Job Description

EDUCATION, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• A relevant university ICT degree or a related NQF 7 ICT equivalent qualification
• MCSD.Net or MCAD or Azure Developer Associate certification compulsory
• Minimum six (6) year experience in designing software applications including integration solutions.
• Minimum six (6) year experience in developing software applications including integration solutions.
• Minimum six (6) year experience in software development project management using agile frameworks.
• Minimum six (6) year experience using Microsoft development tools, such as Visual Studio .NET toolset, Power platform, MSSQL, etc.
• Minimum six (6) year experience in developing medium-to-large scale web applications solutions.
• Minimum six (6) year experience in MSSQL server administration
• Minimum six (6) year experience in application support Minimum three (3) year experience on Development Operations (DevOps).
• Minimum two (2) year experience in data security.
• ITIL foundation certificate advantageous.
• Agile project management certification advantageous.
• Experience with cloud technologies will be advantageous

Key performance areas:

• Team coordination: coordinates tasks and work activities of the developers, database administration and application support teams including cross-functional teams.
• Technical leadership: provides technical direction, guidance and recommendation on technology selection and design decisions on databases and applications, as well ensuring alignment with the best practices and appropriate design patterns.
• Team collaboration: foster effective communication and collaboration within the development team and cross-functional teams, such as project managers, QA, etc. and promote knowledge sharing.
• Project planning and estimation: develop project plans, breakdown tasks, estimate timelines and align the teams work with the project goals and deadlines.
• Troubleshooting: lead and assisting the team with troubleshooting complex technical issues, providing solutions and encourage the culture of proactive problem solving.
• Task management: assign technical tasks team members in development, database administration, application support and projects including reviewing the work of the team.
• Codebase Maintenance: overseeing version control, codebase organisation, code review and enforcing standards.
• Technical presentation: prepare and deliver technical presentations or training sessions for the team and other divisions.
• Technical documentation: create and maintain comprehensive documentation of support procedures, code, designs and deployment details.
• Security and compliance: develop and implement security controls based on the best practices and ensuring adherence to relevant regulations and standards.
• Technology and solution evaluation: create proof of concepts to validate the feasibility of new technologies, approaches or solution before full-scale implementation
• Performance Reporting: report on application development, database and application support performance.
• Release Management: implement and maintain continuous integration/ continuous deployment pipelines to automate and enhance the development process and product quality to ensure smooth and reliable releases.
• Mentoring and coaching: provides coaching, mentorship and guidance to junior resources, helping to develop their technical skills and development.
• Data Governance: ensure compliance with ICT processes and standards.
• Stakeholder management: provide updates on projects and operations tasks status and technical

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