​Senior Analyst Programmer / Developer at Armscor

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Essential: Grade 12
• Essential: BTech/ Bachelor’s degree with a major in computer science, computer information systems or related field required.
• Essential: 7-8 years of experience in enterprise application development and support in programming language.
• Essential: Experience with object-orientated or structural design patterns and best practices. 

CRITICAL PERFORMANCE AREA

The incumbent will be responsible to perform the following functions but not limited to;

• Responsible for ensuring adherence to development best practices and standards. 
• Develops and unit tests application programs as specified in Technical Designs and obtains code reviews from other developers, while ensuringthat all software development standards and policies are adhered to. 
• Develops Unit Test Plans to test programs and ensures that standards and policies are adhered to. 
• Improve productivity and software quality throughout the life cycle of a broad range of applications. 
• Both gathering and interpretation of requirements, interprets Technical Design and identifies solutions to meet business objectives 
• Analyses, codes, tests and documents routine enhancements made to new and/or existing programs. 
• Develop solution architecture for complex projects involving multiple systems with various integration points. 
• Developing & leading the implementation of a long-term technical roadmap for a major application. 
• Leader of the development, implementation of application programs in accordance with client specification, including technical documentation. 
• Analyse application systems and programming logic problems and where necessary, revises logic and procedures. 
• Architect, design and develop high quality custom software code to support the business requirements. 
• Brainstorm technical solutions with development team. 
• Provide development estimates and timelines for schedule planning. 
• Develop test plans and executive unit testing. 
• Unit testing should ensure all requirements have been addressed, all basic functionality works, and that errors are handled properly. 
• Provide technical leadership/guidance to team members as needed. 
• Review and analyse the effectiveness and efficiency of existing systems and develop strategies for improving or further leveraging thesesystems using new technology/approaches. 
• Provide status updates to technical and business management including but not limited to work in all phases (completion, process, planning)and any issues / exceptions impacting quality and / or target dates. 
• Perform system analysis and functional testing as needed. 
• Expeditiously troubleshoot production issues 
• Provide user support and training. 
• Perform database design and analysis. 
• Perform daily production tasks