Specialist - Senior Dot.Net Developer at Auditor-General of South Africa

Identify Solutions

• Assist in the identification of issues that require more attention, and work to resolve issues based on an understanding of the business problem.
• Source and provide explanations and make recommendations regarding current application functionality, new features and application enhancements.
• Provide technical input to the ICT senior managers (SM) with regard to technical decisions with consideration of long-term implications.
• Assist in identify risks and/or potential issues that could impact the business.
• Formulation of system solutions or propose business process alternatives to mitigate risks and meet business requirements.
• Provide input in prioritise projects regards to business priority, criticality and time frames.
• Provide and explain various solution options, costs and methods of achieving and supporting client requirements.
• Provide system analysis and programming expertise (usually within a project team) in the analysis, design and development of the business applications.
• Provide technical expertise to the business regarding application requirements and solutions.
• Make technical decisions to meet the business requirements.
• Provide explanations and make recommendations regarding current application functionality, new features and system enhancements.

Product management

Define problem definition for application development:

• Formulate and define application scope and objectives
• Devise and modify procedures to solve business problems
• Prepare detailed specifications from which programs will be developed, tested, debugged, and documented
• Provide technical expertise to the business analyst regarding system requirements and solutions
• Create technical specifications based on business/operational requirements.
• Highlight and manage integration and configuration issues
• Develop business applications to meet business requirements:
• Complying with the system development life cycle (SDLC) and project management life cycle methodologies by participating in scope assessment, risk and cost analysis
• Configure applications to meet business requirements.  Ensure that applications are configured to meet business requirements
• Develop software applications that meet the business requirements by converting the specifications, fixes etc. into working systems
• Develop technical solutions for fixes and enhancements
• Provide technical development leadership through full project life cycle from discovery of requirements through implementation and go live
• Establish appropriate workarounds for functional issues

Test and quality assure business applications:

• Verify that solutions are effectively tested and quality assured
• Prepare runs and analyses test input and runs to verify expected outcomes.  Correct program code, syntax or logic errors as required
• Perform quality assurance review for new development, maintenance to the application system
• Liaise with the business through service level manager to determine best correction for errors
• Work with the testing team and the business analyst to generate test cases
• Analyse and review the data to be used in the testing phase

Release business applications effectively and efficiently:

• Release application development
• Identify the areas on which the implementation may have an effect in terms of daily operations
• Compile relevant communication to these areas
• Prepare and maintain application documentation
• Liaise with the training department regard the development of the training manuals
• Verify that the content of the training manual will assist in an effective execution of the project
• Assist in training users on new application functionality developed

Perform post implementation review:

• Ensure that post-implementation review is done
• Identify the appropriate action required from the review process
• Document results of the relevant process
• Discuss recommended actions with relevant SM
• Implement corrective actions
• Ensure business applications are developed in accordance with applicable policies, procedures, methodologies and standards
• Develop business applications within the appropriate timeframe.
• Collaborate with internal teams including the enterprise architecture, database and infrastructure to produce the software design and architecture
• Write clean, scalable code using DotNet programming languages
• Use the Microsoft Team foundation server to manage the code under development, testing and deployment.
• Review and present the design with stakeholders

Provide Technical Expertise and Guidance

• Provide system analysis and programming expertise (usually within a project team) in the analysis, design and development of the business applications
• Provide technical expertise to the business regarding application requirements and solutions
• Make technical decisions to meet the business requirements
• Provide explanations and make recommendations regarding current application functionality, new features and system enhancements

Provide Business Application Support

• Handle inquiries related to application development, maintenance and enhancements, support and tuning of new and existing applications for maximum efficiency
• Support integrated software packages  
• Provide technical and functional support and guidance to stakeholders in the operation of application
• Provide guidance and technical support to the stakeholders on programming techniques to enable users to extract data for reporting purposes
• Provide business application support within the allocated time frame

Financial Management

• Contribute to compiling the BU budget.
• Manage resources effectively and efficiently to comply with budget requirements.
• Ensure that research projects are delivered within allocated budget.
• Ensure compliance with internal processes and procedures.
• Ensure compliance with SCM in AGSA.

Other responsibilities (Applicable to All JD’s)

• Perform and/or manage other projects, tasks and assignments not stipulated on the Job description as and when required.

Skills, Experience & Education

• This position requires a minimum degree in Information Technology or Computer Science qualification.
• Postgraduate qualification will be added advantage
• Programming certificates in Java, DotNet and C# or any related certificates

Experience

• Minimum of 5 years of computer programming, systems analysis, software development or related technical experience.
• ITIL foundation certified.
• Ability to define and enforce coding standards, ensure on-time delivery of
• quality product within budget
• Ability to communicate well with various stakeholders, adapt to different project environment and interpersonal skills
• Be able to meet deadlines and work in a team
• Have the capability to develop using Agile methodology.