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Key Purpose of the role
The position is responsible for the day to day managing of incoming work through various channels within the Retirement Funds business unit.  This is a core administration function and the incumbent would be required to holistically manage and index incoming tasks related to Retirement Fund disciplines, for example member and employer enquiries, monthly contribution, claim, investment option, individual transfer in, section 14 and section 28 processes.  The incumbent will be responsible for processing claims as per the standard set in the team.  The incumbent must ensure that processes and procedures are implemented, maintained and improved.  The incumbent needs to ensure operational activity is conducted within regulatory frameworks, accurately, effectively and efficiently.  The incumbent must ensure that he/she has the knowledge skills, tools and competencies required to perform the required job within service level agreements.  The incumbent must have an appetite to be part of a growing new business unit, continuous improvement, able to adapt to change easily and play a role in change management within the team, challenge the status quo, inspire and motivate others.  The incumbent will continually review existing processes and procedures in order to ensure the delivery of committed services to the Umbrella Clients.

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

• Processing and indexing of all daily transactional activity within agreed service levels
• Processing of daily and monthly transactional activity, such as but not limited to switches and transfer ins within agree service level agreements
• Processing of claims according to standards and within service levels.
• Performing QA function for document verification where necessary
• Ensure that day to day administration is accurate, compliant and abreast with regulatory frameworks such as, Pension Fund Act, Tax act, Rules of the Discovery Life Umbrella Pension and Provident Funds, Participating Employer special rules.  Ensures delivery of key operation attributes such as data completeness and data quality.
• Dealing with queries from internal stakeholders, communicate effectively with clients to resolve queries and escalations, ensure client expectations are met.
• Prepare management and client reports for submission to superiors
• Develop and maintain excellent business relations with internal and external parties.
• The incumbent is the Subject Matter Experts in Retirement Fund areas under management.  Produces new ideas, approaches or insights.  Produces range of solution to problems, do root cause analysis.  Effective decision making by “out of the box” thinking and weighing up risks involved.

Personal Attributes and Skills   
The successful candidate must demonstrate the following competencies:

• Self-starter with a high attention to detail and be able to multi-task
• Good at follow through
• Exceptional ability to communicate written and orally
• Problem solving and solution focused
• Analytical – interpretation
• Building relationships
• Coping with pressure (deadlines)
• Time-Management and Organizational Skills
• Must be team orientated, willing to assist other team members in the office
• Compassion: will be working with people who are sometimes in dire situations or going through difficult transitions. Must be compassionate to their situation and working with them in a positive way
• Outstanding customer service skills

Education and Experience

• Matric – essential
• 3 to 5 years working experience within Employee Benefits, Retirement Funds, Umbrella Fund experience – Essential
• NQF level 4 or similar is advantageous
• Relevant Industry Qualifications – Wealth Management, Introduction to Retirement Funds – Advantageous.
   

 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.                      

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

Design and implement robust, scalable and optimally performing systems using Java related technologies, according to provided specifications, standards and procedures, while ensuring compliance with the architectural standards and guidelines laid out by Discovery.

 

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

Design:

• Translate business requirements into technical designs adhering to Discovery Insure processes, standards and guidelines, taking cognisance of performance, security and scalability requirements. Deliver within agreed timeframes.

• Liaise with relevant parties where clarification of business requirements or resolution to technical issues is needed

• Research and find effective solutions to technical issues that arise

• Estimate development timelines based on business requirements

 

Development:

• Construct robust, maintainable, scalable, optimally performing system code in line with technical specifications, following prescribed process, standards and procedures. Deliver within agreed timeframes

• Conduct unit testing and fix any defects found

 

Testing:

• Verify build stability and quality with development team before releasing to test team, aiming to release with zero defects

• Assist the Business analyst in ensuring the test pack includes relevant scenarios and test data.

• Consult and assist in reviewing risk / impact of defects found in testing, and assist with fixing where necessary

 

Support / Troubleshooting:

• Assist system users with technical support issues and handle according to defined procedures

• Ability to effectively analyse root cause of system errors (data errors, performance and stability issues)

 

Mentoring / Team development:

• Actively coach other developers to understand and apply the Insure coding and architectural standards correctly, as well as any technologies in use

• Perform code review to ensure logical correctness, maintainability, scalability, performance, compliance with architectural standards and frameworks

 

Personal development:

• Keep abreast of current technological trends and how these might be applied in the Discovery environment

• Constant improvement of knowledge of the various applications, their functionalities and data models

 

General:

• Ability to communicate clearly, constructively and effectively. Easily able to follow and participate in technical, business process, and other discussions

Able to build business relationships with other members of team and the business areas we support.

