Front Arena Developer

Job Classification

Front Arena Developer(144009)

TA: Luthando Bower

Closing Date: Ongoing

Job Family

Information Technology

Career Stream

Application Development

Leadership Pipeline

Manage Self: Technical

Job Purpose

To translate business, other stakeholder requirements and user stories into system requirement and act as a link between business analyst, other requirements stakeholders and the software team

To translate overarching end to end design into detailed designs and provide technical leadership to the software developers and other designers

Job Responsibilities

• Technical experience as a Developer


• DevOps experience


• Intricate knowledge of the technical architecture of Front Arena


• Experience with Front Arena integration development


• Experience with integration of telemetry data into ELK/Dynatrace or similar monitoring tools


• Design and develop project solutions


• Grow the teams’ skills and knowledge


• Assist developers with how to solve technical solution


• Provide guidance to stakeholders in terms of expertise and experience


• Guide and practice code design, analysis and integration to ensure effective application of technology


• Conduct Technology Reviews of code and design quality assurance


• Drive assets health in the relevant technologies or domains


• Define and review Patterns / practices/standards in application of technology or domain


• Guide Code Branching and Merging


• Play an advisory role to Engineering leads and other stakeholders (Engineering lead and Div execs)


• Collaboration with domain architects and technical consultants ito technology and /or domain roadmaps


• Work within governance and compliance frameworks of the organisation in terms of Technology and domain application


• Provide detailed Technical roadmaps in context of the organisation architecture and interdependent technologies


• Plan and drive implementation of the agreed technical roadmaps


• Conduct research and development experimentation to test thinking regarding technology or domain applicability


• Participate in special interest groups and confrerences relating to these assets


• Ensure an understanding of technology or domain requirements, performance integrations and optimisation as positioned in organisation


• Assist with and apply troubleshooting to resolve issues


• Evaluate and influence technology decisions


• Mitigate risk by evaluating risks and impacts on technology or domain


• Update the asset knowledge base


• Conduct internal knowlege sharing sessions


• Provide coaching, mentoring and upskilling of others within area of expertise


• Support the achievement of the business strategy, objectives and values


• Stay abreast of developments in field of expertise


• Ensure personal growth and enable effectiveness in performance of roles and responsibilities


• Contribute to the Nedbank Culture building initiatives (e.g. staff surveys etc.)


• Participate and support corporate responsibility initiatives for the achievement of business strategy


• Seek opportunities to improve business processes, models and systems though agile thinking


• Conduct self development both by mentoring others and being mentored


• Participate in the talent management practise of the Engineering stream

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

Preferred Qualification

Diploma / Certificate relevant

Preferred Certifications

Certificate in relevant solution design methodologies where available

Minimum Experience Level

Min 5 years IT experience

Technical / Professional Knowledge

Behavioural Competencies