Job Description

About the role:

The post is responsible for designing and overseeing the architecture of software applications. The incumbent will work closely with cross-functional teams, including software developers, process engineers, analysts, and other stakeholders, to translate business requirements into robust technical solutions. Applicants must have expertise in application design, development methodologies, and emerging technologies, as this will be instrumental in driving the successful delivery of software projects. The post contributes to the various development efforts across the Medihelp solution landscape, including ERP, intranet, online, and mobile.

Essential functions of the job:

Develop, install, maintain, and modify advanced, integrated business application programs.

Develop custom solutions where software is inadequate.

Support Developers with program code, such as .Net Core and Natural/Adabas.

Design solutions architectures for platform modernisation initiatives.

Develop architecture documents consisting of flows, state transition, ERDs/data modelling and functional decomposition. Assist the team with core system development initiatives. Perform z/OS operations.

Provide guidance to Developers with projects of moderate complexity, and lead Developers in system design.

Identify and rectify badly written code to enhance system performance.

Monitor mainframe performance with tools such as Review, Grafana, and Rmfmon

Qualifications and experience:

B.Sc. Computer Science or equivalent degree with at least five years relevant development experience, of which two years must have focused on solutions architecture.

OR

Grade 12 with eight years relevant IT and development experience, of which three years must have focused on solutions architecture.

Skills and knowledge:

Good verbal and written communication skills.

Analytical and solutioning skills.

Digital readiness, with demonstrated thought leadership in areas of emerging technology.

Strong back-end and front-end skills.

Knowledge of OOP concepts and design patterns, including data modelling.

Skilled in drawing up transition and data flow diagrams, file mapping, and data dictionaries.

Familiar with all legislative and regulatory prescripts, with specific reference to the Medical Schemes Act and Regulations.

Knowledge of the following: - C#, Natural/Adabas, z/OS software; - .Net Core Framework, Mobile (Flutter, Xamarin, Swiftic, etc.); - SQL Server, SAP Sybase; - Typescript/JavaScript/Jquery; - RESTful and SOAP APIs; and - CI/CD pipelines and code versioning/GIT, Azure DevOps

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