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Apply critical thinking & problem solving skills to contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle & quickly produce well-organised, optimized, and documented source code to deliver high-performing, scalable, enterprise-grade applications.
Job Description
Technical skills and experience required:
Min 5 years’ experience as a Cobol / Mainframe Developer
Relevant B-Degree in Computer Science preferred but not essential if minimum requirements of experience & practical application are evident
Cross-domain knowledge
COBOL Programming, IMS, DB2, easytrive, SQL and JCL
Knowledge of payment and collection streams i.e. EFT/RTC/Debi-check will be an added advantage
A strong grasp of fundamental software development principles, practices, and techniques
Familiarity with RESTful APIs
Required soft skills:
Creative problem solver
Strong work ethic
Attention to detail
Quality focused
Customer focused
Collaborative team player
Strong communication skills
Accountability
Apply critical thinking, design thinking and problem solving skills to solve complex technical problems with high quality solutions
Contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle including
Reviews, analyzes, and modifies programming systems including encoding, testing, debugging and installing for a large-scale mainframe computer system.
Determine operational feasibility of solutions by evaluating analysis, problem definition, business requirements, solution development and proposed solutions
Quickly produce well-organized, optimized, and documented source code to deliver technical solutions
Ensure designs & solutions support the technical organization principles of self-service, repeatability, testability, scalability & resilience
Apply general design patterns and paradigms to deliver technical solutions
Debug existing source code and polish feature sets.
Apply unit testing frameworks and perform integration, validation and verification testing.
Apply version control and related concepts and techniques
Ensure designs & solutions support the technical organization principles of self-service, repeatability, testability, scalability & resilience
Align all application development & development process to Group Architecture, Security & Infrastructure guidelines
Work with project & program teams (when required) to plan & manage the development lifecycle e.g. releases, risk management, testing, integration etc.
Conduct reviews, performance monitoring & ongoing optimization and maintenance on applications
Stay ahead of the curve on emerging technologies and development practices e.g. Cloud-Based Solutions.
Contribute to the design & evolution of Group Architecture, Infrastructure & associated technical standards for the organization
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