Front Arena Developer

Job Purpose

• To translate business, other stakeholder requirements and user stories into system requirement and act as a link between business analyst, other requirements stakeholders and the software team
• To translate overarching end to end design into detailed designs and provide technical leadership to the software developers and other designers

Job Responsibilities

• Technical experience as a Developer
• DevOps experience
• Intricate knowledge of the technical architecture of Front Arena
• Experience with Front Arena integration development
• Experience with integration of telemetry data into ELK/Dynatrace or similar monitoring tools
• Design and develop project solutions
• Grow the teams’ skills and knowledge
• Assist developers with how to solve technical solution
• 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

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

• Professional Qualifications/Honour’s Degree

Preferred Qualification

• Diploma / Certificate relevant

Preferred Certifications

• Certificate in relevant solution design methodologies where available

Minimum Experience Level

• Min 5 years IT experience

Technical / Professional Knowledge

• Information Technology (IT) Architecture
• IT Infrastructure Architecture
• IT / Banking knowledge
• Systems design
• Requirements analysis

Behavioural Competencies

• Decision Making
• Managing Work
• Quality Orientation
• Building Partnerships
• Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills
• Emotional Intelligence Essentials