Qualification:

  • BSc Computer Sciences/ BSc Information Systems or equivalent IT tertiary qualification
  • Formal Java qualification(s) (Advantageous)

Experience:

  • At least 5 – 8 years’ experience in Java development with exposure to core competencies listed in the SDLC (Essential)
  • Some mentoring of junior team members
  • Some knowledge of designing and architecting large interacting systems
  • Knowledge of data modelling and design of database structures

Technical Skills:

  • Excellent understanding of Object Orientated principals and Java language fundamentals
  • Knowledge of commonly used design patterns
  • Broad understanding of how to put together complex systems solutions from scratch which have various interactions from Partner facing to other internal systems and Business units

Essential:

  • Java 8+, Spring Framework, SOAP Web services, REST Web services, Message Driven beans, SpringJMS, SpringBatch, SpringBoot, XML/XSD,JSON, SQL, HTML5, CSS, Jenkins, Maven, Oracle DB, SQL, Basics of Application Security

Advantageous:

  • Weblogic Application server configuration and tuning, Angular (willingness to learn the front-end technologies that we use), Apache Kafka, Spring Cloud Data Flow, Harbor, Docker, Advanced Security (Tokens, Mutual TLS, etc.), Consul, Spring Cloud Gateway

Key Purpose:

The Systems Analyst / Junior Architect will report to the Senior Systems Architect and form part of the Vitality Architecture team. The key purpose of the role would be to help us as the Architecture team in designing and implement robust, scalable and optimally performing systems using java related technologies, according to provided specifications, standards and procedures, while ensuring compliance with the architectural standards and guidelines laid out by Discovery. Also ultimately taking over the technical oversight of one of the streams.

Desired Skills:

  • architecture
  • Systems Analysis
  • object orientated principal
  • Java
  • Java Programming
  • Javascript
  • design patterns
  • spring framework
  • SOAP web services
  • REST Web services
  • Message driven beans
  • SpringJMS
  • SpringBatch
  • SpringBoot
  • XML
  • XSD
  • JSON
  • SQL
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • Jenkins
  • Maven
  • Oracle DB
  • Application security
  • SDLC

Desired Qualification Level:

  • Degree

About The Employer:

Vitality RSA’s Architecture team is a multi-disciplinary team looking after various streams including but not limited to: Solutions Architecture, Security, Technical Upgrades, New Architecture Implementations, DevOps and Partner Integration. We drive new technology decisions, sign off changes to existing systems and design and build new systems with forward thinking given to the ever changing Business needs. We are currently on a journey to lay the foundation for new architectures and systems

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