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Key Purpose
Within the Digital Messaging Services team, the Senior Java Developer must work together with Business Analyst, UX & Content Teams, System Architects and Managers to understand the overall business needs and requirements, as well as work with Agile design methodology to develop high quality source code.
The Senior Java Developer will support the projects throughout the project life-cycle, including requirements, design, implementation, release and post release support.
The Senior Java Developer in the Digital Channels area must be technically able support and maintain the deployed applications on dev, test and production environments.
Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to
Develop, test, and maintain the deployed application software with high quality
Analyse, maintain and enhance existing application and troubleshoot issues with efficiency
Perform accurate development estimation
Produce technical specifications and designs
Analytical and problem solving skills
Self-starter who takes ownership, is accountable, and is able to work under minimum supervision
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Can help with quality assurance and provide comments
Present to senior stakeholders
Offer support and guidance to peers
Perform analysis at a strategic level and understand principles of business, technical and enterprise architecture
Personal Attributes and Skills
Passionate about technology and development.
Results oriented with the ability to work under pressure and juggle multiple concurrent projects with changing priorities and deadlines
Analytical thinking and attention to detail
Personal organisation and time management skills
Technical and business writing skills
Presentation and facilitation skills
Communication skills (written, verbal/presenting and listening)
Stress management
Customer focused
Results oriented
Able to resolve conflict
Creative
Innovative
Self-driven
Ability to build relationships with people from all different backgrounds and at different job levels
Education and Experience
Minimum
IT related Degree or Diploma (BSc/BTech or similar) and formal Java qualifications.
At least 6 years Java systems development experience
Proven Java EE knowledge and experience
At least Angular 2 (or higher) Framework experience
Experience with SOAP and REST services
Unit testing and mocking frameworks
Source control, experience with GIT
Experience with industry standard Application Servers (preferably WebLogic)
Knowledge of OO design principles and development pattern
Understanding and application of Agile Methodology, including Continuous Integration and Test-Driven Development
Preferred
Spring Framework
ORM/Hibernate/JPA experience
JMS, Tibco EMS experience
Oracle and PL/SQL knowledge
SOAP and REST (XML/JSON)
Presentation layer development (HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, GWT, Spring MVC)
Experience with Business Rules Management Frameworks
Experience using formal modelling languages (UML, etc) and modelling tools (Enterprise Architect, Visual Paradigm etc.)
Advantageous
Honours degree
DevOps/Continuous integration
Exposure to the Atlassian tool suite (Jira, Confluence, Bamboo and Bitbucket)
EMPLOYMENT EQUITY
The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.
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