Let's Write Africa's Story Together!

Old Mutual is a firm believer in the African opportunity and our diverse talent reflects this.

Job Description

• Build solutions from requirements received from product owner
• Be able to work in agile environment.
• Able to build POC solutions and demonstrate/present.
• Maintain a stable server with zero downtime
• Work with the product and design teams to understand end-user requirements, formulate use cases, and then translate that into a pragmatic and elective technical solution.
• Identify, prioritize and execute tasks in the software development life cycle
• Develop tools and applications by producing clean, code
• Automate tasks through appropriate tools and scripting
• Review and debug code
• Develop software solutions by studying information needs; conferring with users; studying systems flow, data usage and work processes; investigating problem areas; following the software development lifecycle
• Determine operational feasibility by evaluating analysis, problem definition, requirements, solution development and proposed solutions
• Mentor junior engineers
• Collaborate with team to brainstorm and create new products
• Be able to report on his work using agile tools such as JIRA.
• Be able to elaborate and document their work in confluence.
• Communicative and proactive.

ROLE REQUIREMENTS

Qualifications & Professional Affiliations

• Relevant University Degree and Professional Qualification.

Experience

• AWS components such as Lambda, SQS , Dynamo DB
• AWS API Gateway
• Terraform
• Python 3.9
• Pytest
• Knowledge of Rest API integrations
• Openapi, swagger
• GitHub actions for CI CD
• Docker and Docker compose
• Makefile
• Apache velocity language
• Proven experience as a Back-end developer

The appointment will be made from the designated group in line with the Employment Equity Plan of Old Mutual South Africa and the specific business unit.

Responsibilities

Analysis of "As Is" and "To Be"

Document complex "as is" and "to be" processes and describe the changes required to migrate to the "to be" capability to record accurately the change required.

Data-Driven Product and Service Improvement

Develop data-driven analyses to surface new opportunities to differentiate and improve products and user experiences, ensuring consistency across digital products, services, and channels.

Digital Strategy/Transformational Projects Execution

Manage and deliver end-to-end digital programs and initiatives, leveraging agile and design-thinking principles to drive sustainable implementation.

Digital Talent Development

Develop digital training and development programs to meet identified needs; run leadership development programs to enable personal transformations around the digital work environment.

Digital Vision and Strategy

Conceptualize elements of digital strategy and digital-enabled business change projects. Develop approaches to programmatically deliver successful digital innovation engagements.

Project Management

Manage a portfolio of projects while reporting to senior colleagues.

Quality Assurance

Develop new methods, tools, and programs for quality assurance. Lead developmental initiatives or programs within an area of expertise.

Budgeting

Develop and/or deliver budget plans with guidance from senior colleagues.

Information Security

Lead in detecting and analyzing security incidents, including attacks, breaches, and identified vulnerabilities, and remediate any security gaps in line with the security incident management procedure.

Leadership and Direction

Communicate the actions needed to implement the function's strategy and business plan within the team; explain the relationship to the broader organization's mission, vision, and values; motivate people to commit to these and to do extraordinary things to achieve local business goals.

Organizational Capability Building

Use the organization's formal development framework to identify the team's individual development needs. Plan and implement actions, including continuing professional development specified by professional or regulatory institutions, to build their professional capabilities. Provide informal training or coaching to others throughout the organization in own area of expertise to enable others to improve performance and fulfill personal potential.

Performance Management

Manage and report on the performance of a substantial, diverse team; set appropriate performance objectives for direct reports or project/account team members and hold individuals accountable for achieving them; take appropriate corrective action where necessary to ensure the achievement of team/personal objectives.

Application Software Development

Develop existing and new applications by analyzing and identifying areas for modification and improvement. Develop new applications to meet customer requirements.

Application Software Road Map

Define and maintain a roadmap to facilitate application software development and ensure the development work is prioritized in line with business requirements.

Information and Business Advice

Provide specialist advice on the interpretation and application of policies and procedures, resolving complex or contentious queries and issues and enabling others to take appropriate actions.

Skills

Competencies

Education

Closing Date

The appointment will be made from the designated group in line with the Employment Equity Plan of Old Mutual South Africa and the specific business unit in question.

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