
Website Santam Insurance
Job Description:
The role of the Development Manager: Outsourced Business is to manage the technical extension, maintenance and operation of the IT applications that support the Santam Outsourced Business, based in Bellville, Cape Town.
- Ensure that the portfolio application systems are designed, built and operated in an effective and efficient manner.
- Ensure technical delivery and operation of IT applications with specific focus on appropriateness, technical quality, maintainability, performance and availability.
Job Responsibilities:
- Oversee the technical design and evolution of IT solutions for the Outsourced business
- Detailed planning of technical delivery of new applications and application extensions
- Set and ensure compliance with development and solution design standards
- Manage upgrade existing technology components to remain current with organisation standards
- Plan, select and implement new technology enablers as needed
- Ensure stable and performant production environment for the business
- Manage Security Vulnerabilities identified, including technical upgrades and testing resulting from security vulnerabilities
- Manage fixing of production defects
- Manage performance and development of all direct reports
- Assist with the growth on performance, capacity and capability within the team through effective knowledge transfer
- Provide training, mentorship and leadership to direct and inspire a high-performance team
- Ensure appropriateness, quality & completeness of solutions
- Build strong partnerships with Business Change Manager, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, other IT Development Managers and external vendors
- Manage the DevSecOps processes for the portfolio of applications
Job Requirements:
- Relevant B Degree or equivalent workplace experience
- 5 to 10 years at application development experience
- Experience managing technical staff
- Experienced in dealing with external suppliers and offshore business partners will be advantageous
- Working knowledge of Agile software delivery methods
- Agile delivery methods, including Scrum at Scale
- DevSecOps
- Technical skills in the following areas
- Java Standard Edition
- Spring Boot
- Camel
- Hybernate
- Bamboo
- BitBucket
- SOAP web services
- XML technologies (XML documents, XSD etc)
- Managing Java applications on Linux / Unix
- C# and Microsoft IIS experience will be a bonus
- Excellent decision making & organising skills
- Strategic thinker who can also work at detail level
- Ability to understand and interpret business requirement from definition into execution; Ability to think holistically as well as at a detailed level
- Understanding Technology Architecture trends & best practice thinking (including SOA, POA & BPM) LeadershipHuman Capital Development
- Building networks and good relationships
- Analytical and systems thinker
- Produce creative solutions to business problems
- Perform under pressure
- Self-motivator
- Challenge current assumptions and beliefs
- Motivate others and mentoring others
- Interaction skills: facilitation; mentoring; leadership and influencing; negotiation; teamwork; build relationships; credible consulting skills
- Deciding and initiating action
Job Details:
Company: Santam Insurance
Vacancy Type: Full Time
Job Location: Bellville
Application Deadline: N/A
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