Intermediate Developer | Sandton

4 days ago


Vereeniging, South Africa The Recruitment Council Full time

Join one of South Africa’s leading financial service providers as an Intermediate Developer. The successful candidate would develop, create, and modify general computer applications software or specialised utility programs. Analyse user needs and develop software solutions. Design software or customise software for client use with the aim of optimising operational efficiency. May analyse and design within an application area, working individually or coordinating development as part of a team.

Responsibilities:

1. Application Software Development: Develop existing and new applications by analysing and identifying areas for modification and improvement. Develop new applications to meet customer requirements.
2. Improvement / Innovation: Identify shortcomings and suggest improvements to existing processes, systems and procedures, then deliver a plan for a small element of a change management program with guidance from a project/program manager.
3. Applications Software Maintenance: Monitor, identify, and correct straightforward software defects to maintain fully functioning applications software.
4. Testing IT Performance: Perform routine website/applications software tests and respond to user emails to monitor, diagnose, and correct performance issues.
5. Information Security: Implement required security measures such as firewalls or message encryption, monitoring performance to notify security experts of any problems.
6. Personal Capability Building: Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching; gain or maintain external professional accreditation where relevant to improve performance and fulfill personal potential.
7. Organisational Capability Building: Provide instruction and informal advice to less experienced colleagues within the team to develop their skills.
8. Operational Compliance: Develop knowledge and understanding of the organisation’s policies and procedures and of relevant regulatory codes and codes of conduct to ensure own work adheres to those standards.
9. Application Software Roadmap: Maintain road map to facilitate application software development and ensure the development work is prioritised in line with business requirements.
10. Customer Service: Carry out a range of customer service activities, including handling customer cases and enquiries that are more complex or outside the norm.

Tasks:

1. Modify existing software to correct errors, allow it to adapt to new hardware, or to improve its performance.
2. Develop and direct software system testing and validation procedures.
3. Direct software programming and development of documentation.
4. Consult with customers or other departments on project status, proposals, or technical issues, such as software system design or maintenance.
5. Analyse information to determine, recommend, and plan installation of a new system or modification of an existing system.
6. Consult with engineering staff to evaluate interface between hardware and software, develop specifications and performance requirements, or resolve customer problems.
7. Prepare reports or correspondence concerning project specifications, activities, or status.
8. Store, retrieve, and manipulate data for analysis of system capabilities and requirements.
9. Coordinate installation of software system.
10. Monitor functioning of equipment to ensure system operates in conformance with specifications.
11. Oversee and assign work to programmers, designers, technologists, technicians, or other engineering or scientific personnel.
12. Advise customer about or perform maintenance of software system.
13. Train users to use new or modified equipment.

Behavioral Competencies:

1. Tech Savvy: Anticipates and adopts innovations in business-building digital and technology applications.
2. Manages Complexity: Makes sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.
3. Cultivates Innovation: Creates new and better ways for the organization to be successful.
4. Ensures Accountability: Holds self and others accountable to meet commitments.
5. Plans and Aligns: Plans and prioritizes work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.
6. Decision Quality: Makes good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward.
7. Action Oriented: Takes on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.
8. Interpersonal Savvy: Relates openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people.
9. Builds Networks: Effectively builds formal and informal relationship networks inside and outside the organization.
10. Being Resilient: Rebounds from setbacks and adversity when facing difficult situations.
11. Situational Adaptability: Adapts approach and demeanor in real time to match the shifting demands of different situations.
12. Persuades: Uses compelling arguments to gain the support and commitment of others.

Skills:

1. Application Development: Work independently and provide technical guidance when required on how to develop software using programming languages.
2. Computer skills: Support business processes independently by understanding and effectively using standard office equipment and standard software packages.
3. IT Testing: Work independently and provide technical guidance when required on how to ensure that IT applications meet required specifications.
4. Assessment: Work with guidance to analyse data from multiple sources to draw appropriate conclusions and make suitable recommendations.
5. Action Planning: Work independently and provide technical guidance when required on how to develop appropriate plans or perform necessary actions based on recommendations and requirements.
6. IT Data Management: Work with guidance to manage information throughout its lifecycle.
7. IT support: Work with guidance to monitor, diagnose and fix technological problems.
8. Planning and Organising: Work with guidance to plan, organise, prioritise and oversee activities to efficiently meet business objectives.
9. Compliance: Work with guidance to achieve full compliance with applicable rules and regulations.
10. Verbal Communication: Use clear and effective verbal communication skills independently.
11. Numerical Skills: Use an understanding of numerical concepts to perform mathematical operations.
12. Program installation, versioning and configuration: Apply concepts of knowledge/skill and work with guidance.
13. Writing skills: Use clear and effective writing skills with guidance.
14. Presentation skills: Work with guidance to communicate with other people by speaking in a clear, concise and compelling manner.

Education:

1. Grade 12/SAQA Accredited Equivalent (Essential).
2. A recognised software development certification/degree/diploma (Essential).

Experience:

1. 3 or more years’ experience using relevant programming languages or technologies (Essential).
2. Azure experience (Advantageous).

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