Imagine a world where people live healthier, more enhanced and protected lives… A world in which each organisation is a powerful influencer and responsible corporate citizen, committed to being a force for social good. As a leading innovator in healthcare, wellness, insurance, investments, financial and life planning, Discovery works ceaselessly to...
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Key Purpose
The mobile architect’s role is to be the subject matter expert on mobile technologies, including Android and iOS, that can support the Vitality Groups technical teams.
Understand and analyze business requirements and provide solution proposals based on a deep knowledge of current systems capabilities, as well as a broad knowledge of available industry-relevant solution components. Contributes to the overall architecture and standards of the group, acts as an SME and plays a software governance role.
The architect is also expected to contribute to software development.
Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to
Relationship Management:
- Builds relationships with key customer stakeholders in the Vitality global businesses in order to build trust that will help to ensure deliverables stay on track
- Builds relationships with key systems stakeholders within the Vitality Systems teams to create a collaborative environment in which all stakeholders can constructively work towards and achieve common goals
Requirements Analysis:
- Critically analyses stated customer requirements and acts as a consultant in providing considered feedback based on knowledge of business and systems environments in order to deliver exactly what the customer specified
- Contributes to the Business Requirements Document
Solutioning / Designing:
- Facilitate Fit\Gap analysis and requirements gathering
- Reviews functional design artefacts
- Creates solution design artefacts which include the proposed paradigm and technology, as well as providing priority ranking of the architectural system qualities (re-usability, performance etc.)
- Breaking down high-level system components into lower-level functional components for smaller teams to develop
- Engages with systems architects and development teams to ensure a smooth transition from the proposed solution into the SDLC and through implementation to final release
- Translate logical designs into physical designs taking into account the target environment, performance requirements, existing systems and any potential safety-related issues
- Making design decisions based on business requirements, which take into consideration functional and non-functional requirements of the system
- Facilitate migration planning to move from source to target architecture seamlessly
- Request Technical Debt Dispensation, if required
Coding:
- Implement the designed solutions in the required development language in accordance with the Vitality Group standards, processes, tools and frameworks.
Testing and Post Release Support:
- Continues to be involved post-release in ensuring that the solution satisfies customer needs, both functional and architectural
- Investigate, analyse and document reported defects and correct identified defects
Governance and Continuous Improvement:
- Participate in all review board meetings to assess and provide input to new proposed solutions
- Ensure standards are enforced and are aligned with overall strategic architectural objectives
- Involvement in developing guidelines and standards and in coaching through participation in internal forums to improve methodologies, internal processes and overall architectural rigor
- Research and development – conduct structured search and evaluation processes of market offerings and technologies to stay abreast of technology and competition
- Contribution to enterprise architecture competency
Personal Attributes and Skills
- Solution architecture
- Excellent written and oral communication skills (English)
- Is values driven
- Ability to work in a self-driven, complex environment with multiple and changing priorities
- Ability to focus on deadlines and deliverables
- Ability to think abstractly
- Ability and desire to quickly learn new technologies
- Customer Service Oriented
- Leadership & teamwork
- Creativeness & Innovation
- Stakeholder management
- Clean code thinking
- Is a problem solver
- UML diagramming
- Information Engineering
- Business Process Design
- Data Design
- Application Design
- System Integration Design
- Services Design
- Architecture Principles Design
- Business Rule Design
- Hands on coding experience at a senior developer level
- Web-Service integration experience
Education and Experience
- Science B. Degree
- Architecturally certified (TOGAF or equivalent).
- 10+ years’ experience in mobile application development
- 2+ years’ experience as a solution architect
Advantageous
- Honours degree
- Business experience and product knowledge
- Experience in both iOS and Android development
Methodologies
- Familiarity with Agile development methodologies
- Knowledge of OO design principles and development patterns
EMPLOYMENT EQUITY
The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply
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What you will do
The successful applicant will be working within a highly specialized and growing team investigating ways to optimize and improve the healthcare environment for the company, the healthcare providers and most importantly the members we serve.
