Group IT - Developer

Surgo (PTY) Ltd. has partnered with a global analytics and digital solutions company serving industries including insurance, healthcare, banking and financial services, media, retail, and others. They aim to bridge the gap between digital expectations and real outcomes for international companies with Digital Intelligence. Our client is recruiting for a Group IT - Developer to join their team based in Cape Town. Job purpose: The Developer is responsible for designing, developing, deploying, and supporting global integration solutions between applications and other third-party service providers. This work is based on requirements from, and in collaboration with, functional stakeholders and the IT Business Analyst. Responsibilities:

1. Plan, develop, test, and deploy integrations and automations between various on-premises and cloud hosted systems and services
2. Ability to interpret business process flows into opportunities for automation/integration, while providing feedback towards optimization and process improvement
3. Ensure best practices and governance on the integration platform are followed by the organization for security, scalability, reusability, and quality
4. Analyze and improve current system integrations and migration strategies
5. Monitor, troubleshoot, debug, and advise on system errors or architecture issues
6. A capacity for working with minimal supervision in complex projects with considerable responsibility
7. Highly capable of producing technical documentation
8. Solid understanding and configuration of CI/CD
9. Participates in key project and solution design, planning, and estimate reviews, as required
10. Collaborates closely with PMO/applications management teams and provides progress updates to ensure projects are completed on time

1. A bachelor's degree in computer science or related field
2. 4+ years' experience with integration development and support
3. Experience working with one or more integration platforms (i.e., Boomi, CPI, BizTalk, etc.), preferably a next generation iPaaS solution like Workato
4. In depth understanding of various integration technologies, protocols, and formats: Rest with JSON, SOAP, SFTP, XML, Pub/Sub, and more, with an emphasis on EDI, SAP IDocs, SAP RFCs/SPROXYs, and database connections
5. Excels in two or more programming languages (Ruby, Java/JavaScript, C#/C++, SQL, and others) related to code development, implementation, and maintenance
6. Knowledgeable in the design and construction of system architectures that enable well-integrated transactional, collaborative solutions, including component re-usability
7. Analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a keen eye for detail to spot and fix errors in complex flows/code
8. Ability to perform tasks independently and work between cross-functional teams
9. Good understanding of testing methodologies
10. Excellent communications skills, with fluency in English – both written and verbal