Job Postings at Paracon

Key Responsibilities:

• As a Functional Consultant, you will be responsible for the development and maintenance of software systems. 
• You will develop new applications and work with existing systems to ensure they are optimized for performance. 
• An experienced, diligent and focused Functional Consultant to ensure the success of this important initiative and drive completion of all functional deployment related activities as per the approved project plan.

Non-negotiable requirements:

• Support Analyst with Inventory experience
• Understanding the inventory, stock controls and movement of stock
• Knowledge of Manufacturing and Warehousing, the movement of product from Warehouse to store

Competencies

• Bachelor’s degree or diploma in the relevant elc
• Previous large ERP project experience
• Previous MS D365 experience will be an advantage
• Vendor interaction and vendor activity tracking experience
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, MS Teams and SharePoint
• Ability to work remote and drive active participation and activity completion in an online environment

Location & Type

• Gauteng (Hybrid)
• Minimum 6 months contract

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Details of Role:

• Interact with stakeholders to intensify requirements for applications.
• Build applications and programs using the .NET
• Identifying and rectifying bugs within code.
• Monitor code quality through peer code reviews.
• Employ the best methods to implement OOP code.
• Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications

Location & Type:

• Johannesburg (Hybrid)

Minimum Requirements:

• 7+ years of experience as a developer specialising in C#.Net
• Azure DevOps or GIT Experience
• Net Core APIs
• Net Core
• WCF web services
• Angular and React
• MVC
• Docker or Kubernetes advantageous
• Knowledge of continuous integration

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Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborating with internal stakeholders for enhancements, requests, and progress updates.
• The design, specification, coding, testing, maintenance, and documentation of applications and/or utilities and/or libraries.
• Taking on existing utilities, libraries, and servers.
• Upgrading artifacts as part of server upgrades onto newer Ubuntu OS versions.

Essential Competencies:

• Minimum 5 years work experience developing C / C++ on Linux servers.
• Creating and working with 24/7 operational mission critical services.
• Good experience with each of the following:
• Analysis and design of utilities and libraries to be developed
• Software Development Life Cycle
• SQL database design, querying and processing.
• Application integrations using: REST / Web or Micro-services
• Bash commands and scripting
• Networking (TCP/IP, UDP, IPtables, routing tables)
• Customizing open-source projects
• Additional Skills and Understanding:
• Wi-Fi hotspot workings
• Radius integrations
• IPsets, Pmacct
• DHCP
• DNS
• Python scripting
• Automation

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Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain innovative solutions to meet business and integration requirements. 
• Develop innovative solutions
• Provide technical support to in house developed applications and integration processes. 
• Understand and implement the organisation software development life cycle (SDLC)
• Participate in every aspect of the system development life cycle.
• Assist in the design review of applications and processes.
• Assist in the quality assurance of the applications and processes. 
• Write quality functional and technical specifications.
• Maintain coding standards.
• Keep abreast with latest technologies relevant to the organisation
• Perform Disaster Recovery tests on a bi-annual basis.
• Provide support and guidance to other developers.

Location & Type

• Western Cape (Hybrid)

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelors Degree in Mathematics,  Computer Science or Information Technology
• Visual Studio 2017 and later versions experience
• 5 years C#,ASP.NET, .NET Core experience essential
• Angular and Node.js
• SQL SERVER 2016 and latest versions experience
• Unified Modelling Language (UML)
• DevOps

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Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure that contracted customer Service Level Agreements are met (resolved)
• To ensure that calls logged are followed up / escalated, serviced, and resolved within the agreed SLA
• To ensure that calls are logged retrospectively if no call was logged for work completed (No ticket No Ride)
• Ensure that calls are checked and updated with the latest updates until call closure
• To ensure a minimum of 98% customer satisfaction feedback rating on a monthly basis with external contracted Customers and action to position SLA and satisfaction measurement for internal support
• Administer User and Computer accounts, as well as Group membership in AD
• Perform various tests on all hardware platforms and networks and document all operating system software
• Practice Expert knowledge on Preventative Maintenance
• Coordinate with Internal IT staff and customer to resolve technical issues and escalate same if required
• Co-ordinate with staff to install and configure all EUC
• Identify and resolve all hardware and software issues
• Installing, Configuring and Updating required hardware and software
• Troubleshooting and diagnosing to detect and solve technical problems
• Design and perform various tests on applications according to required standards
• Maintain and develop all user applications and define specifications based on client requirements

Minimum Requirement:

• CompTIA A+ – mandatory
• CompTIA N+ – mandatory
• ITIL Foundation Certification – mandatory
• Microsoft Azure Fundamentals – AZ900
• Microsoft Office 365 Fundamentals – MS900
• MTA: Windows Operating System Fundamentals (Windows 10)
• Microsoft 365 Certified: Modern Desktop Administrator Associate
• Apple Mac Apple Certified Support Professional (optional based on customer requirements)
• 3 – 5 years of Technical Support with an emphasis in MS Operating Systems, MS Office or Office 365 and Office Applications.

Location & Type:

• Cape Town (Hybrid)

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Key Responsibilities:

• Manage sprint scope and timeline for a development squad
• Prepare project plans and regularly update project baselines
• Monitor and control project execution and schedule variances timeously.
• Plan Baseline sprint capacity and manage efficient utilization
• Work with product owners to maintain the backlog, ensure it is DEEP, meets DOR for Sprint planning and define the scope for sprints
• Develop and manage all aspects of project Risk, Issues and Dependencies
• Help communicate the Product Owner’s wish list to the project team
• Work with RTE to manage delivery
• Facilitate scrum events (sprint planning, retrospective meetings, daily stand-ups) and other meetings as required
• Facilitate internal communication and effective collaboration
• Keep stakeholders, both from the customer and internal, up to date on progress
• Prepare and present reports on progress and success
• Resolve conflicts and remove obstacles to the team’s progress
• Help teams implement changes effectively
• Ensure deliverables are up to quality standards at the end of each sprint
• Encourage self-organization within the team and empower team members to make important decisions, estimate work done and improve their collaboration on the project

Minimum Requirements:

• Scrum Certified (PMP advantageous)

Number of years’ experience required:

• 6 years in an Agile environment
• 4 to 6 Previous years’ experience working in software development environment roles
• Preferential requirements:
• Experience working for a software vendor
• Any additional pertinent information:
• Travel to the client will be required from time to time

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree (Required)