Senior Applications Specialist - JHB at BDO South Africa

Main Duties & Responsibility

• Collaborate with business stakeholders to identify and recommend improvements to existing applications or design and develop new applications to meet specific business needs.
• Work with other developers in the team to design custom applications or enhance existing applications to meet unique business needs
• Create reports on project status, including development timelines, and identify potential problems that may cause delays in completion
• Communicate effectively and efficiently with team members, stakeholders, and end-users to ensure successful implementation and adoption
• Collaborate with team members to develop and maintain technical documentation, user manuals, and other supporting materials.
• Test new applications and enhancements in QA and in Production to ensure a successful deployment.
• Ensure the Change Management Process is followed when new applications or enhancements are released.
• Coordinate with IT support staff to troubleshoot technical issue while adhering to and ensuring SLA levels are met on the ticketing system.
• Provide technical support for the Applications implemented across the organization.
• Maintain the software asset database

Requirements

Qualifications, Recognition of Prior Learning, Work Experience, and Knowledge.

Qualifications/Recognition of Prior Learning equivalent.

• Relevant degree in Information Science, Computer Science or Commerce

Work Experience

• Minimum 5 years in deploying and testing applications or enhancements
• Experience in developing RESTful APIs, web services, and microservices
• Experience in front-end development with React, Angular, or similar frameworks

Knowledge

• Excellent knowledge of software development methodologies such as Agile
• Solid understanding of data structures, field types and system data relationships.

Competencies: Technical & Behavioural

Technical Competencies

• Strong attention to detail
• Troubleshooting technical issues and exceptional problem-solving skills.
• Excellent use of the MS Office Suite

Behavioral Competencies

• Strong communication skills both verbal and written
• Ability to deal with senior employees
• Assertive
• Excellent organisational skills
• Ability to work independently and within a team environment

BDO Core Competencies

• Relationships and Collaboration

• Relationships and Collaboration
• Exceptional Client Service
• Business Growth
• Engaging people
• Leadership
• Quality, Risk management and Operational performance