With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.
Job Summary
Are you a Junior Developer looking for a new challenge? This is the perfect opportunity for you. Join the CIB Cash Management team as a Junior Developer where you will build high-performing, scalable, enterprise-grade applications & build capability in others to do the same. In addition, work as part of an agile team to provide application support for specified tech products & services.
Job Description
Key Accountabilities
- Applying critical thinking, design thinking, and problem-solving skills in an agile team environment to solve complex technical problems (Front End, Back End, and Integration) with high-quality solutions & leading all phases of the development lifecycle to deliver.
- Ensure business continuity and process efficiency as first-line support & basic optimization, administration, configuration, maintenance & troubleshooting/problem solving with end users of these tech products & services.
- Analyze & scope requirements and create technical requirements; develop relevant use cases for RPA & Automation opportunities; aligned with business requirements and stakeholders
- Execute proof-of-concepts (POCs), prototypes, minimally viable products (MVPs) and deployment and sustain solutions in production;
- Develop test plans and test the new modules to ensure the software works as expected.
- Design & document technical specifications for RPA implementation projects;
- Work with local and global teams to support and deliver RPA & Automation projects;
- Participate in design sessions and workshops to gather requirements for RPA and Automation opportunities.
- Maintain awareness of application risks and opportunities for improvement
- Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise-Wide Risk Management Framework, and Absa Policies and Policy Standards.
- Prepare and participate in the development of Key Risk Scenarios including the determination of the likelihood of occurrence and potential impact. Actively work to minimize the amount of economic capital that must be set aside for operational risk.
- Ensure that managers in the team understand their responsibilities for physical and systems access control and information security requirements.
- Related programming and networking support qualifications
- 3 - 5 Years experience in Financial Services Industry
- An ability to build an in-depth knowledge of the procedures relating to the area and to support the full development lifecycle for RPA opportunities; experience with UiPath a plus but not required.
- 2- 3 years of coding experience delivering solutions in client-facing roles, preferably with a focus on process design and automation; must demonstrate practical RPA delivery experience.
- Experience in working in cloud environments like AWS or Azure;
- Certification on a leading RPA platform preferred (e.g. UiPath, or Automation Anywhere, BluePrism, etc.);
- Experience with working in an Agile development environment;
- Knowledge and understanding of relational databases, tools, and SQL;
- Experience with one or many coding languages such as C#, Python, ASP.Net, PL, JavaScript, VBScript, SOAP / REST Services.
- Experience with AWS, MySQL, Rancher, Github, and related Dev-ops tools
- An in-depth knowledge of the client portfolio, policies and strategies related to the area.
- A working knowledge of the systems (including mainframe) of the business
- Detailed knowledge of Governance, Compliance and Risk policies.
- Knowledge and understanding of Operational Risk frameworks
- Experience and knowledge of working in a risk management and control environment.
- Sound knowledge of Network and Non-Network Operational Risk and Conformance processes, controls, and checks in particular those relating to Electronic Payments, Know Your Customer, Money Laundering and Fraud Prevention
Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology
Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.
Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised
