Senior Application Developer JHB - Northern Suburbs

Reference: JHB006271-MM1-2

Our client who is a leading law firm based in Johannesburg North has a vacancy for a Senior IT Application Developer to develop and deliver consistent and highly effective development solutions across the business.

Duties & Responsibilities

In order to be considered the following is required:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or software engineering
• Workable knowledge with Active Directory and Exchange programming
• Minimum 5 years working knowledge of software development life cycle process, software architecture and design
• Solid foundation in programming experience
• Ability to learn new software and technologies quickly
• Experience in front-end or back-end software development
• Testing and deploying programs and applications
• Strong communication, organizational, and time management skills
• Experience with SQL programming and databases (SQL Server and Oracle)
• 5 years’ experience working with enterprise-level large-scale applications
• 5 years’ programming experience in software development with Microsoft Visual Studio C#
• 5 years’ experience using development tools and VB.NET, C#, WCF, Silverlight
• Experience in building client/server applications in a SOA environment
• Experience in problem solving, data structures and algorithms
• Experience with AJAX and JQuery advantageous
• Experience with Business Process Management and Document Management advantageous
• Solid experience with scripting languages (JavaScript)
• Knowledge of MS Office 201x applications
• ITIL Foundations would be an advantage

Responsibilities:

• Develop and configure web applications based on business requirements
• Participate in the testing process through test review and analysis, test witnessing and certification of software
• Data analysis skills to debug, trace and fix performance and production issues
• Process and detail oriented, ability to perform code reviews and mentor junior developers on technical skills
• Must enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and be able to adapt easily to change
• Integrate applications with off-the-shelf web and print authoring tools, SharePoint, and Learning Content Management System (LCMS) products
• Investigate and model business functions, processes, information flows and data structures, using methodical and consistent techniques
• Conduct presentations
• Document new and existing applications according to ENS standards (technical and functional specification)
• Develop custom reports based on business requirements on all production technologies
• Develop user and administrative training manuals
• Interpret specifications to plan a new application requirement
• Design large and/or complex solutions from supplied specifications, using agreed standards and tools, to achieve a well-engineered result
• Plan, design and conduct tests of solutions, correcting errors and re-testing to achieve error-free results
• Assist the IT Architect to develop an integrated solutions baseline and platform
• Demonstrable experience / provide examples of where they improved ROI
• Look for ways to improve quality
• Provide regular feedback and have good communication skills. Must be able to communicate effectively

If you would like to email your CV directly – please send it to millerm@bedifferent.co.za.

Please consider your application as unsuccessful if you have not received a response within 14 days of submitting your application.

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