Responsibilities And Duties
- Collaborate with other developers in the design and planning of application code to meet the business users' requirements
- Ensure adherence to code standards and the development process, providing assistance to fellow developers
- Plan and implement effective development solutions, meeting specified requirements and deadlines
- Stay informed about industry standards and incorporate best practices into development processes
- Plan and execute Unit Testing, Systems Integration Testing, and archive test results
- Develop System/Functional Documentation, operations manuals, systems processes, and technical designs, being accountable for their completion
- Analyze and resolve complex system issues in collaboration with end-users and other IT support staff
- Write technical specifications based on functional requirements
- Translate functional requirements into design specifications, following established development standards
- Occasional standby and production support may be required
- Matric / Grade 12
- Relevant technical or business qualification degree / diploma
- Knowledge of the Software Development Lifecycle
- Senior developer (+- 5 years RPG / ILE experience)
- Embedded SQL
- Experience using IBM Rational IDE / Visual Code
- Fully free-form RPG
- Proficient in SQL400
- CLLE
- Web Front-end technology (e.g., PHP/JS) experience (advantageous)
- Experience with XML and JSON
- Integration with 3rd party services via webservice. E.g., SOAP and RESTful API
- Strong problem solving and analytical skills
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Good documentation skills
- Ability to liaise with users at all levels
- Sound RPG programming knowledge of display file & subfile development
