Senior Software Developer - Natural Adabas at SITA SOC (Ltd)

REFERENCE NR : VAC05701 & 5706 (RE 04) 
Purpose of the job 

• To lead the design, implementation, debugging, documentation, release and maintenance of software-based solutions, write code and enhance software/systems in accordance with ICT standards and the enterprise architecture for Government. 

Key Responsibility Areas 

•  Perform software systems coding assignment; 
•  Supervision of the Software development team; 
•  Provide maintenance and enhancement support of the existing systems. 
•  Implementation, debugging, documentation and release of the software solutions;
•  Lead the design and development of new features for the software systems, and improvement of the existing ones. 

Qualifications and Experience 

• Required Qualification Natural Programming and/or NaturalONE Certificate or equivalent Adabas Basic/Fundamental Certificate or equivalent" 
• Natural Certified Application Developer certificate will be an advantage.

Experience:

• 6 - 7 years’ experience with full software development lifecycle (SLDC), including solution development, operational responsibility in a large corporate/public sector organisation. 
• The experience must include Experience in solution analysis, and development for the development, implementation and maintenance/enhancements of systems within the corporate/public sector, including: Successfully developed and implemented applications Software development team leadership competency Software development deliverable effort planning, estimations and execution management Developed efficient and effective IT solutions to diverse and complex business problems. 
• Extensive experience with a wide variety of database management systems and maintenance. 
• Extensive experience in Natural Adabas. 
• Extensive experience with working on multiple tasks and report status. Experience in interacting with customers. 

Technical Competencies Description 
Knowledge of: 

• Solid understanding of computer science including algorithms, data structures, operating systems and databases. 
• ICT Governance and Compliance Governance e.g. Cobit and ITIL Strong knowledge to design test plans according to the software requirements specification. 
• Broad and extensive knowledge of the software development process and its technologies.
• Extensive knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in the production of software requirements specifications, models and designs. 
• Strong knowledge of user interfaces. Strong knowledge of solution Integration strategies and tools. 
• Strong knowledge source control and version control tools like PAC. 
• Working knowledge of virtualisation and containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes) Working knowledge of DevOps ( Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Testing, Continuous Monitoring Infrastructure as Code, Config Management) Working knowledge of Agile Methodologies (Feature-Driven Development, Test-Driven Development, Scrum, Extreme Programming) Extensive background in coding Extensive knowledge of software testing techniques and tools Extensive knowledge of software team leadership IT Quality Management e.g. ISO9001 and CMMI IT Security ICT Standards COTS (Commercial of the Shelf) Products OSS (Open Source Software) 
• Products IT Strategies and Architectures Strong knowledge of data integration tools 
• Execution of Architecture methods and practices e.g. TOGAF and GWEA. 

Technical competencies: 

• Application Development; 
• Application Maintenance and Support; 
• Database Administration.

Leadership competencies: 

• Customer Experience; Collaboration; 
• Communicating and Influencing; 
• Honesty, Integrity and Fairness; 
• Outcomes driven; Innovation; 
• Planning and Organising; 
• Creative Problem Solving; Bimodal IT Practice; 
• Managing People and Driving Performance; 
• Decision-making; 
• Responding to Change and Pressure; and Strategic Thinking. 

Interpersonal/behavioural competencies: 

• Active listening; Attention to Detail; 
• Analytical thinking; 
• Resilience; and Stress Management.