Junior Developer at Telesure Investment Holdings (TIH)

Introduction

• The Junior Developer contributes to the organisational goals by creating and maintaining quality software systems.

Specification

• Create & Optimize communication channels using the latest available technologies
• Monitor & Optimize speed of response
• Create standards and best practices for the API interfaces
• Monitor endpoints
• Ensure adherence to security and regulatory requirements
• To analyse and clarify pre-defined software requirements and / or technical designs to ensure comprehensive understanding of business need
• To provide suitable solutions based on the business need, developed within the architecture framework
• Accountability for development
• Training intervention attendance
• Application of training, initiatives and process changes
• Taking career development and performance management seriously (look for ways to improve competence / results
• Setting of own goals and working towards them. Continuous and constant improvement
• Effectively build and maintain mutually beneficial business relationships
• Proactively analysis of business conducted monthly - considering feedback received, trends analysed and action plan put in place to test minor, improve, innovate systems, processes and communication. Plan maintained and managed with feedback loops & results recorded
• Finding new ways of generating efficiencies and effectiveness across business / department
• Applying specialist and detailed technical expertise
• Uses technology to achieve work objectives
• Develops job knowledge and expertise (theoretical and practical) through continual professional development
• Demonstrates an understanding of different Telesure departments and functions
• Analyses numerical data and all other sources of information, to break them into component parts, patterns and relationships
• Probes for further information or greater understanding of a problem
• Makes rational judgements from the available information and analysis
• Demonstrates an understanding of how one issue may be a part of a much larger system
• Rapidly learns new tasks and commits information to memory quickly
• Demonstrates an immediate understanding of newly presented information
• Gathers comprehensive information to support decision making
• Encourages an organisational learning approach (learns from successes and failures and seeks feedback)
• Focusing on customer needs and satisfaction as per the TIH Service Way

Requirements
Knowledge and Experience Requirements

Essential

• Level of Education:
• Grade 12 / SAQA Accredited Equivalent (Essential)

Desirable

• A recognized software development certification / degree / diploma

Essential
Experience:

• 2-3 years experience, preferably in RPG, alternatively PHP, Cobol

Desirable

• Previous experience within a financial services environment.

Knowledge Requirements

• Comprehensive understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle
• Understanding of System Design principles and frameworks

Skills

• Logical thinking
• Problem Solving
• Time management
• Attention to detail
• Innovative