Professional ICT Level 1 Team Leader

Job Description:

Responsibilities Include:

• Leading a team of web developers while providing guidance
  on technical issues.
  
• Designing and developing front -end and back -end web
  architectures
  
• Maintenance and support of existing web and mobile
  applications
  
• Participating in the design and development of new
  systems throughout the entire project lifecycle
  
• Assist the team in defining and working from requirements
  and specifications to modify/enhance existing production software
  
• Development of new production software
  
• Monitor progress against agreed -upon timelines, including
  collaboration with the Project Manager.
  
• Liaise with relevant internal departments or stakeholders
  that might impact the ability to deliver quality software in a timeous manner
  to remove any issues and keep on track with delivery commitments.
  
• Manage the planning process to derive delivery timelines.
  
• Effectively and comprehensively communicate a detailed
  understanding of the business’ expectations by the team, to the team, including
  3rd parties, as defined in the specifications throughout the SDLC.
  
• Adherence by the team to prescribed quality (as defined
  by IT Standards & Governance) during all the phases of the SDLC (i.e.,
  functional design, technical design, code reviews and integration testing,
  etc.).
  
• Designing, coding, testing, debugging and documenting
  application features and changes
  
• Participating in activities that ensure the successful
  use of these systems
  
• Design, develop, and implement development standards and
  architecture principles.
  
• Modify existing programs as part of software maintenance.
  
• Responsible for adoption and enhancements in software
  integration and API management
  
• Monitor the ongoing performance of web applications
  
• Set in place tools, routines, processes and metrics for
  monitoring uptime and performance against contracted SLA.
  
• Implementation of agreed security standards within the
  software solution.
  
• Overall responsibility to ensure regulatory requirements
  are addressed according to agreed compliance standards.
  
• Provide documentation of enhancements and modifications
  performed as part of software maintenance/enhancements.
  
• Build, manage and maintain productive and beneficial key
  business and third -party relationships.
  
• Responsible for empowering development team members to
  work across traditional organisational boundaries.
  
• Manage the changing people challenges such as fluidity of
  resources, remote working, different development needs.
  
• Promote team collaboration and innovation, sharing of
  knowledge, tools, code and practices.
  
• Build and develop a flexible and change accepting culture
  within the Software Development environment.
  
• Create a collective of shared knowledge and expertise and
  common identity through teamwork and experience sharing.
  
• Lead, manage and drive accountability and ownership
  amongst team members for personal development, including goal plans.
  

Requirements

Experience Required for The Position:

• 6 -10 years relevant experience as a web and mobile
  development team leader
  
• Leading and working in an Agile Development environment
  
• Using technical skills to support and guide a technical
  team to establish priorities and successfully manage deliverables
  
• Strong customer facing and technical resolution skills
  
• Able to positively influence peers cross -organizationally
  
• Experience in all phases of systems development and
  implementation (SDLC phases)
  
• Solid project management and analysis skills
  
• Team and customer service oriented
  
• Using leadership to influence in other areas
  
• Write and maintain documentation, instruction, and
  procedure guides
  
• Work with customer(s) to correct errors and debug
  software and systems
  

Strong knowledge of:

• Natural
  
• NATURALOne
  
• Natural Engineer
  
• Entire/X
  
• Webmethods or Integration Server
  
• Adabas
  
• Online & batch processing
  
• Experience with JIRA, GIT and Microsoft TFS are helpful