Senior Software Developer

Position: Senior Software Developer (1-year contract)
Main purpose of the role:
- Design and implementation of software solutions focusing on the student learning experience, meets stakeholder requirements and support ‘on demand’ student access.
- In collaboration with business analysts, determine and identify high-level functional and technical architecture requirements.
- Design architectures, including the software, hardware and communications, to support the total business requirements, as well as to provide for present and future cross-functional requirements and interfaces.
- Provide technical quality review and the evaluation of existing and new software solutions.
- Managing service level agreements with software service providers.
- Develop high-level system design diagrams for program design, coding, testing, debugging and documentation.
- Develop and implement moderate to complex desktop and web applications on one or more platforms.
- Responsible for the successful integration of software applications and data, specifically on the Microsoft Dynamics and Azure platforms.
- Conduct research on new and advanced software technologies relevant to business architecture. Qualification:
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Sc / B-degree in Computer Science or a related degree, OR- A relevant computer science qualification equivalent to a NQF level 6, with relevant experience. Essential
Experience:
- Minimum 3 - 5 years work experience as an analyst programmer
- Track record of leading a team in a MIS environment
- Proven ability to communicate at all levels in the business, both written and verbal, and providing management reports
- Previous experience in leading MIS change initiatives and projects
- Previous experience in leading successful change initiatives and projects in education.
- Managing executive and external stakeholder relationships Full description of the responsibilities, expertise required and other elements available on request.