop and maintain a critical internal web application (Backend and Frontend) used in the vehicle dispatch and distribution/delivery management processes.
Cloud, API, Java, Microservice and other Serverless development, deployment, support and maintenance.
2nd and 3rd level support of the application.
Technical Lifecycle Management of the product.
Multi-tasking between different tasks, such as support tasks, development, investigations, etc.
Participate in daily stand-ups.
Assisting with business cases and technical user story input.
Assist with identification and management of risks.
Ensure that all processes are investigated / considered in obtaining the specifications of the user requirements / defect.
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.
Develop systems solutions in line with IT Security standards and other compliance topics, quality standards and delivery requirements.
Develop code that is readable, extendable, re-usable, scalable, and optimized for performance.
Ensure compliance & adherence to standards for audit adherence and quality assurance.
Actively participate and contribute to sprint planning, backlog refinement, story size estimation, sprint reviews and retrospectives.
Update user stories in Jira and documentation in Confluence.
Perform Code & Peer Reviews.
Perform demo’s of user stories in Agile ceremonies.
Infrastructure / server monitoring and troubleshooting.
Analyse and fix Production Known Errors, troubleshooting issues, analysing logs, debugging.
System testing / parallel runs.
Ensure user sign-off.
Prepare Production deployment artefacts.
Prepare Production deployment plan documents.
Preparation of technical documentation (as per ISO standards).
System implementation / deployment & release activities.
Production support & hyper-care after production deployments.
Willing and able to travel internationally if required.
Troubleshooting
Performing production and integration deployments.
Minimum Requirements:
Qualifications/Experience:
Degree in IT or relevant experience.
Qualification/Certification in backend development technologies.
8 to 10+ years Development Experience.
Agile working experience (Mandatory).
Essential Skills Requirements:
Full Stack development skills:
Java 1.7 & 8+ and 11 beneficial.
API Development, Calling and creating REST & SOAP services, RESTful APIs, SoapUI.
Angular, JavaScript, Typescript.
Struts, Quarkus
HTML, CSS 2, CSS3
CDI
IntelliJ IDE
JSON
DB admin, design, development, stored procedures, patching, etc.
Event Driven Beans, JMS / JMS 2, MQS.
Stored procedures, SQL with Oracle, Tables and Views, Postgres.
Linux & VM setup and operation.
Apache 2.4+, Weblogic 12.2+, Payara / Glassfish, Linux server admin.
Maven multi module project setup and development.
Git with Bitbucket, Code versioning (Git/SVN).
IntelliJ IDE
JSON
Jenkins with Build Pipelines.
Experience in operational support on legacy systems with specific SLA agreements (timelines) based on the priority of the ticket.
Any additional responsibilities assigned in the Agile Working Model (AWM) Charter.
Advantageous Skills Requirements:
Knowledge of design patterns, DAO pattern.
OOP (Object Oriented Programming and Design).
XML with Schema (XSD, XSLT and pure XML).
HTTP Authentication, and Encryption with SSL.
HTTP Session management and persistence.
Code quality with Sonar.
Servlets
JQuery
Nexus
DevOps
Junit with unit and integration tests.
Knowledge of Apache 2.4 & WebLogic 12.1.3 / 12.2 Server and above.
Debugging remote services.
Knowledge of Connect Direct.
Knowledge of PIX.
AWS and/or other cloud services and Serverless development technologies (highly advantageous).
QlikView/QlikSense and/or other Qlik and BI technologies (highly advantageous).
Informatica and/or other ETL tools (highly advantageous).
Problem solving capabilities.
Ability to work as part of a team.
Ability to work interdependently as well as independently and to submit deliverables on time and with excellent quality.
Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills with the ability to communicate effectively (both verbally and in writing) with both technical and non-technical colleagues / stakeholders.
Strong ability to understand and interpret business needs and requirements with an aptitude to move concepts through to proposal and successful implementation.
Strong presentation skills.
Above-board work ethics.
Flexibility to take up different tasks in the project.
Ability and willingness to coach and give training to fellow colleagues and stakeholders when required.
Desired Skills:
- Java 1.7 & 8+ and 11
- API Development
- RESTful APIs
