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About the Division

As Africa Technology Services (ATS), our objective is to provide the firm and our people with the means, knowledge and technical support to fulfil our professional responsibilities. The ATS division serves as a support function at Deloitte and is comprised of the following teams: 

• PMO – Project Management Office
• BMS – Business Management Services
• SAP – Systems, Applications and Products
• IAAS - Infrastructure as a  service
• BSASI – ATS  Business Analysis
• CAD - Centre of Application Development
• USS – User Support Services

We are committed to empowering the firm by establishing an environment of continuous learning, challenging experiences, and enriching career opportunities. We are connected by a collaborative culture that fosters integrity, outstanding value, and strength from cultural diversity.

Main Purpose of Job

To work fairly independently within area of expertise, giving guidance to staff in the business on issues relating to Software Development (full-stack) and Software Design, with minimal support from seniors. 

Differentiators for this specific role

• Produces code that is of high quality and is in line with industry software development standards.
• Performing code review for all code that is checked into source control (TFS) before it is deployed to QA and production environment.
• Provides guidance and technical advice on the technologies to be used.
• Prioritizing and resolving bugs on the production environment in a timely manner.
• Ensures that security and Microsoft patches are up-to-date.
• Ensures that the environment is stable with an availability of 98%. 
• Translating of problem statements, business requirement and business processes into a solution on the applicable technological platform
• Produces documentation for all solutions that is developed.
• Performs thorough testing in each step of the SDLC (Black box testing, Unit testing, regression testing, integration testing, UAT testing)
• Conduct thorough testing before and after deployments. 
• Conducts testing before and post-monthly maintenance or when ad-hoc patches are deployed.
• Conducts JAD sessions with the business to advise, present and gathers business requirements for operational deployments
• Mediate between application development and business user teams when issues arise during design, development and testing
• Designs and assist in architects solutions that are to be implemented in the environment

Key Performance Areas:
Strategic Impact 

• Is a resource to management to deal with needs and queries relating to the area of expertise
• Provides a specialist service within the business which impacts broader business / service area in delivery of strategy

Client Impact: External / Internal

• Consults effectively with client on their specific business needs / requirements, identifies suitable concepts and solutions for management consideration
• Proposes possible solutions taking into account the wider business needs, precedent within the business and global guidelines 

Operational Effectiveness

• Manages outputs on a daily basis without supervision, receiving direction from seniors/management from time to time
• Impact of the role is visible on a daily basis to the output of the area
• Acts as a sounding board to members of staff across levels in area of expertise
• Delivers work within a week-to-month timeline which may fluctuate, with outputs generated regularly to meet both short and long-term needs of business
• Development/Growth of Team
• Provide technical mentoring to Software Developers
• May train / develop others in area of expertise at an intermediate level
• Maintains up-to-date knowledge in area of expertise
• Provides meaningful development feedback upward to peers and to junior staff

Budgets / Profitability

• Impacts profitability through timeous and consistent standard of delivery in area of responsibility

Minimum Qualifications

• 3-year B Degree in IT / Computer Science 
• And MCSD certification 

Minimum Experience

• 3+ years’ experience as a full-stack Software Developer 
• 3 years of solid specialist experience with C#, ASP.NET, HTML, CSS, XML, .Net 3.5-4.5, JavaScript, jQuery and MVC 

Preferred Qualifications

• Microsoft certification on C#, ASP.NET, HTML, CSS, XML, .Net 3.5-4.5, MVC, Web Services 
• Microsoft certification on MS SQL Server 2012 
• Microsoft certification on MS CRM Dynamics 
• Microsoft certification on MS SharePoint 2010 or 2013

Desired Qualifications

• Post graduate qualification / relevant Microsoft Specialist certification
• Desired Experience
• 3+ years within specific specialisation

Technical Competencies 

• Fully competent in the technical area/s of expertise
• Competent in MS Office suite as well as technology related to area of expertise
• Strong research and analytical skill
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Understands impact of role on broader team
• Bachelor's degree in BSc Computer Science or Information Systems equivalent

Behavioural Competencies 

• Delivery focused
• Detail and quality focused
• Excellent interpersonal skills 
• Proactive
• Demonstrated agility and adaptability
• Deadline driven
• Sound judgement skills
• Sound planning and organisational ability

Talent Standards: Leadership capabilities - Support Staff 
Living our Purpose - Builds own understanding of our purpose and values; explores opportunities for impact
Influence - Actively focuses on developing effective communication and relationship-building skills
Performance drive - Understands expectations and demonstrates personal accountability for keeping performance on track 
Strategic direction  - Understands how their daily work contributes to the priorities of the team and the business
Talent development - Demonstrates strong commitment to personal learning and development; acts as a brand ambassador to help attract top talent

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

*Please note that this job advertisement provides a summary of the capabilities required and all candidates shortlisted will receive a full list of capabilities