Java Backend Developer | IT Recruitment

Contract
Midrand/ Menlyn/ Rosslyn/ Home Office rotation
Posted 2 months ago

Minimum year of experience:

>8 years in software development
Web and digital project experience
Agile working experience

Role Level:

Expert (0980)

Minimum qualifications required:

Relevant Diploma/Degree
Qualification/Certification in backend development technologies.

Generic Technical / Functional skills:

Agile development methodology.
Understanding of integration between different technologies.
Coordination between development and support environments.
Assisting with the business case.
Planning and monitoring.
Eliciting requirements.
Requirements organization.
Translating and simplifying requirements.
Requirements management and communication.
Requirements analysis.
Document requirements in appropriate format depending on methodology followed.
Assist with identification and management of risks.

Specific Technical / Functional skills:

Java 8+
JEE 7
API Development, Calling and creating REST services, RESTful APIs
Calling SOAP services
Java Logging frameworks
Functional Java
GraphQL
Elasticsearch
JMS
Knowledge of design patterns, DAO pattern
Object oriented design
EJB
SQL with DB2, Postgres and Oracle
Postman / SoapUI
Maven multi module project setup and development
HTTP Authentication, and Encryption with SSL
HTTP Session management and persistence
IntelliJ & Eclipse IDE
Git with Bitbucket, Code versioning (Git/SVN)
CI/CD
Jenkins with Build Pipelines
Code quality with Sonar
Nexus
Junit with unit and integration tests
Integration with 3rd party systems
Performing production and integration deployments
Logging and tracking tickets to external support
Troubleshooting deployments
Debugging remote services
Microservice Architecture
AWS cloud services and Serverless development technologies (highly advantageous) • Spring MVC (highly advantageous)
Spring Boot (highly advantageous)
Docker (highly advantageous)
Kubernetes (advantageous)
Servlets Payara / Glassfish (advantageous)
JSON and XML with Schema (advantageous)
Knowledge of integration with AEM or other Web Content Management Platforms / Solutions (highly advantageous)
Frontend development technologies such as HTML5, JavaScript, TypeScript, CSS, Angular (advantageous)
Struts (advantageous)
Knowledge of other programming languages and tools (advantageous)
Atlassian tools: Jira, Confluence
DevOp

Role Tasks:

Develop and maintain public facing web applications.
API, Java development, deployments, and support.
Collaborate with the company Central IT solutions, Web Cloud Platform (WCP) and Web Content Management Platform (WCMP) (based on Adobe Experience Manager).
Decoupling website’s backend.
Migration of website functionality to the company AWS Cloud. Hence, AWS Cloud and other Serverless development experience would be advantageous.
Meet with end users and gather requirements.
Participate in stand-ups.
Analyze and implement new system requirements specifications.
Ensure that all processes are investigated / considered in obtaining the specifications of the user requirements.
Propose and review system designs and evaluate alternatives.
Review and present proposals / system solutions to IT Project Lead, DevOps Team, QA Team, and Product Owner / Business team.
Develop systems solutions in line with IT Security standards and other compliance topics, quality standards and delivery requirements.
Develop code that is readable, extendable, reusable, scalable and optimized for performance
Ensure that all implementations can be passed over to other developers, mid development, with minimum of handover.
Ensure compliance & adherence to standards for audit adherence and quality assurance.
Actively participate and contribute to sprint planning, backlog refinement, story size estimation, sprint reviews and retrospectives.
Update user stories in Jira and documentation in Confluence.
Perform Code & Peer Reviews.
Perform demos of user stories in Agile ceremonies.
Analyze and fix Production Known Errors.
System testing/parallel runs.
User training.
Ensure user sign-off.
Prepare Production deployment artefacts.
Prepare Production deployment plan documents.
Preparation of system/technical documentation (as per ISO standards).
Preparation/Updating of user and operation manuals.
System implementation / deployment & release activities.
Production support & hyper-care after production deployments.
Website monitoring (advantageous).
Site performance analysis (advantageous).

Soft skills

Problem solving capabilities
Ability to work as part of a team
Ability to work interdependently as well as independently and to submit deliverables on time and with excellent quality
Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills with the ability to communicate effectively (both verbally and in writing) with both technical and non-technical colleagues / users
Strong ability to understand and interpret business needs and requirements with an aptitude to move concepts through to proposal and successful implementation
Strong presentation skills
Above-board work ethics
Flexibility to take up different tasks in the project
Ability and willingness to coach and give training to fellow colleagues and users when required
Willing and able to travel internationally

Additional Requirements (if applicable)

Willingness to work outside of normal business hours as part of a DevOps team