 

Education

• BSc Computer Science /Information Systems degree

• Formal Java qualification

 

Technical Skills

• Excellent understanding of Object Orientated principals and Java language fundamentals

• Knowledge of commonly used design patterns

• Broad understanding of how to put together an EE-based business solution from scratch

• EJB

• HTML

• JSF

• JQuery

• JAXB

• SOAP Web services

• Message Driven Beans

• UML

• XML/XSD

• SQL

 

Experience

• 6+ years’ experience in Java development with exposure to core competencies listed

• Advantageous Experience

• REST Web services

• JSON

• Business Process Management Tools

• Apache Camel

• Apache Webserver Configuration

• JBOSS Configuration

• CSS

• GIT

• Integrated Build Tools

• HTML 5

 

Knowledge

• Knowledge of Short Term Insurance industry

• Software development within SDLC

• Unit Testing

• Data modelling and design of database structures

 

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

Design and implement robust, scalable and optimally performing systems using Java related technologies, according to provided specifications, standards and procedures, while ensuring compliance with the architectural standards and guidelines laid out by Discovery.

 

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

Design:

• Translate business requirements into technical designs adhering to Discovery Insure processes, standards and guidelines, taking cognisance of performance, security and scalability requirements. Deliver within agreed timeframes.

• Liaise with relevant parties where clarification of business requirements or resolution to technical issues is needed

• Research and find effective solutions to technical issues that arise

• Estimate development timelines based on business requirements

Development:

• Construct robust, maintainable, scalable, optimally performing system code in line with technical specifications, following prescribed process, standards and procedures. Deliver within agreed timeframes

• Conduct unit testing and fix any defects found

Testing:

• Verify build stability and quality with development team before releasing to test team, aiming to release with zero defects

• Assist the Business analyst in ensuring the test pack includes relevant scenarios and test data.

• Consult and assist in reviewing risk / impact of defects found in testing, and assist with fixing where necessary

Support / Troubleshooting:

• Assist system users with technical support issues and handle according to defined procedures

• Ability to effectively analyse root cause of system errors (data errors, performance and stability issues)

Mentoring / Team development:

• Actively coach other developers to understand and apply the Insure coding and architectural standards correctly, as well as any technologies in use

• Perform code review to ensure logical correctness, maintainability, scalability, performance, compliance with architectural standards and frameworks

Personal development:

• Keep abreast of current technological trends and how these might be applied in the Discovery environment

• Constant improvement of knowledge of the various applications, their functionalities and data models

General:

• Ability to communicate clearly, constructively and effectively. Easily able to follow and participate in technical, business process, and other discussions

• Able to build business relationships with other members of team and the business areas we support.

 

Personal Attributes and Skills

Technical Competencies

• Excellent understanding of Object Orientated principals and Java language fundamentals

• Knowledge of commonly used design patterns

• Broad understanding of how to put together an EE-based business solution from scratch

• EJB

• HTML

• JSF

• JQuery

• JAXB

• Java Web Services JAX-WS & JAX-RS

• Message Driven Beans

• UML

• XML/XSD

• SQL 

• JAVA 7+

• JTA

 

Behavioural Skills:

• Action orientated go-getter, hungry to learn and add real value

• Structured and analytical problem solver: Obsessive about finding solutions to problems: action oriented problem solver.

• Able to plan, organise and prioritize own work

• Able to multitask

• Able to work independently

• Team player: reliable, works actively with others towards common goal, communicates constructively, shares information, knowledge and experience, treats others in a respectful and supportive manner

 

Education and Experience

Essential:

• 3+ years’ experience in Java development with exposure to core competencies listed

Advantageous Experience

• REST Web services

• JSON

• Business Process Management Tools

• Apache Camel

• Apache Webserver Configuration

• JBOSS Configuration

• CSS

• GIT

• Integrated Build Tools

• HTML 5

• Knowledge of Short Term Insurance industry

Working knowledge of:

• Software development within SDLC

• Unit Testing

• Data modelling and design of database structures

 

• BSc Computer Science /Information Systems degree

• Formal Java qualification

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.