Analyst Programmer II, IT Online Systems, Cape Town (12 Month Contract) at Woolworths

Introduction

• To provide support engineering skills to the Online and Mobile App IT support teams that work towards monitoring, diagnosing and remediating issues across application and infrastructure. This is a 12 month contract position based at the Head Office in Cape Town City Centre.

Job description

•   Analysis, technical design and development aligned to team processes & requirements
•  Develop technical specifications from systems specifications.
•  Design and code programmes of greater complexity and size from technical specifications.
•   Maintain and support existing systems
•  Interpret user requirements and translate into systems design.
•  Investigate and solve systems issues.
•  Ensure systems documentation is kept up to date.
•   Ensures effective operations
•  Implement approved changes as per change control and security process
•  Plan, organize and control own work effort, including regular progress feedback to areas
•  Contribute to the ongoing improvement of processes, technology and architecture. 
•  Utilize problem solving skills & techniques to drive the resolution of issues
•  Ensure systems conform to IT governance and information security requirements
•  Provide input into systems related Risk Management Strategies and risk mitigation

Minimum requirements

•  3-year IT Diploma
•  Java / J2EE
•  MySQL relational database
•  AWS Cloud front
•  Postman (JSON language, retail services are RESTful)

Additional Criteria

•  Operational/system support background 
•  Specific analysis and development skills
•  Cloud based experiences beneficial
•  E-commerce or M-commerce industry experience (Android and IOS Experience)
•  2-5 year’s programming/analyst programming experience
•  Rotational stand-by
•  Ability to research technology-related concepts, trends and best practices, and apply findings
•  Looks beyond symptoms to uncover root causes of problems to be solved
•  Synthesises data from different sources to identify trends
•  Clearly defines objectives and translates them into workable activities
•  Anticipates potential obstacles and their impact on the accomplishment of goals and timelines and propose/ take corrective action where required
•  Prepares clear, well-structured presentations using a variety of tools and techniques.
•  Discusses issues and exchanges information with partners to identify areas of mutual interest and benefit.
•  Convinces others by identifying benefits for all; looks for ways to increase the value of the partnership for all parties. 
•  Actively seeks out positive spin-offs of change and investigates ways in which change can be used 
•  Demonstrates resourcefulness in acquiring necessary knowledge, skills and competencies to adapt to change