Analyst Developer (Java/Springboot) at Sanlam Group

What will you do?

About the Role:

• We are seeking Analyst Developer (Java/ Springboot) to join our Technology Shared Applications team.
• The successful candidate will join an established project team that is replacing the existing legacy Tax solution with a 3rd party SaaS solution called EBTax. 
• Experience in using AI to accelerate development delivery and integration will be beneficial.

Output/Core Tasks:

• Attend and contribute to daily stand-ups and other agile ceremonies.
• Assist with breakdown of tasks from business requirements.
• Accurately track time within the systems provided on a daily basis.
• Deliver on sprint commitments.
• Contribute to team planning, discussions and solution designs.
• Constructively communicate in a way that would add to valuable solutions.
• Take guidance from and support the team lead.
• Report accurately on progress both within the systems and directly to your team lead.
• Document solutions and assist others in doing their documentation.
• Share knowledge with team members.
• Adhere to coding quality standards including unit and integration testing requirements.
• Assist with the deployment and monitoring of the developed systems in testing and production environments.

What will make you successful in this role?

Requirements:

Qualifications:

• Relevant Computer Science degree or diploma
• Honours or postgraduate degree preferred
• Java Certification will be advantageous

Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience within application development in Java
• Minimum 4 years working experience in J2EE
• Java Programming: Strong understanding of Java, including object-oriented principles, data structures, and algorithms.
• Practical experience with Java Server Pages, Servlets, Stateless Session Beans, JDBC, Java Messaging Service.
• Spring Framework: In-depth knowledge of the Spring ecosystem, including Spring Boot, Spring Batch, Spring MVC, Spring Security, and Spring Data.
• RESTful APIs: Experience in exposing and consuming RESTful web services.
• Experience with the following tools will be an advantage: IBM WebSphere, IBM MQ Series, Eclipse or WebSphere Application Developer
• DevOps Tools: Knowledge and experience of tools like Docker, Kubernetes, Maven, and Gradle for continuous integration and deployment.
• Microservices Architecture: Familiarity with microservices architecture design patterns will be highly advantageous.
• Unit Testing: Experience with testing frameworks like JUnit and Mockito
• Experience in Scaled Agile Framework and development principles will be advantageous.
• Good understanding of Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD principles; and,
• Exposure to GIT, Gradle, Nexus, JIRA and Confluence will be advantageous.
• A solid understanding of Object-Orientation
• UML experience will be an advantage
• Relational Database experience: (Experience with SQL Server development and Proficiency with JPA/Hibernate for database interactions will be an advantage.
• Experience with RCP development will be an advantage.
• Financial Services knowledge and Experience in working with life insurance financial applications (recommended)

Knowledge:

• Understanding of the SDLC Methodology
• Relevant program languages
• Java Full stack
• Problem Analysis and Problem-Solving Techniques
• Impact Analysis Techniques
• Documentation Frameworks, Tools and Standards
• Understanding of Project Management Principles
• Understanding the Deployment Process in the Development Phase
• High level understanding of Enterprise Test Methodology (Automation)
• Exposure to Agile Methodology will be advantageous.

Competencies:

• Strong analytical & numerical ability
• Problem solving skills
• Conceptual thinker
• Good communication / interpersonal skills
• Action / results orientation
• Quality orientation
• Knowledge seeking / learning orientation

Closing Date: 15 April 2026