Junior Oracle Developer - JHB at KPMG South Africa

Description of the role and purpose of the job:

The Junior Oracle Applications Developer will be responsible for designing, developing, customizing and integrating Oracle e-Business Suite applications with other systems, and providing ongoing support and future enhancements of those solutions.

Key responsibilities:

•  Responsible for ensuring KPMG SA’s Oracle EBS portfolio of applications are designed to meet evolving business requirements and meet coding and application standards for reliability, scalability, availability, and usability.
•  This position will also work with team members as needed to scope, design, develop, test, support and enhance Oracle e-Business Suite, Oracle SOA and Oracle ADF solutions.
•  Design Develop utilities to ensure we have modular approach in programming for uniformity & to improve productivity.
•  Work with Oracle functional business and system analysts to gather business requirements, translate them into specifications documents.
•  Responsible for coding and unit testing application software across production support, enhancements and projects.
•  Work under the supervision or mentorship of the Oracle Application Developer to translate business requirements into logical, component-based technical designs.
•  Meet service level agreements for production support response and resolution.
•  Design and develop technical solutions to a pre-defined requirement and develop components including extensions, views, customizations, modifications, reports, and workflows under the mentorship and guidance of the Oracle Application Developer or as a part of a team.
•  Follow documentation, software development methodology, version control and testing, and migration standards.
•  Ability and willingness to learn regarding the applications and their ecosystem.
•  Review of code and ensure adheres to industry best practices and KPMG Coding standards.
•  Participate in analysis discussions to ensure the business requirements are met.
•  Provide all necessary documentation for developed solutions, data flows, coding and designs.
•  Provide all implementation guides for deployment to Production environments.

Skills and attributes required for the role:

•  Application Development Framework (ADF) and Service Oriented
•  Architecture (SOA) concepts knowledge is required but not mandatory.
•  Analytical and problem-solving skills
•  Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent client focus
• The ability to work well under pressure and to perform to deadlines Team player who is self-aware
• Sound decision making ability with the ability to consult where needed
• Focus on continuous improvement within the ITS function while advancing an ethical environment
• High level of attention to detail and a desire to drive quality
• The ability to work unsupervised

Minimum requirements to apply for the role (including qualifications and experience):

•  Total of 1-3 Years' of solid experience in Oracle E-Business Suite (Oracle EBS).
•  Basic technical knowledge of Oracle applications, Oracle SQL and PL-SQL development is required.
•  Some experience with RICE (Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Extensions), Forms, BI Publisher Reports/XML Publisher, Workflow, OAF, SQL developer and Linux Shell Scripting.
•  Exposure to one or more of the following Oracle EBS modules: Financials, Projects, Procurement, Asset Management, HR and Payroll.