Our client urgently requires an ideal candidate to fill the position of a Senior Developer. The successful individual will need to develop, create, and modify general computer applications software or specialized utility programs. Analyze user needs and develop software solutions. Design software or customize software for client use with the aim of optimizing operational efficiency. May analyze and design within an application area, working individually or coordinating development as part of a team. May supervise computer programmers.
Responsibilities: Application Software Development: Develop the most complex existing and new applications by analyzing and identifying areas for modification and improvement. Develop new applications to meet customer requirements. Improvement / Innovation: Identify shortcomings in existing business practices, then suggest and implement improvements while developing and delivering projects or a work stream within the organization's change management program. Involves working with guidance from senior colleagues. Applications Software Maintenance: Monitor, identify, and correct more complex software defects to maintain fully functioning applications software. Testing IT Performance: Perform website/applications software tests and respond to call log process to monitor, diagnose, and correct performance issues. Information Security: Implement and provide input on the design of required security measures such as data leaks, message encryption, monitoring performance to notify security experts of any problems. 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. Maintain an in-depth understanding of technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media. Continue to learn new languages/technologies. Organizational Capability Building: Provide coaching to team members to develop their skills. Operational Compliance: Identify, within the team, instances of non-compliance with the organization's policies and procedures and/or relevant regulatory codes and codes of conduct, reporting these and escalating issues as appropriate. Application Software Roadmap: Contribute to and maintain road map to facilitate application software development and ensure the development work is prioritized in line with business requirements. Customer Service: Provide a quality service to customers while identifying opportunities to secure new business or support retention. Responsibilities may include processing cases, dealing with complex queries and investigating and resolving customer problems. Tasks: Modify existing software to correct errors, allow it to adapt to new hardware, or to improve its performance. Develop and direct software system testing and validation procedures. Direct software programming and development of documentation. Consult with customers or other departments on project status, proposals, or technical issues, such as software system design or maintenance. Analyze information to determine, recommend, and plan installation of a new system or modification of an existing system. Consult with engineering staff to evaluate interface between hardware and software, develop specifications and performance requirements, or resolve customer problems. Prepare reports or correspondence concerning project specifications, activities, or status. Store, retrieve, and manipulate data for analysis of system capabilities and requirements. Coordinate installation of software system. Monitor functioning of equipment to ensure system operates in conformance with specifications. Oversee and assign work to programmers, designers, technologists, technicians, or other engineering or scientific personnel. Advise customer about or perform maintenance of software system. Train users to use new or modified equipment. Education: Grade 12/ SAQA Accredited Equivalent (Essential). A recognized software development certification/degree/diploma (Essential). Experience: 5 or more years experience using relevant programming languages or technologies (Essential). Azure experience (Advantageous).
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