Software Developer

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Tertiary degree, diploma or certificate in a related field (BSc Computer Science, B.IT or Informatics related degrees).

EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE:

• Preferred 3 – 5 years working experience in a technical/software related field
• Good working knowledge of development methodologies and frameworks
• Analytical thinking and good communication skills
• Experience with test-driven development and writing unit tests following industry standards/best practice
• Experience with Public Cloud & Containerisation technologies/platforms an advantage.
• Experience with DevOps an advantage

DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES:

• Contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle
• Write well designed, testable, efficient code
• Ensure designs are in compliance with specifications
• Prepare and produce releases of software components
• Leading a team to produce quality output in an efficient manner
• Support continuous improvement by investigating alternatives and technologies and presenting these for architectural review

CANDIDATES MUST HAVE SOUND WORKING KNOWLEDGE OF THE FOLLOWING:

• Object Oriented Analysis and Design
• SOLID Principles
• Excellent .NET knowledge
• C#
• C# Script, VB Script
• SQL Database Design and Development
• SQL Server 2014+ and Transact-SQL (T-SQL)
• ASP.NET Model View Controller (MVC) or ASP.NET Web Forms
• Angular 2.0 and Up
• Entity Framework/LINQ/ADO.Net
• Web Services/Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
• SOAP and REST API Styles
• Message Queueing – E.g. MSMQ, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ
• HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, JavaScript
• XML and JSON
• Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Visual Studio Code
• SOA – Service Orientated Architecture
• Source Control (TFS / SVN / GitHub / Azure DevOps)
• Scrum/Agile Project Management Methodologies

COMPETENCIES: 

• Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
• Systems Analysis: Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
• Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
• Excellent communication skills: Ability to engage with C-level stakeholders, both verbal and non-verbal and communicate a deep understanding of the business and a broad knowledge of technology and applications.
• Technical Literacy: Possess a high level of technical literacy, which helps them determine how a software solution fits into an organization’s current structure and assists in the development of specifications and requirements.
• Analytical Assessment: A high level of analysis to examine current systems and determine overall project needs and scope.
• Schedule Management: Extensive time management skills to determine development schedules and milestones and ensure that deliverables are completed on time for oneself and your team.
• Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).