Hyphen Developer at RMB - Rand Merchant Bank

Job Description

To provide IT expertise, advice and leadership in the design, creation, testing and documentation of new and enhanced applications and systems in accordance agreed framework of programming standards and assist in development of IT operational implementation plans and associated IT processes, methods and techniques.

• Increase operational efficiency and suggest solutions to enhance cost effectiveness by removal of duplicated processes.
• Produce program specifications and implement system enhancements by addressing specific business needs and resolving queries.
• Cultivate and manage objective working relationships with a variety of stakeholders, including end-users, SME's, project managers and senior staff members by providing input to business requirements and being able to present and sell concepts to clients.
• Deliver exceptional service that exceeds customers' expectations through proactive, innovative and
• appropriate solutions by resolving queries fast end effective.
• Monitor systems post change and pro-actively do performance analysis to ensure there is no system.
• failure due to capacity
• Minimize system downtime through pro-active identification of potential issues and ensure minimization of recurring problems by managing defects and performing code reviews.
• Assess, identify and mitigate potential risks within the IT programming environment by complying with technology business policy and process requirements (SDLC and change / release management process definition) to ensure operational performance.
• Comply, understand and implement all steps within IT development and meet governance in terms of legislative and audit requirements during programming execution.
• Produce technical specifications and architecture that is in accordance to agreed standards. Design, code, test and debug to obtain a robust solution with supporting documentation.
• Code, compile, test and implement applications in compliance with the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Support development environments. Responsible for coding standards and peer reviews.
• Maintain maximum system availability by ensuring that incidents are recorded for future reference and adequate root cause analysis is done to eliminate the risk of a recurrence.
• Manage own development to increase own competencies.