Advanced: Software Developer

About the Role The role will be responsible to execute complex application development, maintenance projects and services and provide innovative solutions and products that resolve challenges of government service delivery. The Advanced Software Developer will be responsible for guiding and executing the design, development, and execution of complex services and projects of ICT solutions. What You'll Do

• Lead the development of functional requirements that articulate clear and concise project deliverables that are compatible with user expectations.
• Deliver feasibility and cost-benefit analysis, including choice of application architecture to enhance the overall application development process
• Lead and execute complex software development and customization projects spanning multiple environments to ensure that it is successfully delivered.
• Lead and develop/ customise complex applications services solutions by studying information needs; consulting with clients, studying systems flow, data usage and work processes; investigating problem areas; following the software development lifecycle using SITA's software development stack/development framework.
• Lead and execute maintenance of integrated IT software components using SITA's software development stack/development framework
• Ensure execution of and participate in comprehensive test activities to test program functionality for new and existing applications in compliance with SITA test methods and testing techniques using SITA approved testing tools
• Lead, manage and execute packaging and releasing of integrated IT software components in accordance with ICT standards and the enterprise architecture for Government
• Evaluate existing applications responsible for and understand how to modernize. What We're Looking For
• Minimum: 3 – 4-year National Higher Diploma / National Degree in Software Engineering/ Computer Science/Information Technology or relevant qualification equivalent to NQF Level 6. A post graduate qualification OR bachelor’s degree in software engineering/ computer science/ Information Technology or relevant equivalent NQF Level 7 OR 8 Will be an added advantage. Vendor certification for applications will be an added advantage.
• Experience: 7-10 years’ experience with full JAVA software development lifecycle (SLDC), Jasper Reports. Experience of HTML CSS, JAVA Script, JQuery will be advantageous. WebSphere Portal, WebSphere MQ IBM Rational BusinessDeveloper, Rational Application Developer for z/OS, PL/SQL, Oracle 12, including solution development, operational responsibility in a large corporate/public sector organisation. The experience must include good solid programming skills and understanding of the JAVA Basic language. Experience in Database and other technologies will be an advantage. Experience in solution analysis, and development for the development, implementation and maintenance/enhancements of systems within the corporate/public sector, including successfully developed and implemented applications; software development team leadership competency; project delivery and status reporting.
• Technical Competencies: ICT Governance and Compliance; design test plans; software development process; programming languages; IT quality management; DevOps; Agile methodologies; etc. Nice to Have
• Additional vendor certifications or experience with IBM Rational, Oracle, WebSphere, or cloud technologies could be advantageous. Compensation & Benefits
• Salary: R 760,490 – R 1,140,736 per year