Full Stack Developer (Expert) 3345

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IT & Internet

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Mediro ICT · All jobs at Mediro ICT

About the role

Our client in Pretoria is recruiting for a Full Stack Developer (Expert) to join their team.

• Identify and document the mainframe applications and data sets to be migrated.
• Ensure projects/ maintenance are on-time, within budget and managed according to client’s standard processes (AWM).
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business requirements and critical functionalities.
• Conduct a detailed analysis of the existing mainframe environment.
• Evaluate dependencies, interconnections, and potential challenges in migrating each application.
• Identify potential risks associated with the migration process.
• Develop mitigation strategies and contingency plans for unforeseen issues.
• Ensure compliance with the client’s regulations and data protection standards during the migration process.
• Work with the infrastructure team to map mainframe components to equivalent cloud services and resources.
• Develop a comprehensive strategy for migrating mainframe data to the cloud, considering data integrity, security, and minimal downtime.
• Define a robust testing plan for validating migrated applications in the cloud environment.
• Conduct performance, security, and compatibility testing.
• Create detailed documentation for the migration process, including step-by-step procedures and best practices.
• Document configurations, settings, and any customizations made during the migration.
• Coordinate with cloud service providers to optimize the migration process and leverage their expertise.
• Stay updated on the latest features and tools offered by the cloud providers.
• Implement security best practices for the cloud environment.
• Ensure data encryption, access controls, and compliance with security policies.
• Develop training materials for IT staff involved in the migration process.
• Conduct knowledge transfer sessions to ensure a smooth transition and ongoing support.
• Establish a communication plan to keep stakeholders informed of the migration progress.
• Address concerns and provide regular updates to the project team and key stakeholders.
• Implement monitoring tools to track the performance of applications post-migration.
• Continuously optimize the cloud infrastructure for cost, performance, and efficiency.
• Periodically review and update the migration documentation to reflect any changes or improvements.
• Conduct a lessons learned session after the migration to gather feedback and improve future migration processes.
• Evaluate the success of the migration against predefined metrics.
• Identify areas for improvement and document lessons learned for future migrations.
• Driving the vision of the Feature Team in alignment with Team Lead and Sub Product to ensure key results and targets are met.
• Ensure that IM (Incident Management), CM (Change Management) and PM (Problem Management) topics assigned to the Feature Team adhere to the Quality and SLA requirements.
• Ensure that the development of systems solutions is in line with quality and delivery requirements.
• Ensure that the creation and updating of relevant system documentation for the Feature Team are in line with approved standards.
• Provide 2nd level support during incidents by analysing system logs and overall system resources to identify problematic areas.

