Senior Web Application Developer - Pension Fund
Michael Page
- Durban, KwaZulu-Natal
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Experienced Web App Developer, Architect, DevOps, & Data Management
- Experienced working in Financial or banking sector
- Reviewing, planning and system design
- Conduct periodic reviews of existing systems and applications for effectiveness and efficiency in meeting business needs, development of strategies for improvement
- Scope development requests and requirements from business, evaluate through feasibility study for adoption decision making
- Identifying member challenges and restraints of use/ease of access to systems.
- Plan, scope, document and oversee system improvements through enhancement, integration or interfacing of existing systems, as well as implementation of new systems for adoption. (Mobile app, website, CRM, doc. management, financial systems, etc.)
- Systems Development
- Intermediate development level required (SQL queries & updates, Visual Basic, C#, HTML)
- Interdisciplinary system solution architecture understanding required (Eg. Microsoft, Unix, SQL, APIs, Apache, IIS)
- Liaison to development support team and internal staff for feedback, as well as soliciting inter-department end-user feedback to ensure high accuracy of development undertakings.
- Ensure thorough system and UAT testing is conducted in collaboration with external vendors/developers and responsible staff, prior to release.
- Reporting and Documentation
- Database Management (security, Migration, Mergers)
- Driving Data Quality initiatives (3rd party enrichment, mandatory fields, procedures, OCR existing documents, standardization, identification of missing fields and corrective plans)
- Building Data warehouse & marts, PowerBI reporting
- Research and Implementation of Projects
- Establish and ensure adherence to best practice guidelines of System Development Life-Cycle (SDLC) of all business applications.
- Good project management skills, and able to follow Agile
- Development and Project management methodologies, defining, clearly communicating and following up milestones, to execute high significant organizational-wide application changes.
- implement standards of compliance and good practice, taking into account audit recommendations, as well as SOC2 compliance.
- Factor in security, audit, and Disaster Recovery requirements in all projects.
- Interdisciplinary system solution architecture understanding required (Eg. Microsoft, Unix, SQL, APIs, Apache, IIS)
- Sound knowledge of IT systems (hardware, software, databases, networking, security), strategic thinking, excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Finance (Budget management, Review and approve system development billing items)
- Bachelors Degree (IT) non-negotiable
- Microsoft SQL, IIBA Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP), INCOSE Expert Systems Engineering
- Professional (ESEP), DEAC Certified Enterprise Architect (CEA)
- 5 years ICT security experience in a Systems Development Environment
- Financial services background
- On premise and cloud experience
- Pension Fund
- 13th cheque
- Discretionary Annual performance bonus