Lead Xceptor Developer
Apex Group
- Cape Town, Western Cape
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Work as a senior member of the Xceptor Development team to design, prototype, develop, test, and deploy applications throughout the Apex Group.
- Support operations teams and troubleshoot production issues.
- Perform root cause analysis for existing process issues, break down large problems in smaller iterative steps, and propose holistic fixes and enhancements.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders on feasibility and optimization of their processes.
- Work with Business Users (SMEs and other stakeholders), Business Analysts and fellow Xceptor Developers to sign off on the business automation and technical requirements, picking the most appropriate tool, method, and design pattern to satisfy the requirement.
- Design automation solutions using Xceptor and other relevant technologies including well-structured Solution Design documentation thereof.
- Contribute to development methodologies and best practices around design, coding, quality, and performance and drive the adoption of these with the Xceptor development team and operational users.
- Take part in code reviews with the Xceptor development team and facilitate knowledge transfers.
- Oversee technical testing of your own automation projects and support the Quality Assurance (QA) of business user development and projects.
- Participate and oversee in all stages of the automation project lifecycle, including production deployment, hyper-care, and monitoring.
- Define and create technical documentation for the automations developed, according to global best practices.
- Contribute to educating the business on best practices and how Xceptor can assist them.
- Play a leadership role in the Xceptor Developer team by driving best practices and a focus on key priorities.
- Provide guidance to other team members and business users.
- Develop sufficient understanding of peripheral applications and process end-points to assist with the end-to-end enhancements of processes.
- Soft Skills:
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to business audience.
- Strong conceptual and analytical skills with demonstrated strong problem-solving skills.
- Ability to effectively engage with and play a senior role in the team.
- Ability to plan and manage your own workload.
- Results driven.
- Eye for detail and zero tolerance for errors.
- Proactivity and a focus on continuous improvement.
- Experience and Education
- Bachelorâs degree in computer science, or similar field.
- Minimum of 3+ yearsâ demonstratable experience in a technical role designing and implementing solutions using Xceptor.
- Proven successful delivery of solutions resulting in cost savings and efficiency improvements.
- Experience with SQL and Oracle databases.
- Experience with standard tools used for software development such as git, Microsoft Visual Studio Dev Ops etc.
- Familiar with agile methodologies.
- Experience working with UIPath, IWay Service Manager, Data Migrator and/or Control M would be beneficial.
- Experience on Microsoft .NET and API development.
- Microservices, API and Event Driven Architecture.
- Xceptor Knowledge and Skills
- Knowledge of all components of the Xceptor Platform and the way they are integrated, Data Hub, Reconciliation Hub, Process Orchestrator, Workflow, Confirmations, Document management & generation, OCR, out-of-the-box and bespoke connectors, API, API gateway etc.
- Knowledge of Xceptor application configuration and setup;
- Xceptor core Database, stored procedures, dataflow views
- Xceptor application configuration
- All Input channel types
- 100% understanding of Xceptor application configuration and ability to develop your own custom functions, query lists, delivery destinations.
- Ability to create translational views from various sources, SQL, Oracle.
- Message Hub configuration
- Datasets setup/configuration and archive scheduling