Senior Database And Applications Developer - Midrand at Phaki Personnel Management Services

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Administering, managing and handling database management systems, such as the creation of databases, data warehousing, database performance and tuning and upgrades.
• Providing applications programming support in terms of adding functionality to the system on request.
• Trouble shooting and problem solving on the organization applications and databases as and when required.
• Administering and enforcing systems development standards.
• Analyzing and monitoring of operations with respect to the application and database.
• Applying upgrades, fixing and migrating to new versions of the system and database.
• Creating and implementing database maintenance plans for regular integrity checks.
• Deploying new developments or charges to live environment.
• Responsible for user account management of all the organization Application systems.
• Developing application system integrations as far as possible.
• Developing and understanding the complete testing lifecycle, including developing test cases and test plans.
• Performing Software and database design.
• Implementing of systems through following frameworks such as SDLC, JAD, RAD
• Document all aspects of the application systems.
• Ensure a comprehensive change management process is implemented.
• Work from written specifications and pre-establish guidelines to perform the functions of the
• Job and maintain documentation of process flow.
• Compile security assessment and produce security logs for review on all organization application systems.
• It is tasked with carrying out education, research, policy development, registration of industry participants, i.e. credit providers, credit bureau and debt counsellors, investigation of complaints, and enforcement of the Act.
• The Act requires the Regulator to promote the development of an accessible credit market, particularly to address the needs of historically disadvantaged persons, low-income persons, and remote, isolated or low-density communities.

Knowledge:

• Designing, coding, and testing new and existing Microsoft based and web-based software applications.
• Enhancing existing systems by analyzing business objectives, preparing an action plan and identifying areas for modification and improvement.
• Maintaining existing software systems by identifying and correcting software defects.
• Creating technical specifications and test plans.
• Investigating and developing skills in new technologies.
• Understanding of IT applications and systems support and change management practices.
• Understanding of IT development processes and systems integration.
• Data storage and access within government regulation and corporate policies.
• Understanding of Microsoft Windows Reporting services 2008/2012/2014.

Language Skills:

• Applications development using C#, VB.Net, ASP.NET Web-forms, XML, MVC, HTML and other software development tools.
• Knowledge of SQL Server, MySQL and MS Access.
• Report writing using MS SQL report services. C#
• HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Ajax, Json, XML, XHTML.
• Web services, Windows Services.
• System Development Frameworks (SDLC, JAD, RAD).
• Project management skills and process mapping techniques.
• ETL (extract, transform and load) data manipulation skills.
• Data cleaning, updating, editing and validating techniques.
• Software testing skills.
• Database performance management skills.
• Database and Systems Quality assurance techniques.