Job Openings at Old Mutual South Africa

The Opportunity:

• Old Mutual Finance is currently seeking to hire an Analyst Programmer. This is a nationally based role that forms part of the Old Mutual Finance Information Technology Team. The objective of this role is to define, develop, test, analyze, and maintain new software applications in support of the achievement of business requirements. This includes coding, testing and analyzing software programs.

In This Role, You will Get To:

• Conduct full System Design by facilitating sessions that will include evaluations of alternative solutions.
• Draft implementation plans, write programmes according to business specifications and conduct unit testing.
• Work closely with Business Analysts to ensure sufficient clarification of specifications.
• Review the work of Junior Programmer and provide required coaching and mentoring to ensure quality of delivery as well as provide support, assistance and guidance to Senior Programmers.
• Investigate, analyse and resolve production issues escalated to Third-Line Development Team Support.
• Contribute to Old Mutual Finance body of knowledge (Documentation, Wikis, How-To Guides).
• Identify inefficiencies and work towards continuous improvement of existing systems and/or processes.
• Participate actively in Scrum delivery ceremonies (Stand-ups, Planning, Design Retrospectives and Reviews).

What You Will Need To Succeed:

• A Matric or Grade 12 equivalent, relevant Tertiary Qualification, and a minimum of 5 years experience in a similar role.

You will also need to have experience in working with the following technologies in an Agile environment:

• Docker
• Java
• Python ( Django )
• CI/CD (e.g. Jenkins)
• Maven
• Patterns
• Relational Databases
• SQL
• Source Control – Git
• Spring Boot
• UML
• Web servers (e.g. Tomcat, Jetty/Netty)
• Webservices (Soap and Rest)
• XML

Experience in the following will be advantageous

• ANT
• Html
• jQuery
• Kubernetes
• Object Databases
• XSL
• XSL:fo
   

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Minimum Requirements 

• Are you a citizen/eligible to work in the country of application?
• Are you able to work/relocate to any part of the country you are based in?
• Have you achieved a minimum of 65% average across your studies?
• Are you proficient in one or more of the following languages - Java , C#, C++, HTML, Python

Application process 

• Apply – Submit documents – CV, Transcripts, Grade 12 certificate
• You will / may go through automated screening questions
• Should you meet our requirements you will be requested to complete screening assessments
• Once you have done your screening assessments, we will then review your profile against our requirements
• You will be required to complete psychometric assessments, and move forward to interviews if successful

Skills

• C++ Programming Language, C Sharp (Programming Language), Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML), Java, Python

Education

• Advanced Diploma (AdvDip): Information Technology, Bachelor of Commerce (BCom): Computer and Information Science, Bachelor of Commerce (BCom): Mathematical Statistics, Bachelor of Science (BS): Information Technology, Diploma (Dip): Information Technology