Job Description

Job Classification
REQ 141811 - Luthando Bower
Closing Date: 22 September
Job Family
Information Technology
Career Stream
Application Development
Leadership Pipeline
Manage Self: Professional
Job Purpose
Provide specialist advice and consultation on a specific product, resolve complex product issues, and act as the final internal escalation point. Responsible for creating, maintaining, and communicating documentation for processes, procedures, and standards. Develop optimal solutions that meet both business and technology requirements and design technical solutions related to the product.
Job Responsibilities

• For mutiple Technology or Domain assets within sphere of influence including external components that impact these assets :
• Provide guidance to stakeholders in terms of expertise and experience
• Guide and practice code design, analysis and integration to ensure effective application of technology
• Conduct Technology Reviews of code and design quality assurance
• Drive assets health in the relevant technologies or domains
• Define and review Patterns / practices/standards in application of technology or domain
• Guide Code Branching and Merging
• Play an advisory role to Engineering leads and other stakeholders (Engineering lead and Div execs)
• Collaboration with domain architects and technical consultants ito technology and /or domain roadmaps
• Work within governance and compliance frameworks of the organisation in terms of Technology and domain application
• Provide detailed Technical roadmaps in context of the organisation architecture and interdependent technologies
• Plan and drive implementation of the agreed technical roadmaps
• Conduct research and development experimentation to test thinking regarding technology or domain applicability
• Participate in special interest groups and confrerences relating to these assets
• Ensure an understanding of technology or domain requirements, performance integrations and optimisation as positioned in organisation
• Assist with and apply troubleshooting to resolve issues
• Evaluate and influence technology decisions
• Mitigate risk by evaluating risks and impacts on technology or domain
• Update the asset knowledge base
• Conduct internal knowlege sharing sessions
• Provide coaching, mentoring and upskilling of others within area of expertise
• Support the achievement of the business strategy, objectives and values
• Stay abreast of developments in field of expertise
• Ensure personal growth and enable effectiveness in performance of roles and responsibilities
• Contribute to the Nedbank Culture building initiatives (e.g. staff surveys etc.).
• Participate and support corporate responsibility initiatives for the achievement of business strategy
• Seek opportunities to improve business processes, models and systems though agile thinking.
• Conduct self development both by mentoring others and being mentored
• Participate in the talent management practise of the Engineering stream

Job Responsibilities Continue

• Advise on and develop/configure the specific product to meet business needs.
• Ensure product availability and maximize feature utilization.
• Present to stakeholders, build professional relationships, and provide trustworthy advice.
• Support and resolve product issues, participate in forums, and maintain product documentation.
• Align technology roadmaps with strategic policies and compliance requirements.
• Mentor team members and contribute to knowledge sharing.
• Participate in culture-building and innovation initiatives, support transformation goals, and drive process improvements.

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

• Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate
• Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees

Preferred Qualification

• Degree or Diploma in IT

Technical Knowledge

• Languages : C, C++, JAVA, C in Linux and UNIX
• Frameworks :
• Hibernate, Spring , Spring Boot, MVC, Rest API, Micro Services, React,
• Angular, CLI, GWT,
• Application Server : Jboss 7.1, Tomcat-8, Glassfish 4, Weblogic, IBM WPS 8.5
• Web tools :
• Java, Servlets, JSP, Swings, Java Script, HTML, XSLT, JSTL, Ajax, REST,
• Jenkins, JPA, Spring Boot, DI, AOP, Spring MVC, Microservices,
• MQ, Jenkins CI/CD, Design Patterns, Dynatrace, Maven
• Other Tools :
• BadBoy, Glog, Git, svn, JUnit, TestNG, API , Bitbucket, Postman, Snow(
• Service Now) , Kibana, loghost, intrepid, putty, Java Multi Threading
• Performance Testing Tools : Apache JMeter 2.3, 2.3.2
• Databases : Oracle 12, MYSQL 8, MongoDB,
• Methodologies : Agile Working Model (AWM) Scrum , Waterfall model,
• Software Testing Tools : Selenium Web Driver, Appium , TestNg, JUnit

Preferred Certifications

• Certificate in relevant Technology or Domain

Minimum Experience Level

• Min 8 years IT Experience with 5 years in relevant technologies or domains
• Java Proficiency Skills Matrix (3-5) years
• Front-end and Back-end Development
• Key - Java Highly Proficient
• Design and Microservices
• SpringBoot technology

Behavioural Competencies

• Decision Making
• Courage
• Stress Tolerance
• Quality Orientation
• Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills
• Emotional Intelligence Essentials
• Resolving Conflict

Please contact the Nedbank Recruiting Team at +27 860 555 566

Skills Required