Software Developer Level 3 (Houghton) at SBV Services (Pty) Ltd.

Description

Support Technology Strategy & Innovation

• Evaluate the analysis, problem definition, requirements, solution development, and proposed solutions for feasibility.
• Facilitate the translation of system roadmaps and strategies through project system and solution designs.
• Manage the implementation of the Technology Development strategy through the delivery of Development goals.
• Participate in Technology innovation initiatives and the development of plans for their implementation.
• Improve operations by recommending changes to policies, procedures, and processes related to Technology Development.
• Assess existing programs for areas of modification and develop these modifications.
• Plan and execute the software development life cycle (SDLC) phases for various projects.
• Provide technical guidance in the preparation and documentation of software requirements and specifications.
• Drive innovation by identifying new technologies in the market and conducting research in line with SBV's requirements.
• Leads internal and external Developers and Analysts in conceptualising and developing new software programs and applications.
• Organise and participate in ideation sessions with relevant stakeholders to identify functional and technical documentation needs and design technology solutions to address those needs.
• Research emerging application development software, languages, and standards to support procurement and development efforts.
• Stay abreast of industry and technological changes and trends within your area of expertise

Execute Analysis and Design Activities

• Prepare technical documentation for project management teams, including scope, work breakdown structures, milestone tracking, budgeting, and communication checkpoints.
• Review functional requirement translation into technical design to verify that the design meets the expectation.
• Assess potential design impact to business processes and manage changes to operational performance.
• Make recommendations, design solutions, and identify opportunities to improve applications.
• Evaluate how new technologies can be integrated into SBV's current processes and determine if they are operationally practical.
• Review and apply security principles to all design and development work performed.
• Conduct system and impact analyses of new development changes and remedy them prior to development.

Technical implementation within own area

• Responsible for core development across different domains and technology ecosystem to meet business requirements, processes, and standards and adheres to relevant security principles.
• Write clean and efficient code for new and existing user-functional software programs and applications, maintaining re-usability, performance, scalability, and stability.
• Provide technical guidance and advice on new products and solutions and changes to current applications.
• Designing and reviewing the existing environment and researching new and upcoming trends are important components of continuous service improvement.
• Organize inter-team discussions to create a shared understanding and demonstrate solutions through documentation, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, and code comments.

Quality Management

• Assure zero defects in any code developed to meet quality and coding conventions of SBV and generally acceptable standards).
• Follow change, incident, release and internal processes.
• Perform code reviews and unit tests and implement corrective actions to meet standards.
• Conduct and report on code reviews and unit testing on code written by Level 1 and 2 Developers, including corrective action identified to meet minimum standards.
• Organize and manage unit testing of developed code and code deployment, fixes, updates and related processes through defect tracking in testing and evaluating error logs.
• Organize and manage software performance tests on new and existing programs to correct errors, isolate areas for improvement, and conduct general debugging.
• Conduct penetration tests to test exploitable vulnerabilities such as cyber-attacks, security firewalls, and augment controls.
• Subscribe and align to SBV Services' ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management Standards, ensuring the department’s processes and quality management system is at all times in compliance with the standard
• Support SBVs ESG journey, reporting on and managing the ESG requirements to ensure a positive reflection and outcome.

Risk Management

• Evaluate that all artefacts are well managed and controlled in the relevant repositories per the defined policies and rprocedures.
• Manage the department’s internal risk controls, and review and update the Technology Risk Register

Reporting

• Compile and present reports and status updates for Steering Committees (SteerCos) and MANCO.
• Together with vendors, present technological solutions to SteerCo.
• Present Roadmaps and identified challenges to the Head of the Department.
• Vendor Management
• Manage interactions with internal teams and vendors and verify that agreed delivery plans align with SLA requirements.
• Provide technical guidance and support to Project Managers to maintain smooth interfacing between SBV and vendors.
• Manage the integration of vendor deliverables by tracking and reviewing vendor performance.

Customer management

• Actively build, maintain and grow strong relationships with clients and internal stakeholders.
• Maintain effective communication and regular engagement with key stakeholders.
• Manage client expectations and the effective flow of information.

Lead as an Ambassador and Executor of Change

• Provide continuity during times of change by serving as a change management architect.
• Manage the integration of development into a seamless end-to-end customer experience.
• Communicate and embed new processes and procedures effectively, addressing or escalating concerns to SMEs.
• Communicate consistently and accurately across one's area by facilitating presentations, workshops, or forums.

Team Leadership

• Provide support and an escalation point for Developers and Project teams during development phases.
• Assign responsibilities and/or packages of work to Developer teams, monitor and report on performance, identify training and development needs, and enforce disciplinary actions.
• Comply with SBV Human Resources/Employee Relations policies and procedures and applicable Labour Laws.
• Scheduling project resources, coordination of team structures and capacity planning.

Lead as an Ambassador and executor of Change.

• Act as a change management architect in periods of change to ensure business continuity.
• Manage the integration of business units into a seamless end to end solution for customers.
• Effectively communicate and embed new processes and procedures as they occur, addressing or escalating matters/ concerns to the SME’s (subject matter experts) when required.
• Facilitate the necessary presentations, workshops, or forums to ensure consistent and accurate communication is given across one’s portfolio.

Requirements

Work Experience

• 5 years of experience as a software developer
• 3 years of experience working in web-based development using various programming languages
• 2 years of experience working with open-source technologies and cloud applications
• Understanding of new emerging web and mobile development frameworks and models

Education

• Degree in Information Technology Management, Computer Science, Business Administration, Commerce or similar

Functional Competencies

• Microsoft Office Suite
• Knowledge of ICT project management principles (e.g., Agile)
• Understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)