Senior Application Developer - Midrand at Accenture

OVERALL PURPOSE OF JOB:

• Design and maintain moderate to complex programs.
• Provide relevant support to operational support and support service teams as required.
• Lead medium-small sized teams and/or work efforts at a client.

Main Responsibilities/Tasks:

Design and Develop

• Work with team members to gather and interpret user/system requirements into design specifications
• Design, build, assemble, and configure application or technical architecture components using business requirements and technical programming standards
• Develop system specifications and interfaces for complex components
• Implement and set security and data direction for the coding work
• Lead code and quality management reviews
• Architect the development strategy for applications and components
• Ensure smooth communication from/ to the technical architect

Implement and/or maintain

• Create operational documentation for the application
• Provide primary support for installation of application releases into production
• Maintain applications according to SLAs or other business requirements
• Conduct project risks and issues management (status reporting, issue reporting, ETC/budget reporting) for assigned scope of work

Test

• Partner with the testing team to ensure applications/components are fully functional
• Fix any defects or performance problems discovered in testing

Work across the Service Delivery Lifecycle

• Work across the Service Delivery Lifecycle on engineering solutions for new system rollouts, major/minor enhancements, and/or ongoing maintenance of existing applications
• Analyze, design, build, and/or test new components or enhancements to existing modules
• Manages small to medium teams and/or work efforts
• Requires analysis and solving of moderately complex problems. May create new solutions, leveraging and, where needed, adapting existing methods and procedures
• Requires understanding of the strategic direction set by management as it relates to team goals.
• Provide technical expertise and guidance to production support staff.

Other Features of the Job (e.g., location, traveling, shift hours, etc.):

• Professionalism
• Open plan office

PART 3: JOB REQUIREMENTS

Knowledge and Skills:

• Working knowledge of MVC.NET; C#.NET, VB.NET, WCF (Web services), XML, SOA (Service Oriented Architecture), JavaScript, JQuery, SQL, SSIS, SSRS, Team Foundation Server (TFS) or Azure DevOps.
• Application Lifecycle Management skills.
• Team Leadership skills.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Innovative, dedicated and committed to achieving results.
• Self-motivated and able to adapt quickly.
• Knowledge of Agile principles and values will be advantageous

Qualification

Education, Qualifications, Experience Necessary:

• Must have Information Technology related degree/diploma (3 years tertiary qualification).
• Must have 10 years working experience in Microsoft .NET framework.