Applications Developer

JOB PURPOSE

To design, develop, deploy and support applications the banking software and related issues raised by customers (both internal and external).

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Analyze business software related issues
• Transform business requirements and use cases into technical, functional and user designs and documentation
• Contribute to architectural and software design activities
• Design, Develop, test, debug, implement and maintain application software
• Recommend changes to enhance established application processes / workflows
• Update team on a regular basis on various tasks
• Responsible for underlying data validation
• Customer management
• Ensure applications availability, performance and Responsiveness

PERSON SPECIFICATION

• Result oriented with a positive outlook and incremental delivery
• Ability to work for long hours within stringent deadlines
• A clear focus and quality service delivery
• Able to communicate and motivate in both verbal and written forms
• A team player and an out-of-the box thinker

Key Skills and Experience

• J2EE Framework
• Object Oriented Analysis and Design
• Excellent Knowledge of Relational Databases, Oracle, MySQL, Maria DB, Postgres, MongoDB, SQL Server, etc.
• Web Services Architecture, Development and Deployment: REST, SOAP, XML
• EJB (Enterprise Java Beans), Servlets and Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)
• Familiarity with concepts of XML, X Query, XSL, JQuery, JDBC, MVC etc.
• IIS, Apache, Web Logic, JBoss Web Servers
• Knowledge of Test-Driven Development

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED

• Graduate preferably in a Computer / IT / Advanced Diploma in Computer Science or a related field
• At least 4 years working experience in a systems development role
• Working knowledge of Linux / UNIX environment is a must 
• Writing Oracle / SQL queries and procedures with exposure at the database level
• Core banking systems knowledge; preferably Finacle is an added advantage