Analyst Programmer/Designer II at Nedbank

Job Purpose

• An analyst programmer is required to perform innovation, support and maintenance on the Card front-end applications.

Job Responsibilities

• Analyse, advise and where necessary create technical design relevant to their domain and/or advise across product area.
• Provide advice across business units on technological integration opportunities.•Implement learning's from post-mortem meetings.
• Deliver work products according to the agreed time lines and within agreed budget.
• Liaise with impacted teams through meetings.
• Consult with other domain players.
• Escalate non-compliance to relevant stakeholders.
• Provide consulting on specific technologies to Architecture.
• Establish and maintain relationships with peers in other domains.
• Recommend and publish technical solutions.
• Interpret the business requirements in order to create technical specifications within own product area with an in-depth understanding of impacts across other Product areas (within project environment).
• Ensure technological integration across applications.
• Delivered systems, products and/or projects which contributed to improved client service.
• See to successful signoff of the test pack on the applicable platforms.
• Review required document(s).
• Analyse level of impact and risk on project and stakeholders .
• Deliver impact analysis artefact including effort estimation and time lines.
• Assign level of impact and risk.
• Review analysis of less complex projects.
• Consider industry trends in technical design areas.
• Deliver optimal solutions within the capability of the technology across multiple domains.
• Participate in building of the current technology landscape.
• Consult on problem solving when requested.
• Provide guidance on the feasibility of proposed technical solutions and suggest alternatives.
• Facilitate technical design sessions and approve component specifications across product domain areas.
• Participate in analyst forums.
• Attend design forums and participate in proof of concepts.
• Advise management on the technical readiness, risk and impact of the proposed implementation to production at all levels of complexity
• Support the achievement of the  business strategy, objectives and values by reviewing Nedbank and Business Unit Plan and ensure delivered systems, process, services and solutions are aligned.
• Identify training courses and career progression for self through input and feedback from management.
• Ensure all personal development plan activities are completed within specified timeframe.
• Share knowledge and industry trends with team and stakeholders during formal and informal interaction.
• Obtain buy-in for developing new and/or enhanced processes (e.g. operational processes) that will improve the functioning of stakeholders' businesses by highlighting benefits in support of the implementation of recommendations.
• Contribute to a culture conducive to the achievement of transformation goals by participate in Nedbank Culture building initiatives (e.g.. Staff Surveys etc.).
• Participate and support corporate social responsibility initiatives for the achievement of business strategy (e.g.. Green Strategy).
• Seek opportunities to improve business processes and systems by identifying and recommending effective ways to operate and adding value to Nedbank. 

Key Responsibilities

• Support and Maintenance
• Innovation
• Consulting
• Incident resolution

Essential Qualification

• Matric
• IT related programming degree or diploma
• Skills (Technologies, systems or software knowledge etc.):
• C#
• API development
• Microsoft SQL
• Root Cause Analysis
• Agile Methodology
• SAFe
• Oracle
• Java

Type of Exposure

• Built and managed stakeholder relationships
• Manage internal process
• Designed Workforce Planning Solutions
• Managed Relationships
• Managed Stakeholder / Client Relationships
• Managed Self
• Minimum Experience Level
• Minimum of 5 years of programming experience
• Experience in support and maintenance on the card front-end application.
• Should have strong Card programming experience
• Technical / Professional Knowledge
• Banking knowledge
• Business Acumen
• Business principles
• Business terms and definitions
• Communication Strategies
• Governance, Risk and Controls
• Industry trends
• Microsoft Office
• Principles of project management
• Relevant regulatory knowledge
• Relevant software and systems knowledge
• Research methodology
• Decision-making process
• Business writing skills
• Cluster Specific Operational Knowledge
• Service orientated Architecture (SOA)
• Knowledge across multiple technologies
• Single Operating system
• IT Architecture
• Modelling (ARIS /UML)
• Joint application development
• Testing principles and processes
• Relevant development tools
• Systems application Design
• Information Technology concepts
• Banking procedures Technical
• Relevant design tools
• Systems integration

Behavioural Competencies

• Decision Making
• Influencing
• Innovation
• Building partnerships
• Compelling Communication
• Driving for Results
• Quality Orientation