Java Developer at Discovery Limited

Key Purpose

Within the CAS system area, the Java Developer must work together with Business Analyst to understand the overall business need and the requirements, design the system solution using various approaches and technologies, implement the designed solution in the system with high quality source codes.

The Developer will support the projects throughout the project life-cycle, including requirements, design, implementation, release and post release support.

We are in the process of transitioning over from .Net to Java, candidate will be expected to do .Net until transition process is completed.

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

• Develop, test, and maintain the deployed application software with high quality
• Analyse, maintain and enhance existing application and troubleshoot issues with efficiency
• Perform accurate development estimation
• Produce technical specifications and designs
• Analytical and problem solving skills
• Self-starter who takes ownership, is accountable, and is able to work under minimum supervision
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Can help with quality assurance and provide comments
• Present to senior stakeholders
• Offer support and guidance to peers
• Perform analysis at a strategic level and understand principles of business, technical and enterprise architecture

Personal Attributes and Skills

• Unit testing and mocking frameworks
• Source control, experience with GIT
• Passionate about technology and development.
• Results oriented with the ability to work under pressure and juggle multiple concurrent projects with changing priorities and deadlines
• Analytical thinking
• Personal organisation and time management skills
• Technical and business writing skills
• Presentation and facilitation skills
• Communication skills (written, verbal/presenting and listening)
• Attention to detail
• Ability to build relationships with people from all different backgrounds and at different job levels

Education and Experience

Minimum

• Matric/Grade 12 and formal Java qualifications.
• 6 years Java systems development experience
• Java EE knowledge and experience
• Experience with SOAP and REST services

Preferred

• IT related Degree or Diploma (BSc/BTech or similar).
• Angular Framework
• Spring Framework
• ORM/Hibernate/JPA experience
• JMS, Tibco EMS experience
• Oracle and PL/SQL knowledge
• SOAP and REST (XML/JSON)
• Experience with Business Rules Management Frameworks
• Experience using formal modelling languages (UML, etc) and modelling tools (Enterprise Architect, Visual Paradigm etc.)
• Be able to code .net code into Java
• Be able to translate .net code into Java

Advantageous

• Honours degree
• DevOps/Continuous integration
• Exposure to the Atlassian tool suite (Jira, Confluence, Bamboo and Bitbucket)
• Be able to code and translate .net code into Java