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Business Unit: Vitality RSA
Date: 3 Oct 2024
About Vitality RSA SystemsDiscovery Vitality RSA Systems is a dynamic and energetic environment which encourages an ownership attitude. The environment provides innovative systems development, architecture, support and infrastructure to our internal clients. This environment thrives on customer engagement and customer experience as well as mutually beneficial relationships with our business units and other key stakeholders. It is important for our employees to provide a world class service to our internal and external clients, thereby ensuring long and sustainable relationships.
Key Purpose Designs, develops, and implements Java applications to support business requirements. Follows approved life cycle methodologies, creates design documents, writes code and performs unit and functional testing of software. Contributes to the overall architecture and standards of the group, acts as an SME and plays a software governance role.
Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to: Work closely with business analysts to analyse and understand the business requirements and business case, in order to produce simple, cost effective and innovative solution designs.Implement the designed solutions in the required development language (typically Java) in accordance with the Vitality Group standards, processes, tools and frameworks.Testing the quality of produced software thoroughly through participation in code reviews, the use of static code analysis tools, creation and execution of unit tests, functional regression tests, load tests and stress tests and evaluating the results of performance metrics collected on the software.Participate in feasibility studies, proof of concepts, JAD sessions, estimation and costing sessions, evaluate and review programming methods, tools and standards, etc.Maintain the system in production and provide support in the form of query resolution and defect fixes.Prepare the necessary technical documentation including payload definitions, class diagrams, activity diagrams, ERDs, operational and support documentation, etc.Driving the skills development of team members, coaching of team members for performance and coaching on career development, recruitment, staff training, performance management, etc.Personal Attributes and Skills Customer-service orientationConcern for orderSelf-controlFlexibilityProfessionalismTeamwork and co-operationSelf-drivenProactiveOvertime will be required from time to time.Standby will be required on a rotational cycleA diploma or degree in IT would be advantageous6 or more years of experience within a similar roleLearning orientation, structured and analytical problem solving, prioritization, planning and organizing; coaching and mentoring (essential)Knowledge of Java, Object Orientation, Spring, Hibernate, Junit, SOA, SOAP, REST, Microservices, Docker, Data Modelling, UML, SQL, Architectural Styles (essential)Knowledge of Kafka, Zookeeper, Zuul, Eureka, Obsidian, Elasticsearch, Kibana, Fluentd (advantageous)EMPLOYMENT EQUITY
The Company's approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.
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