PBT Group has an opportunity for a Java Developer. You will be working in an agile environment and be responsible to produce quality software according to business requirements. You need to assist with the deployment and monitoring of the developed systems in development, testing and production environments.

Duties:

• Produce quality software according to business requirements.
• Assist with the deployment and monitoring of the developed systems in development, testing and production environments.
• Adhere to coding quality standards including unit and integration testing requirements.
• Provide production support, Standby and overtime as business requires.
• Attend and contribute to daily stand-ups and other agile ceremonies.
• Assist with breakdown of tasks from business requirements.
• Accurately track time within the systems provided on a daily basis.
• Deliver on sprint commitments.
• Contribute to team planning, discussions and solution designs.
• Document solutions and assist others in doing their documentation.
• Share knowledge with team members.

Experience:

• Minimum of 4 years’ experience within application development in Java
• Minimum of 3 Years' working Experience in J2EE
• Practical experience with Java Server Pages, Servlets, Stateless Session Beans, JDBC, Java Messaging Service
• Experience with the following tools will be an advantage: IBM WebSphere, IBM MQ Series, Eclipse or WebSphere Application Developer
• DevOps experience is highly recommended
• Experience in Scaled Agile Framework will be advantageous
• Exposure to GIT, Gradle, Nexus, JIRA and Confluence will be advantageous
• Web Services technologies experience i.e. RESTful APIs
• UML experience will be an advantage
• Relational Database experience (Experience with SQL Server development will be an advantage
• Experience with RCP development will be an advantage
• Experience in working with life insurance financial applications will be recommended
• Agile development principles
• Good understanding of the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• CI/CD principles
• A solid understanding of Object-Orientation
• Problem Analysis and Problem-Solving Techniques
• Impact Analysis Techniques
• Documentation Frameworks, Tools and Standards
• Understanding of Project Management Principles
• Understanding the Deployment Process in the Development Phase
• High level understanding of Enterprise Test Methodology (Automation)

Qualifications/ Certification:

• Grade 12
• Relevant Computer Science degree or diploma will be recommended
• Java Certification will be advantageous

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