IT Developer needed at Rand Merchant Bank

Job Description
Hello Future Real Time Integration Developer (TIBCO)!

• RMB is a place where exceptional people create their own opportunities by challenging the conventional and driving sustainable impact. 
• United by our proud heritage, strong ethics and philosophy of Traditional values. Innovative ideas, it’s the magic of our people and culture that sets us apart.
• Now, is the time to imagine your next move with South Africa’s number one employer in Financial Services for 2023, where you can embrace the power of collective thinking to unlock unique opportunities for our clients and society.
• This role will involve designing and developing data and system integration solutions across all business units within RMB.
• Integration solutions will largely be based on the Tibco product stack within RMB, which include Tibco EMS, BusinessWorks, API Exchange and ActiveSpaces, and using Integration standards and methodologies as defined by the RMB Integration Centre of Excellence (CoE). 

You will be required to:

• Develop innovative, reusable competitive solutions and contribute actively to a collaborative Developer community
• Collaborate with BDMs and Delivery Heads to make recommendations on the use of new and emerging technologies, which provide the competitive advantage and a clear technical roadmap
• Maintain stability of all technical platforms

Are you someone who can:

• Plan and execute data conversion activities (e.g., test data).
• Manage Integration risk and project deliverables.
• Prepare Integration architecture and design documents for review by the Project / Technical Architect and the bank’s Enterprise Integration Architecture Forum (IAF).
• Automate regression test packs for Integration components, in line with agreed testing frameworks and standards.
• Provide production development support on a roster basis.
• Identify and solve production issues when required.
• Initiate dialogue to build professional working relationships with all stakeholders displaying excellent abilities to listen, advise, influence, negotiate and present at all levels
• Lead and facilitate difficult conflict situations into consensual agreements
• Integrate opinions and information provided by various sources to make strategic decisions
• Adapt communication styles to meet the needs of different audiences
• Continually scan the industry to identify opportunities to create strategic partnerships with key individuals and bodies
• Follow best practice and principles governance policy frameworks and utilisation of tools for the technology of the domain
• Engage with the designated standards team for specific guidance and delivery of solution components to maximise impact
• Understand and contribute to a knowledge sharing environment
• Produce a well operationalised solution on time that surpasses the requirements and performance expectations
• Drive scalable and sustainable solutions built based on best development practices
• Adopt a framework centric approach to prompt feasibility and reduces failure demand
• Reduce the technical debt as much as possible or revisit the business expectations
• Ensure technical follow up and a commit to allow for this-flexibility
• Take full responsibility for performance management of all direct reports managing their performance in relation to quality standards and agreed benchmarks and objectives focusing on all aspects of sound people management
• Engage in recruitment development, performance management, remuneration and rewards, career path planning, on the job training, coaching, and mentoring
• Ensure appropriate levels of management and accountability
• Motivate, delegate, and empower appropriately, enabling direct reports to take responsibility and display appropriate creativity and initiative
• Work with the team to actively grow their skills and lead them in operational excellence
• Demonstrate pride in the organisations brand services and products by consistently delivering on the brands promise
• Follow through to ensure that personal quality and productivity standards are consistently and accurately maintained
• Stay relevant and up to date with legislations and new developments
• Maintain a positive attitude and respond openly to feedback
• Handle stress in ways that do not negatively impact others
• Plan and manage own workflow anticipating obstacles juggling priorities and following through on objectives within agreed time frames and according to quality standards
• Take ownership of personal career development leveraging formal and informal opportunities
• Read situations and organisational realities
• Set aside personal agenda for the greater good
• Act in an ethical transparent and morally defensible manner including highlighting unethical practices
• Share debate and communicate learnings
• Flag and debate issues constructively
• Promote a friendly cooperative climate

You will be an ideal candidate if you:

• Have completed a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
• Have at least 3 years Integration experience across multiple Integration platforms and technology landscapes (especially Tibco BusinessWorks 5.x).
• Have 2 years server-side development experience.
• Demonstrate a clear and thorough understanding of Enterprise Integration Architecture patterns and best practices.  These include: Synchronous/Asynchronous messaging, Message queuing, guaranteed messaging, message correlation and sequencing, distributed transactions, etc.
• Data Integration: Understanding of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), Extract Transform Load (ETL), batch architecture platforms and frameworks (eg. Informatica PC and/or Ab Initio).
• Middleware Knowledge: Understanding of Message Oriented Middleware (for example Tibco BusinessWorks).
• UML modelling.
• Working Operating System knowledge: Windows & Linux.
• Strong relational database experience (Sybase, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle).
• An understanding of highly available, high performance, distributed architectures.
• A good understanding of Enterprise Data Modelling (Entity-Relationship Diagrams, Data Flow Diagrams, Data Vault Modelling). Prior experience with test automation.

You will have access to: 

• Opportunities to network and collaborate
• Opportunities to innovate

We can be a match if you are: 

• Curious & courageous – you’re driven by always wanting to know more and learn more
• Obsessed with mastery – you know what it takes to become good at what you do and are constantly pushing yourself to do it