Senior Software Developer (JAVA) x2

SITA

REFERENCE NR : VAC01909/21 & VAC07598/20

JOB TITLE : Senior Software Developer (JAVA) x2

JOB LEVEL : D2 SALARY : R 651 627.00- R 977 440.00 per annum

REPORT TO : Technical Manager

DIVISION : ADM: Applications Development and Maintenance

DEPT : ADM: AM SAPS Unique

LOCATION : SITA Centurion

POSITION STATUS : Permanent (Internal & External)

CLOSING DATE:

Disclaimer SITA is an Employment Equity employer and this position will be filled based on Employment Equity Plan.

Correspondence will be limited to short-listed candidates only. Preference will be given to members of designated groups.

If you do not hear from us within two months of the closing date please regard your application as unsuccessful.

Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.

It is the applicants responsibility to have foreign qualifications evaluated by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA).

Only candidates who meet the requirements should apply.

SITA reserves the right not to make an appointment.

The appointment is subject to getting a positive security clearance the signing of a performance contract assessment recommendation verification of the applicants documents (Qualifications) and reference checking.

Correspondence will be entered to with shortlisted candidates only.

Contact person:Sbusiso Mhlanga

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Purpose of the job To lead the design implementation debugging documentation release and maintenance of software-based solutions write code and enhance software/systems in accordance with ICT standards and the enterprise architecture for Government.

Key Responsibility Areas

Lead the design and development of new features for the software systems and improvement of the existing ones

Implementation debugging documentation and release of the software solutions

Provide maintenance and enhancement support of the existing systems

Perform software systems coding assignments; and

Supervision of the Software development team.

Qualifications and Experience Minimum:

3 years National Higher Diploma/ bachelors degree in ICT (Computer Science Information Systems Technology and Engineering) or related field.

Experience:

• 6 - 7 years experience with full JAVA software development lifecycle (SLDC) Jasper Reports.
• Experience of HTML CSS JAVA Script jQuery will be advantageous.
• Experience in Database Modelling PL SQL Oracle 12 including solution development operational responsibility in a large corporate/public sector organisation is required.
• Experience must include Good solid programming skills and understanding of the JAVA Basic language is required.
• Experience in Oracle database.
• Experience in solution analysis and development for the development implementation and maintenance/enhancements of systems within the corporate/public sector.

Technical CompetenciesDescription

• Solid understanding of computer science including algorithms data structures operating systems and databases. ICT Governance and Compliance Governance e.g. Cobit and ITIL Strong knowledge to design test plans according to the software requirements specification.
• Broad and extensive knowledge of the software development process and its technologies.
• Extensive knowledge of design techniques tools and principals involved in the production of software requirements specifications models and designs.
• Strong knowledge of user interfaces.
• Strong knowledge of solution Integration strategies and tools Working knowledge of Cloud Computing
• Strong knowledge source control and version control tools like Git and SVN
• Working knowledge of virtualisation and containerisation (Docker Kubernetes)
• Working knowledge of DevOps (Continuous Integration Continuous Delivery Continuous Testing Continuous Monitoring Infrastructure as Code Config Management)
• Working knowledge of Agile Methodologies (Feature-Driven Development Test-Driven Development Scrum Extreme Programming)
• Extensive background in coding
• Extensive knowledge of software testing techniques and tools
• Extensive knowledge of software team leadership IT Quality Management e.g. ISO9001 and CMMI IT Security ICT Standards COTS (Commercial of the Shelf) Products OSS (Open-Source Software) Products IT Strategies and Architectures
• Strong knowledge of data integration tools Execution of Architecture methods and practices e.g. TOGAF and GWEA.

Skills:

Java language 8 or higher. JPA - Java Persistence API Oracle WebLogic Application Server EJB Enterprise Java Beans Spring Boot Framework REST API Oracle SQL and Stored Procedures JSF Java Server Faces and or Prime faces framework Oracle SQL HTML and Java Script.

Technical competencies:

Application Development Application Maintenance and Support Database Administration. Leadership competencies: Customer Experience Collaboration Communicating and Influencing and Honesty Integrity Fairness Outcomes driven Innovation Planning and Organising Creative Problem Solving Bimodal IT Practice Managing People and Driving Performance Decision-making Responding to Change and Pressure and Strategic Thinking.

SALARY : R 651 627.00 - R 977 440.00 per annum