Senior Java Developer at BMW Group South Africa

Purpose of the Role:

We are looking for a Senior JAVA Developer / OpenShift Cloud Expert to join our existing team of rock solid cloud specialists developing the next generation of software systems for the BMW Group’s future logistics and production systems (In-house Logistics and Supply Chain).
Our logistics services mainly run on the OpenShift Cloud Platform. If you are a passionate JAVA developer, willing to take a lead role, sharing knowledge and giving guidance, are thrilled about latest technologies, full of energy and ambition, hands-on and not afraid of making your hands dirty, this is the right position for you.

• Contribute to refinement of user stories (the user stories at the beginning of a development sprint might not be finally specified)
• Clarify open points possibly making proposals and/or developing a prototype for further discussion.
• Take part in regular Scrum meetings via Skype. Daily, Planning, Estimation, Refinement, Review, Retro
• Liaise with stakeholders and team members
• Support existing solutions, DevOps

Required skills:

• Sound knowledge in Java
• Familiarity with Microservices Architectures, Cloud Architectures or Container Architectures e.g. Docker
• Experience with Container Orchestration Platforms preferably OpenShift or Kubernetes

At least 8 years' worth of experience using front-end and back-end technologies such

• Java
• JavaScript
• HTML 5
• CSS
• Git
• Maven or Jenkins

Sound experience in developing backend applications:

• Architecture and Interface Design.
• Data modeling and Database technologies (relational, document, graph, time series,  geolocation).
• Implementation of Backend Services.

Basic Knowledge of:

• Restful Services, MQTT or Kafka.

Proficiency in UI frameworks:

• Angular or React (Version 6 or higher)
• Excellent communication skills and team oriented work behaviour in a distributed team
• Experience of agile methodologies, particularly Scrum
• Experience with Continuous Integration and Delivery tools (e.g. GitLab, Terraform,  Concourse, Jenkins )
• Fit for business purpose mind-set, i.e. the solutions provided must meet the business goals

Added advantage:

• Experience with testing tools like Karma, Jasmine, Postman, Newman, Cypress, Selenium,         Junit, Robot, Jest
• Experience with Jira and Confluence
• Experience with backend frameworks like Spring, Java EE