Java Developer (Intermediate) Full-time Job

Java Developer (Intermediate)

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Date: 30-Mar-2022

Location: Tygervalley, Western Cape, South Africa

Company: Sanlam Group

What will you do?

Santam Ltd is looking for a Developer, who will be based in Bellville.
The incumbent will be responsible for development, testing, maintaining, and supporting software that meets business requirements on the commercial underwriting and claims applications.

Responsibility of the incumbent:
Adheres to defined software development lifecycle and best practice (including code standards, code reviews, source control, etc.)
Configure and develop full stack applications that meet business requirements (UI, business logic, rules, process flow, etc.)
Build webservices to integrate systems.
Generate test data to ensure developed software works according to requirements.
Attention to non-functional requirements during software development (performance, load, response, etc.)
Prepare and produce release documents for software migration to production.
Support and maintain developed applications and services.
Collaborate with teams across the SDLC, from requirements analysis, through to implementation in a self-managed team environment.
Identify of potential risks/issues and give input into risk plan.
Investigate and resolve root causes of incidents and problems.
Provide support to the software development and project management teams.
Participate in technical issue resolution meetings.

What will make you successful in this role?

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
Relevant Tertiary IT qualification and/or qualification through experience
Minimum of 3 years IT development experience across the systems development lifecycle
Solid experience in J2EE

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
Ability to work in a highly pressurized and dynamic environment.
Team player that can provide support, share responsibilities and maintaining communication with fellow teammates.
Investigation and analysis of information
Competent in problem solving and troubleshooting.
Ability to analyze data.
Object oriented development (OOD)
Structured Query Language (SQL)
Behavioral-Driven Development (BDD)
Frontend Frameworks such as ReactJS and Semantic-UI
Redhat Wildfly application container or similar
HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript
EJB3
Junit
Apache Maven
Spring framework and Spring Boot
Spring Security
Hibernate ORM framework
JSON and XML
REST and SOAP
JSON Web Tokens (JWT)
Web application development
Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
Design Patterns
Atlassian Suite of products (e.g. Bamboo, JIRA, Confluence) would be advantageous.
Agile methodology and tools like (Kanban, SCRUM)
Knowledge to Kubernetes and Docker would be an added advantage.
Detail oriented
Identify, resolve, or escalating risks, issues, dependencies.
Knowledge of the short-term insurance industry as an added advantage.

Knowledge and Skills

Programme Development and specifications

Project Management

Programming Standards

Business requirements

Personal Attributes

Communicates effectively - Contributing dependently

Plans and aligns - Contributing dependently

Action orientated - Contributing dependently

Optimises work processes - Contributing dependently

Build a successful career with us

Were all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees. We know that you have hopes for your future your career, your personal development and of achieving great things. We pride ourselves in helping our employees to realise their worth. Through its four business clusters Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, Sanlam Emerging Markets, Santam, as well as MiWay and the Group Office the group provides many opportunities for growth and development.

Core Competencies

Cultivates innovation - Contributing dependently

Customer focus - Contributing dependently

Drives results - Contributing dependently

Collaborates - Contributing dependently

Being resilient - Contributing dependently

Turnaround time

The shortlisting process will only start once the application due date has been reached. The time taken to complete this process will depend on how far you progress and the availability of managers.

Our commitment to transformation

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Sanlam is a diversified financial services group, headquartered in South Africa, operating across a number of selected global markets.
We have been creating value for stakeholders since 1918 for more than 100 years. Sanlam is one of the biggest internationally active insurance groups globally, and is classified as a domestic systemically important financial institution in South Africa. We contribute to financial resilience and prosperity in all the markets where we are present.