What they're looking for

• Qualifications/Experience:
• Relevant IT Degree.
• 10+ years’ experience in relevant programming language.
• On premise virtualisation technology expertise.
• Experience in testing (manual or automated testing).
• Web and digital project experience advantageous.
• Agile working experience advantageous.
• Essential Skills:
• As a Senior Expert Level Java Consultant, you will be part of the Mainframe to Cloud Migration team responsible for transitioning legacy COBOL/PL1 applications to a modern Java-based cloud architecture.
• Resource Planning and budget management.
• Previous exposure to finance function (either in finance function or Agile Master for a team that services a finance function).
• Ability to manage a technical team using agile methodologies.
• Leadership skills and knowledge of facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency.
• Knowledge of numerous well documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the scrum approach (e.g., Numerous burndown techniques, retrospective formats, handling bugs, etc).
• Specific Technical / Functional skills:
• Agile Working Model.
• Project Management.
• DevOps and Biz DevOps.
• Transition Management.
• PIC Process Management (Problem, Incident and Change Management).
• Knowledge of ITPM, AWM (Advantageous).
• Excellent proficiency in the Agile Tool Chain (JIRA, Confluence, X-Ray, BitBucket).
• Soft Skills:
• Problem solving capabilities.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Ability to work interdependently as well as independently and to submit deliverables on time and with excellent quality.
• Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills with the ability to communicate effectively (both verbally and in writing) with both technical and non-technical colleagues / users.
• Strong ability to understand and interpret business needs and requirement with an aptitude to move concepts.
• through to proposal and successful implementation.
• Strong presentation skills.
• Above-board work ethics.
• Flexibility to take up different tasks in the project.
• Ability and willingness to coach and give training to fellow colleagues and users when required.
• Willing and able to travel internationally.
• Technical Skills:
• Proficient in core Java concepts, including object-oriented programming (OOP), multithreading, and exception handling.
• Strong understanding of Java fundamentals, such as collections, generics, and IO.
• VERY Strong understanding of project management principles and delivering of projects. Leading and measuring projects.
• Expertise in Java frameworks like Spring (Core, MVC, Boot, etc.) for building enterprise-level applications.
• Understanding of integration between different technologies.
• Assisting with the business case.
• Coordination between development and support environments.
• Planning and monitoring.
• Eliciting requirements.
• Translating and simplifying requirements.
• Requirements analysis, organisation, management, and communication.
• Advantageous Skills:
• Experience working in Agile development environments, understanding concepts like Scrum and Kanban.
• Understanding of project management principles and the ability to manage and deliver projects effectively.
• Ability to work effectively in a team, collaborating with other developers, testers, and stakeholders.
• Demonstrated commitment to staying updated with the latest technologies and industry trends.
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Strong testing skills, including unit testing, integration testing, and automated testing.
• Familiarity with testing frameworks such as JUnit or TestNG.
• Ability to lead and mentor junior developers.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot complex issues.
• Proficient in using debugging tools and techniques.
• Architectural design of cloud-based solution spaces for mainframe applications.
• Knowledge of Mainframe2Java Code conversion tools like Astadia, Heirloom, blueage would be an advantage.
• Ability to analyze` and optimize code for performance.
• Familiarity with profiling tools.
• Familiarity with Hibernate or other ORM frameworks for database interaction.
• Experience in building web applications using Java-based technologies like Servlets and JSP.
• Knowledge of modern web development tools and frameworks, such as Angular, React, or Vue.js.
• Design code conversion platform to migrate applications from Cobol or PL1 to Java.
• Review architecture & system design and improve functionality.
• Understanding of mainframe legacy DB and programming solutions.
• Collaborate with POC ext. Supplier.
• Modify and adjust architectural guidelines, target design principles and solution spaces based on POC results (POC will be on Code Conversion tools).
• Structuring appropriated feature teams in context of a migration factory approach.
• Review and present changes to Product Owners.
• Develop systems solutions in line with quality and delivery requirements.
• Actively participate in troubleshooting, debugging, and updating current live systems.
• System integration to and from other endpoints.
• System testing/parallel runs.
• System implementation.
• System audits/quality assurance.
• Experience in architecture principles, system integration, technical sizing, high availability aspects, integration best practices.
• AWS Cloud
• Serverless development and support.
• Automation concepts for DevOps based on architectural reference solution spaces.
• Service orientation following decoupling and modularisation principles.
• Core understanding of and working experience with:
• Cloud Architectures and technologies of known hyperscalers (AWS, Azure).
• Streaming Services and technologies like KAFKA.
• Pub/Sub principles and technologies.
• DB2, IMS
• Java, COBOL, PL1, J2EE.
• Lambda
• Openshift / Docker / Kubernetes.
• German speaking (Advantageous).
• Minimum years of experience:
• 7 – 10 years’ experience in more than one Agile Team.
• At least 10 years’ experience in the IT/Software DevOps industry is essential.
• Minimum qualification required:
• IT / Business / Engineering qualification.
• At least 1 of the following:
• Professional Scrum Master II™ (scrum.org).
• Advanced Certified ScrumMaster® (scrumailliance.org).