Job Description

Introduction

Through our client-facing brands Metropolitan and Momentum, with Momentum Multiply (our wellness and lifestyle rewards programme), and our other specialist brands, including Guardrisk and Eris Property Group, the group enables business and people from all walks of life to achieve their financial goals and life aspirations.

We help people grow their savings, protect what matters to them and invest for the future. We help companies and organizations care for and reward their employees and members. Through our own network of advisers or via independent brokers and utilizing new platforms Momentum Metropolitan provides practical financial solutions for people, communities, and businesses. Visit us at www.momentummetropolitan.co.za

Disclaimer

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Role Purpose

As a snr developer, develop, test, deploy, maintain and support a portfolio of new and existing Microsoft Dynamics 365 applications and services, from high-level business requirements and designs, through the Software Development Life Cycle.

As a community of practice leader, nurture and grow a Microsoft Dynamics 365 developer community aligned with the growing strategic importance of the platform.

Requirements

Experience

5-7 year + relevant IT experience
3-4 year + Microsoft CRM development experience (essential)

Qualifications

Relevant IT qualification
Relevant qualification in Computer Science, Information Technology or related area (desirable)

Knowledge & skills

Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement
.Net
C#
Azure development
Web services
Knowledge of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
Knowledge of relevant programming languages
Knowledge of software testing
Knowledge of writing test cases

Duties & Responsibilities

As a senior Dynamics 365 developer:

Deliver quality, effective software, in line with the agreed development process and business needs.
Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements, conduct analysis and prioritise requests.
Conduct research and evaluate potential technical solutions to identified business problems.
Partner with the Product Owner, Business and/or System Analysts and Solutions Architects to translate business requirements into workable solutions and document solutions into technical specifications.
Design and code new software functionality using code that is readable, maintainable and re-usable.
Conduct Unit Testing of own code, and System Integration Testing (SIT) of each solution and resolve all issues/queries timeously.
Collaborate with the testing team to co-create test cases to ensure that features within each application are working as expected.
Contribute to user acceptance testing (UAT) and training material to ensure that functionality is working correctly.
Deliver coding into the applicable production environment once testing has been completed.
Provide stakeholders with regular feedback on the technical design and timelines for solution ensuring that business needs are met.
Maintain existing programmes according to change requests approved by business as and when needed.
Diagnose root causes of system issues through problem-solving and recommend potential solutions.
Monitor performance of solutions and make recommendations to improve the performance and functionality of the solution.
Log issues found in existing systems as internal change controls and ensure successful resolution of issues.
Develop and maintain productive and collaborative working relationships with peers and team members.
Continuously develop own expertise in terms of industry and subject matter development and application thereof in an area of specialisation.
Contribute to continuous innovation through the development, sharing and implementation of new ideas and involvement of peers.

As a community of practice leader:

Assist the development team members to master their skills and grow their careers.
Ensure that less experienced developers can grow their skills while causing the least possible disruption on the other developers.
Put processes in place to ensure proper hand-over when a developer leaves the team.
Hold regular performance excellence dialogues with team members regarding their impact on team goals and rate their individual contributions
Drive employee wellness and retention by participating in capacity planning and pro-actively flagging burn-out concerns.
Collaborate with the product owner to ensure continuous improvement across the Software Development Lifecycle.
Actively participate in information sessions and technical forums.
Ensure that technical design session output is documented and well aligned between team members.
Continuously improve effort estimations based on technical designs to enable better prioritisation and capacity planning.
Put processes in place to ensure proper technical design and documentation with projects and team goals, as well as adherence to design specifications by all developers.
Develop standards and frameworks to ensure code that is of good quality and easy to maintain.
Perform quality assurance checks / code reviews.
Contribute to the establishment of best practice standards.
Ensure that proper developer testing is performed.
Ensure adherence to deployment protocols.
Participate and align with release management processes.
Attend and actively participate in operational meetings to ensure that developers members are aware of and aligned to operational priorities.
Provide key input into a system roadmap, that addresses both operational and long- term strategic objectives.
Ensure proper monitoring and alerting is in place.
Ensure compliance to audit requirements.
Ensure adherence to security and access control requirements.
Ensure the availability and performance of services that the rest of the business relies upon, within agreed upon service levels and aligned to integration frameworks and protocols.
Take ownership of the data generated by the platform and ensure the delivery of curated data sets to enable reporting and analytics.
Contribute towards creating a culture that supports the values of the organisation through effective leadership.
Ensure that the value of operational excellence is sustainably upheld in the team.
Develop and maintain productive and collaborative working relationships with peers and stakeholders.
Take ownership for driving own career development.
Identify solutions to enhance cost effectiveness and increase operational efficiency.
Manage financial and other company resources under your control with due respect.
Provide input into the risk identification processes and communicate recommendations in the appropriate forum.

Competencies

Communication skills
Interpersonal skills
Problem-solving skills
Planning and organising skills
* Analytical skills