ERP Developer - PeopleSoft

SUMMARY:
The purpose of this position is to provide business and system analysis and programming expertise in the analysis, design, and development of business applications based on PeopleSoft/ Oracle’s development stack including maintenance of existing applications in the organization to ensure their continued effective and efficient functioning to support evolving business processes. This vacancy is based in Pretoria

POSITION INFO:
Contribute to the planning, development and maintenance of ERP customizations to support the Organization's operations. Support the implementation of the centre Balance Score Card (BSC) initiatives. Contributes to the development and implementation of the BU balance score card (BSC) initiatives

Solution Design:

• Responsible for the identification of systems/applications related issues that require more attention, and work to resolve such based on an understanding of the business problem/need this includes identification of risks that could impact business.
• Source and provide explanations and make recommendations regarding current application functionality, new features and application enhancements.
• Provide technical input to the ICT senior managers (SM) with regard to technical decisions with consideration of long-term implications.
• Responsible for the formulation of system solutions or propose business process alternatives to mitigate risks and meet business requirements.
• Provide inputs to project planning with regards to business priority, criticality, time frames and required resources.
• Provide system analysis and programming expertise in the analysis, design and development of business applications.
• Provide technical expertise make recommendations regarding application requirements and solutions.

• Define problem definition for application development:
  • Formulate and define application scope and objectives
  • Devise and modify procedures to solve business problems
  • Prepare detailed specifications from which programs will be developed, tested, debugged, and documented
  • Provide technical expertise to the business analyst regarding system requirements and solutions
• Develop business applications to meet business requirements:
  • Complying with the system development life cycle (SDLC) and project management life cycle methodologies by participating in scope assessment, risk and cost analysis
  • Ensure that applications are configured to meet business requirements
  • Develop software applications that meet the business requirements by converting the specifications, fixes etc. into working systems
  • Provide technical development leadership through full project life cycle from discovery of requirements through to implementation and go live
  • Establish appropriate workarounds for functional issues
• Perform unit testing and ensure full quality assurance performed:
• Perform unit testing of new developments and maintenance to the application system
• Liaise with the business through business analysts or service level manager to determine best correction for errors
• Correct program code, syntax or logic errors as required
• Release business applications effectively and efficiently:
  • Release application development
  • Identify the areas on which the implementation may have an effect in terms of daily operations
  • Compile relevant communication to these areas
  • Verify that the content of the training manual is aligned with system functionality.
• Address post implementation review feedback:
  • Ensure that the post-implementation testing/review is done and feedback received
  • Provide recommendations to address post-implementation feedback where corrective action is required.
• Ensure business applications are developed in accordance with applicable policies, procedures, methodologies and standards.

• Handle inquiries related to application development, maintenance and enhancements, support and tuning of new and existing applications for maximum efficiency
• Provide support on integration features between software packages
• Provide technical and functional support and guidance to stakeholders in the operation of application
• Provide guidance and technical support to the stakeholders on programming techniques to enable users to extract data for reporting purposes
• Provide business application support for escalated cases from second-line support

• Degree (NQF7) in Information Technology or Computer Science.
• At least 5 years’ experience in systems analysis, software development or related technical experience in the following:
  • Experience developing using the PeopleSoft Tool set: Application Designer, Application Engine, Component Interfaces, People Code, Application packages and Integration Broker
  • PeopleSoft systems and software packages knowledge, including implementation, system integration and support