What will you do?

About the Role:

• We are seeking Analyst Developer (Java/ Springboot) to join our Technology Shared Applications team.
• The successful candidate will join an established project team that is replacing the existing legacy Tax solution with a 3rd party SaaS solution called EBTax. 
• Experience in using AI to accelerate development delivery and integration will be beneficial.

Output/Core Tasks:

• Attend and contribute to daily stand-ups and other agile ceremonies.
• Assist with breakdown of tasks from business requirements.
• Accurately track time within the systems provided on a daily basis.
• Deliver on sprint commitments.
• Contribute to team planning, discussions and solution designs.
• Constructively communicate in a way that would add to valuable solutions.
• Take guidance from and support the team lead.
• Report accurately on progress both within the systems and directly to your team lead.
• Document solutions and assist others in doing their documentation.
• Share knowledge with team members.
• Adhere to coding quality standards including unit and integration testing requirements.
• Assist with the deployment and monitoring of the developed systems in testing and production environments.

What will make you successful in this role?

Requirements:

Qualifications:

• Relevant Computer Science degree or diploma
• Honours or postgraduate degree preferred
• Java Certification will be advantageous

Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience within application development in Java
• Minimum 4 years working experience in J2EE
• Java Programming: Strong understanding of Java, including object-oriented principles, data structures, and algorithms.
• Practical experience with Java Server Pages, Servlets, Stateless Session Beans, JDBC, Java Messaging Service.
• Spring Framework: In-depth knowledge of the Spring ecosystem, including Spring Boot, Spring Batch, Spring MVC, Spring Security, and Spring Data.
• RESTful APIs: Experience in exposing and consuming RESTful web services.
• Experience with the following tools will be an advantage: IBM WebSphere, IBM MQ Series, Eclipse or WebSphere Application Developer
• DevOps Tools: Knowledge and experience of tools like Docker, Kubernetes, Maven, and Gradle for continuous integration and deployment.
• Microservices Architecture: Familiarity with microservices architecture design patterns will be highly advantageous.
• Unit Testing: Experience with testing frameworks like JUnit and Mockito
• Experience in Scaled Agile Framework and development principles will be advantageous.
• Good understanding of Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD principles; and,
• Exposure to GIT, Gradle, Nexus, JIRA and Confluence will be advantageous.
• A solid understanding of Object-Orientation
• UML experience will be an advantage
• Relational Database experience: (Experience with SQL Server development and Proficiency with JPA/Hibernate for database interactions will be an advantage.
• Experience with RCP development will be an advantage.
• Financial Services knowledge and Experience in working with life insurance financial applications (recommended)

Knowledge:

• Understanding of the SDLC Methodology
• Relevant program languages
• Java Full stack
• Problem Analysis and Problem-Solving Techniques
• Impact Analysis Techniques
• Documentation Frameworks, Tools and Standards
• Understanding of Project Management Principles
• Understanding the Deployment Process in the Development Phase
• High level understanding of Enterprise Test Methodology (Automation)
• Exposure to Agile Methodology will be advantageous.

Competencies:

• Strong analytical & numerical ability
• Problem solving skills
• Conceptual thinker
• Good communication / interpersonal skills
• Action / results orientation
• Quality orientation
• Knowledge seeking / learning orientation

Personal Attributes

Build a successful career with us

We’re all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees. We know that you have hopes for your future – your career, your personal development and of achieving great things. We pride ourselves in helping  our employees to realise their worth. Through its five business clusters – Sanlam Fintech, Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, Sanlam Allianz, Santam, as well as MiWay and the Group Office – the group provides many opportunities for growth and development.

Core Competencies

Turnaround time

The shortlisting process will only start once the application due date has been reached. The time taken to complete this process will depend on how far you progress and the availability of managers. 

Closing Date: 15 April 2026

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