Job Description :

Our client, one of the largest automated clearing house in the country is need of a Analyst Programmer – Rapid Payment Interface.

The main purpose of the Programmer is to work on and develop on the RPI program, as part of its future payment systems. It is a requirements of the incumbent to be able to deliver high quality development work, have the desire to work in fast-paced environment, with in a highly mobile team and fluid work environment. It is a requirement to explore and learn new programming languages, as well as have a detail understanding of software development life-cycles, have the ability to develop unit testing of code components or complete applications and must fully understand the concepts of software engineering.

Key stakeholders the Programmer will engage with are:

• Internal Stakeholders
• RPI Technical Lead
• RPI Business Analyst
• RPI Lead Programmer
• RPI Program Manager and Project Manger

Duties & Responsibilities

Cost Management

• Manage and control individual costs

Stakeholder Engagement

• Manage and maintain good stakeholder relationships
• Deliver on internal and external stakeholder requirements/SLA’s
• Good written and verbal communication skills

Strategic Alignment

• Deliver on Program goals and activities aligned to the RPI strategy and timelines

Initiatives/ Program Deliverables

• Identify and scope opportunities for improvement / innovation
• Deliver RPI  specific deliverables in line with the program/company standards and in agreement with the program timeline

Enhancements

• Analyze, solve problems and incidents as part of ongoing enhancements and improvements
• Script the required test routines and perform quality and performance testing
• Enhance program performance

Compliance and Risk Management

• Policies and procedures: Provide input into relevant policies and procedures
• Compliance: Comply with relevant policies & procedures, standards, regulation and legislation
• Risk: Identify and escalate risks appropriately

Skills transfer and support

• Assist team members to ensure understanding of required deliverables and stay abreast of technical skills requirements
• Contribute to the development of a positive team culture
• Good communication and conflict management skills

 

Desired Experience & Qualification

QUALIFICATION/KNOWLEDGE (INCLUDING MOST RELEVANT FIELD OF STUDY)

– BSc Computer science or relevant experience

– Minimum Matric

– Knowledge of development and analysis

– Golang or c/c++ type language

– Git

 

EXPERIENCE (INCLUDING RELEVANT SECTOR SPECIFIC EXPERIENCE)

• Coding 5 Years
• Minimum 1 Years’ Linux experience
• JSON API’s a plus
• Kubernetes a plus
• Payment industry a plus