Senior Oracle Developer (Permanent & 12 Month Contract to Perm)

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Job Title - Senior Oracle Developer

Salary - Up to R900,000 per annum + Benefits

Job Type - Permanent & 12 Month Contracts available

Location: Sandton

The Opportunity

We are looking for multiple Senior Oracle Developers to start ASAP for permanent/contract positions. This will be for an industry leading organisation whom specialise in a range of industry sectors.

Job Description

As a Oracle developer you are responsible for but not limited to the

following broad job functions:

* Design and develop the best software solutions to given technical problems.

* Ensure the development meets the highest quality in term of design, performance, reliability and maintainability.

* Follow time constraints and meet deadlines.

* Understand the business goals and make sure the solutions meet client expectations.

* Understand the problems holistically and solve them in a generic manner by producing re-usable components or services when it is possible.

* Follow established coding standards, architecture principals and development process.

* Interact with business analysts to review, refine and clarify requirement specifications.

* Assist with Technical support and Production queries.

Software solutions:

* Develop software solutions to support Clients, Brokers and Operations.

* Produce re-usable software components and services.

* Develop Unit tests and Integration tests.

* Implement solutions according to the Technical and functional Specifications within the Systems environment.

* Produce code following Technical standards and selected design patterns.

* Document logic used and comment inside code.

* Update team Wiki to share knowledge on re-usable solutions.

* Update scheduling and tracking tools (JIRA/Quality Center) with progress.

* Report on progress and issues.

* Release source code to QA and Production environment.

* Consult with the Systems and Business Analyst on any questions surrounding the Business process.

* Consult with the Systems

* Participate in code reviews for checking application of standards, logic and effective use of libraries and reusable aspects of the application.

Production Support:

Respond to incidents escalated by the Incidents team.

* Log issues in the appropriate issues tracking system.

* Conduct preliminary analysis on issues.

* Consult with Systems Analyst / Senior Developer / Development Manager on a solution.

* Assist system users with technical issues.

Competencies

Essential

Advanced Oracle PL/SQL development experience

* Experience with developing PL/SQL modules, triggers, functions, procedures, queries

* Knowledge of different DBMS: relational and non-relational databases and a good sense on when each one is more appropriate given a use case.

* Good grasp of Software Engineering principles such as: Unit testing; Static Code Analysis, Test Automation, Continuous Integration, Version Control, Release Management, etc.

* Strong attention to details is essential

* Open minded in terms of technologies

* Quick learner and eager to learn new skills

* Focus on delivery and quality

* Dynamic and adaptable

* Work as a team player

Qualifications & Experience

Essential

* At least 5 year experience in software development

* Must have a minimum of 3+ years Product (Oracle) specific experience

* Must have PL/SQL experience

Advantageous

* At least a Diploma in IT or a Formal certification

* XML experience would be advantageous

* Oracle Forms and Oracle Reports

* Experience in .net or JAVA, Python, MongoDB and Web

Technologies(HTML/JavaScript)

* Experience within a Financial Industry would be beneficial

* At least 2 years' experience working in a Compass environment

Benefits

* Competitive salary and benefits

* A great working environment with cutting edge colleagues

* Room to grow and develop yourself through our dual learning and development career pathways

* A great team to influence and develop your skills

* Flexi time

* Regular salary appraisals

* Opportunity to work abroad

* Generous leave allowances

* Study leave

* Bonuses

This is a fantastic opportunity for Developers to work in an amazing company that put their employees first. They will help you grow skilfully, by equipping you with the necessary resources for both professional and personal development.

If you believe that you meet the criteria we are looking for, we would love to hear from you by applying to the job. We are looking to move on these roles quickly and can have the process turned around relatively quickly, thus do not miss the opportunity and get in touch by sending your CV.

Alternatively if you would like more details please feel free to get in touch providing your contact number to [email protected] for an informal chat about the role.