Responsibilities will include:
- Connecting with a multitude of stakeholders to understand the data in a healthcare context
- Mining large structured and unstructured datasets to find new insights to inform healthcare efficiency and interaction strategies
- Research and application of the most up to date machine learning algorithms and AI techniques
- Present data and model findings in a way that provides actionable insights
- Implementing results for use in both the internal and external environments
- Monitoring model performance
- Improve processes and databases where opportunities arise
What skills you will need
Technical skills core:
- Expert in data science programming languages such as R, Python, Scala
- Expert in data manipulation skills including SQL to extract, transform and load data
- Experience in interactive data exploration and data-driven story telling
- Understanding and application of Big Data and distributed computing principles (Hadoop and MapReduce)
- Hands on experience with Big Data systems will be preferred
- Strong analytical and statistical knowledge with an understanding of the latest machine learning algorithms for both structured and unstructured data
- Ability to formulate problem statements and develop a plan for tackling the problem
- Strong ability to communicate findings and recommendations from data (visual, verbal and written)
- Production environment machine learning and AI
Technical skills additional:
- Experience with Google Tensor flow is preferred
- Experience in sourcing and combining data from both structured and unstructured sources
Behavioural skills:
- A passion for data exploration and complex healthcare environment
- Self-starter
- Willingness to learn and grow exponentially
- A restless curiosity towards data and uncovering unknown correlations
- Ability to work cohesively in a team environment and balance multiple priorities
- A team player who can work alone when required and without supervision
- High level of attention to detail, resilience, enthusiasm, energy and drive
- Positive, can-do attitude
- Ethical and able to maintain confidentiality and manage boundaries
- Aligned to Discovery values and core purpose
Professional Qualifications & Experience
- Honours or Master’s degree in either Data Science, Statistics, or Applied Mathematics with some experience in software engineering, computer science or working with big disparate sets of data, OR
- Honours or Master’s degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering with solid experience in statistical modelling, data mining and machine learning
- Other analytical qualifications will also be considered if accompanied by the relevant experience
EMPLOYMENT EQUITY
The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.
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Key Purpose
Designs, develops, and implements iOS mobile applications to support business requirements. Follows approved life cycle methodologies, creates design documents, writes code and performs unit and functional testing of software. Contributes to the overall architecture and standards of the group, acts as an SME and plays a software governance role.
iOS developers must be able to technically support and maintain the deployed applications on dev, test and production environments.
Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to
iOS developers must have a competent understanding of:
- The system development life cycle and can explain the developer’s role in each stage
- The defined system development tools, processes and workflows
- The distinction between business, functional and non-functional requirements and how to implement them
- The importance of delivering high quality source code and how to achieve it
- The technologies used and the systems components structure
- The domain and business terminologies and link them back to system implementations
iOS developers should be able to demonstrate that they can:
- Develop, test, and maintain the deployed application software with high quality
- Collaborate with product managers and designers to ensure a successful, high-quality product and great user experience
- Analyse, maintain and enhance existing application and troubleshoot issues with efficiency.
- Perform accurate development estimation
- Produce technical specifications and designs. Participate in new business development through ideation, prototype development, and project estimates
- Research new techniques, tools, and best practices and share that knowledge with the team and community
- Maintain high standards
- Analytical and problem solving skills
- Self-starter who takes ownership, is accountable, and is able to work under minimum supervision
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Can help with quality assurance and provide comments
Within 6 months of being in the position, an iOS developer should be able to demonstrate strong domain knowledge and technologies in relation to the environment that they work in.
Personal Attributes and Skills
- Excellent written and oral communication skills (English)
- Is values driven
- Ability to work in a self-driven, complex environment with multiple and changing priorities
- Ability to focus on deadlines and deliverables
- Ability to think abstractly
- Ability and desire to quickly learn new technologies
- Clean code thinking
- Is a problem solver
Education and Experience
- A degree in IT
- 4+ years’ experience as an iOS developer
- Experience with software development in a test-driven environment
- Excellent understanding and application of design principles
Advantageous
- 2+ year user interface analyst experience (preferred)
- Software Engineering related degree/qualification
- Honours degree
- Business experience and product knowledge
- Experience in Objective-C is beneficial
- Have worked on at least 1 app published in the App or Play Store
Methodologies
- Familiarity with Agile development methodologies
- Knowledge of OO design principles and development patterns
Tools
- SoapUI (SOAP) / REST client (JSON)
- XCode
- Atlassian tool suite (Jira, Confluence)
Technologies
- XML, JSON
- SOAP and REST Web Service Development
Other
- Software architecture
- JAD sessions
- Data modelling techniques
Employment Equity
The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.
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Key Purpose
- To assess and validate building’s claims to determine validity based on Insure contract.
- Quantify losses accurately and facilitate the process between the broker and/or client and project manager.
- Liaise with Service Provider and provide back office support to claims consultants.
- .Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to
- Building’s claims assessing and validation within predetermined mandates
- Loss adjustment by correctly quantifying and/or verifying claimed amounts
- Facilitation between broker and/or client and project manager
- Compile and submit daily, weekly and monthly reports to management
- Investigate and report on fraudulent claims
- Claims forum presenting of claims
- Make recommendations on claims settlement
- Appointment and management of service providers
Personal Attributes and Skills
- Customer / Relationship orientated
- Strong communicator
- Results orientated
- Good business judgement
- Good negotiation and presentation skills
- Conflict handling skills
- Systematic and organized with the ability to plan and prioritize effectively
- Resilient with an ability to work under pressure and adapt change
- Analytical and attentive to detail
Education and Experience
- Matric (Essential)
- 3 years’ minimum experience in building assessing and loss adjusting (Essential)
- 3 years’ minimum short term insurance claims experience (Advantageous)
- Construction and/or Engineering qualification (Advantageous)
- Hold a valid driver’s licence (Essential)
- Willing to travel (Essential)
EMPLOYMENT EQUITY
- The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.
