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Senior Developer: Database [Centurion]
POSTED BY: Land & Agricultural Development Bank
REF:LBAF 146
Date Published:Monday, August 7, 2023
Date of Expiration:Saturday, February 3, 2024 EXPIRED
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| LOCATION OF THIS JOB |
 South Africa | CENTURION in South Africa |
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| DEVELOPMENT FINANCE INSTITUTIONS
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| Full-Time |
| MAIN JOB DESCRIPTION |
Closing Date 2023/08/11
Reference Number LAN230804-2
Job Title Senior Developer: Database [Centurion]
Division Finance and Treasury and IT
Unit Finance Treasury & IT
Job Type Classification Permanent
Location - Country South Africa
Location - Province Gauteng
Location - Town / City Centurion
JOB ADVERT SUMMARY
The Land and Agricultural Development Bank of South Africa (Land Bank) is South Africa’s only specialist agricultural bank established in 1912, the bank’s sole objective is to serve South African commercial and emerging farmers and bring specially designed financial services within their reach. These services enable farmers to finance land, equipment, improve assets and obtain production credit. The Land Bank provides financial services that have moved with the times and continues to provide services to agri-business and constantly reviews its offerings to ensure that they match the needs of an industry. As change has swept across the sector in South Africa the socio-economic makeup of agriculture has altered, bringing new entrants from historically disadvantaged backgrounds on to the land, these new farmers, facing the challenges of establishing sustainable agri-businesses across the agricultural value chain, Land Bank has been a commercial lifeline offering appropriately designed financial products that facilitate personal and commercial viability in a sector that is vital to the sustainability of South Africa and its people.
MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB
Responsible for developing new database applications and/or converting existing legacy database applications to support business requirements.
Key Performance Areas
Database Application Development and Scripts
1. Interpret and compile technical design documentation
2. Develop user database interfaces and front- end applications.
3. Design Databases
4. Perform Data Management
5. Perform Database mirroring /replication
6. Develop Database Views, Functions, User Defined Types, Stored Procedures in line with Business requirements
System Analysis and Design
1. Facilitate scoping workshops / extract client business requirements
2. Provide Business and Systems analysis functions
3. Write functional technical design documents
4. Provide 2nd line production support for Helpdesk calls on business related issues
5. Work with project teams and apply project standards and methodologies
Database Administration
1. Provide support for Database Administration tasks
2. Proactively monitor the database systems to ensure secure services with minimum downtime
3. Track and report database performance metrics and analyses database performance
4. Perform regular maintenance and backup including monitoring disk space and maintaining database dictionaries
Application Support, Maintenance and Changes to Business Solutions and Processes
1. Develop, design and deliver the processes required to support the various Business Units.
2. Ensure that appropriate service levels and quality standards are maintained.
3. Ensure compliance to ICT Governance, SDLC, Project Management and Change Control standards and procedures.
4. Analyse and apply required configuration changes or development to fulfil change requests.
5. Develop and review business cases, functional specifications, blue prints, and all other associated documentation.
6. Determine the dependencies with other modules /systems and the applicable impact of changes proposed.
Provide Functional End User Support for Allocated Application.
1. Provide second line support on Help Desk calls pertaining to function.
2. Prioritise response in terms of the levels of severity.
Role Based Training
1. Develop and maintain Role Based Training documentation for all business roles using SAP Business Warehouse.
2. Ensure availability of training courses, facilitators and facilities for IT Role Based Training throughout the year.
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PREFERRED MINIMUM EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
1. National Diploma in IT
2. 3-5years significant understanding and practical knowledge of database schema, development and scripting
3. 3-5years experience in the development of database front-end development (Microsoft .Net framework)
4. 3-5years understanding and practical knowledge of Relational Databases and Data Warehouse Concepts
5. 3-5years database design, modelling, optimisation and performance improvement
6. 3-5years understanding of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies
7. 3-5years exposure to ETL tools and embedded SQL
Critical Competencies
1. Database application development and scripting
2. Relational Databases and Data Warehouse Concepts
3. Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies
4. ETL Tools and embedded SQL
5. Database Security
Additional Requirements
1. Extended hours as and when required
2. Travel as and when required
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