Develop software based on technical design.

Keep abreast of new technologies/methodologies, business changes and internal system changes in order to align system development with best practices and system architecture.

Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements, conduct analysis and prioritise requests.

Contribute to the design of scalable solutions that supports the system architecture.

Translate business requirements into workable solutions and document solution into technical specifications.

Design and code new software functionality using code that is scalable, readable, maintainable and re-usable.

Develop and maintain productive working relationships with peers and organizational and role players to achieve effective collaboration.

Provide stakeholder with regular feedback on the technical design and timelines for solution in order to manage expectations.

Collaborate with business analysts and testing team in developing, testing and deploying new software system components or software system enhancements.

Collaborate with testing team to co-create test cases.

Conduct System Integration Testing (SIT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and resolve all issues/queries.

Contribute to user acceptance testing (UAT) and training material.

Once the solution has been successfully tested, prepare and produce releases of software components into production/live environment.

Support continuous improvement by investigating alternatives and technologies and presenting these for architectural review.

Maintain existing programmes, ensuring all errors are resolved and documented.

Advise and guide colleagues regarding effective business system analysis approaches and techniques.

Review and quality assure deliverables of junior team members in accordance with IT Strategy, architecture and best practice.

Mentor team members and provide insight to effective and efficient Java development practices.

Design solutions that eliminate reoccurrence of errors and provide technical guidance to the operations and support team.

Monitor performance of solutions and make recommendations to improve the performance and functionality of the solution.

Provide authoritative, expertise and advice to clients and stakeholders.

Build and maintain relationships with clients and internal and external stakeholders.

Deliver on service level agreements made with clients and internal and external stakeholders in order to ensure that client expectations are managed.

Make recommendations to improve client service and fair treatment of clients within area of responsibility.

Identify solutions to enhance cost effectiveness and increase operational efficiency.

Manage financial and other company resources under your control with due respect.

Provide input into the risk identification processes and communicate recommendations in the appropriate forum.

Java EE (Not Spring), GitLab, Jenkins, Ansible, Linux/AIX, REST, Back End Development, and object orientated development and design.

WebSphere Application Server and WebSphere Liberty Server.

Relevant IT Degree and Post Graduate IT qualification.

Min 5 - 7 years' intermediate/senior java development experience using Java EE on Unix based platforms.

5 years Software Development experience in a distributed computing environment using Java EE.

Solid (Java EE) back-end development experience.

Advanced understanding and everyday use of OO principles such as inheritance, interfaces, abstract classes, etc.

Good systems and code design skills including good documentations skills where necessary.

Understanding and experience with micro-services.

Strong knowledge of REST API designs and CI/CD principles.