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Key Purpose
To investigate and validate motor claims to determine validity based on the Discovery Insure contract. To correctly quantify and validate losses and serve as a mediator between clients and/or brokers. Provide feedback and support to claims consultants and foster good relationships between brokers and clients.
Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to
- Motor claims investigation and validation, including settlement, rejection and repair within service level agreement.
- Turn-around time and predetermined mandates.
- Loss adjustment by correctly quantifying losses and/or verifying claimed amounts. Mediation between Insure client and/or broker.
- Reporting on all assessed claims and making recommendations.
- Analyse client behaviour to determine legitimacy of claims.
- Investigate and report on fraudulent claims.
- Perform administrative tasks and meet strict deadlines.
- Make recommendations to prevent fraud.
- Analyse, collecting, evaluating and handling of evidence.
- Claims forum presenting of claims.
Education and Experience
Matric (Essential)
- 5 years’ minimum short term insurance claims experience (Essential)
- 5 years’ short-term insurance non-motor claims validations and investigations experience (Essential)
- Interviewing techniques (Essential)
- Investigation terminology (Essential)
- Tertiary qualification relating to investigations and interviewing e.g. Certified Fraud Examiner (Advantageous)
- Hold a valid driver licence
- Willing to travel
EMPLOYMENT EQUITY
The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.
go to method of application »
Key Purpose
To investigate and validate motor claims to determine validity based on the Discovery Insure contract. To correctly quantify and validate losses and serve as a mediator between clients and/or brokers. Provide feedback and support to claims consultants and foster good relationships between brokers and clients.
Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to
Motor claims investigation and validation, including settlement, rejection and repair within service level agreement.
- Turn-around time and predetermined mandates.
- Loss adjustment by correctly quantifying losses and/or verifying claimed amounts. Mediation between Insure client and/or broker.
- Reporting on all assessed claims and making recommendations.
- Analyse client behaviour to determine legitimacy of claims.
- Investigate and report on fraudulent claims.
- Perform administrative tasks and meet strict deadlines.
- Make recommendations to prevent fraud.
- Analyse, collecting, evaluating and handling of evidence.
- Claims forum presenting of claims.
Education and Experience
Matric (Essential)
- 5 years’ minimum short term insurance claims experience (Essential)
- 5 years’ short-term insurance non-motor claims validations and investigations experience (Essential)
- Interviewing techniques (Essential)
- Investigation terminology (Essential)
- Tertiary qualification relating to investigations and interviewing e.g. Certified Fraud Examiner (Advantageous)
- Hold a valid driver licence
- Willing to travel
EMPLOYMENT EQUITY
- The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.
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Key Purpose
Within the Application Platform Services system area, the Java Developer must work together with Business Analyst, UX & Content Teams, System Architect and managers to understand the overall business need and the requirements, design the system solution using various approaches and technologies, implement the designed solution in the system with high quality source codes.
The Java Developer will support the projects throughout the project life-cycle, including requirements, design, implementation, release and post release support.
The Java Developer in the Application Platform Services area must be technically able support and maintain the deployed applications on dev, test and production environments.
Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to
- Develop, test, and maintain the deployed application software with high quality
- Analyse, maintain and enhance existing application and troubleshoot issues with efficiency
- Perform accurate development estimation
- Produce technical specifications and designs.
- Analytical and problem solving skills
- Self-starter who takes ownership, is accountable, and is able to work under minimum supervision
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Can help with quality assurance and provide comments
- Present to senior stakeholders
- Offer support and guidance to peers
- Perform analysis at a strategic level and understand principles of business, technical and enterprise architecture
Personal Attributes and Skills
- Passionate about technology and development.
- Results oriented with the ability to work under pressure and juggle multiple concurrent projects with changing priorities and deadlines
- Analytical thinking
- Personal organisation and time management skills
- Technical and business writing skills
- Presentation and facilitation skills
- Communication skills (written, verbal/presenting and listening)
- Stress management
- Customer focused
- Results oriented
- Able to resolve conflict
- Creative
- Innovative
- Self-driven
- Attention to detail
- Ability to build relationships with people from all different backgrounds and at different job levels
Education and Experience
Minimum
- Matric/Grade 12 and formal Java qualifications.
- 3 years Java systems development experience
- Java EE knowledge and experience
- Experience with SOAP and REST services
- Unit testing and mocking frameworks
- Source control, experience with GIT
- Experience with industry standard Application Servers (preferably WebLogic)
- Knowledge of OO design principles and development patterns
Preferred
- IT related Degree or Diploma (BSc/BTech or similar).
- Angular Framework
- Spring Framework
- SQL and ORM experience
- Presentation layer development (HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, GWT, Spring MVC)
- Experience using formal modelling languages (UML, etc) and modelling tools (Enterprise Architect, Visual Paradigm etc.)
- Exposure to Agile principles and methodologies, including Continuous Integration and Test Driven Development
Advantageous
- Honours degree
- DevOps/Continuous integration
- Exposure to the Atlassian tool suite (Jira, Confluence, Bamboo and Bitbucket)
EMPLOYMENT EQUITY
The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.
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