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Santam Limited is the largest short-term insurer in South Africa, with a market share in excess of 22%, providing short-term insurance products through broker networks and direct sales channels. The company was established in 1918 and offers personal, commercial, and corporate insurance solutions. Santam is a subsidiary of Sanlam Limited and has been listed ...
What will you do?
JOB DESCRIPTION
The incumbent will be responsible for development, testing, maintaining and supporting software that meets business requirements on the Policy Administration System.
PRINCIPLE ACCOUNTABILITIES
• Adheres to defined software development lifecycles and best practice (including code standards, code reviews, source control, etc.)
• Configure and develop screens and applications that meet business requirements (UI’s, business logic, rules, process flow, etc.)
• Build integration / web services
• Create XML payloads for integration between systems
• Create test data and unit tests to ensure developed software works according to business requirement, design and specification
• Considers non-functional requirements during software development (eg. performance, load, response, etc.)
• Prepare and produce releases of software components
• Support and maintain developed applications and services
Generic Functions
• Contributes and collaborates with team members across the SDLC from business analysis, design, development and testing in Agile / self-managed team environment
• Identification of potential risks / issues and give input into risk plan
• Provide support to other members of the Development Team and members of the Project Management team as required
Quality Assurance
• Unit and functional testing of developed software to ensure it meets quality standards
• Participate in code reviews and technical issue resolution meetings
What will make you successful in this role?
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
• Relevant Tertiary IT qualification and/or qualification through experience
• Minimum of 3 years’ IT development experience across the systems development lifecycle
• Solid experience in :
Java 8, J2EE
XML
Object oriented development
Web application development
Web services
• Experience or at least familiarity with SQL
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
• Knowledge of SOLID principles / Design Patterns and their use
• Working knowledge of the Atlassian Suite of products (e.g. Bamboo, JIRA, Confluence) would be advantageous
• Knowledge of Agile methods, e.g. Kanban, SCRUM
• Knowledge of Groovy advantageous
• Knowledge of the short term insurance industry is advantageous
• Working effectively as a team member sharing responsibility, providing support and maintaining communication
• Identifying, resolving or escalating risks, issues, dependencies, etc.
• Must be able to work in a highly pressurised and dynamic environment
• Investigation and analysis of information
• Able to accept accountability for actions and decisions
Knowledge and Skills
Personal Attributes
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