UX/UI Designer

Recruiter:

Owethu Managed Services (Pty) Ltd

Job Ref:

PTA000005/NK

Date posted:

Friday, October 21, 2022

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

SUMMARY:
Job Summary
Apply critical thinking & problem solving skills to contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle & quickly produce well-organised, optimized, and documented source code to deliver high-performing, scalable, enterprise-grade applications.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Job Description
Accountability: DEVOPS

Apply critical thinking, design thinking and problem solving skills in an agile team environment to solve technical problems (Front End, Back End OR Middleware) with high quality solutions
Contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle including
Evaluate analysis, problem definition, business requirements, solution development & provide recommendations to enable the operational feasibility of solutions
Quickly produce well-organised, optimized, and documented source code to deliver technical solutions
Ensure designs & solutions support the technical organisation principles of self-service, repeatability, testability, scalability & resilience
Apply general design patterns and paradigms to deliver technical solutions
Support the development of CI / CD Pipelines (authoring & supporting CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins / similar tools and deploying to multi-site Kubernetes environments – supporting and managing your applications all the way to production)
Use & configure modern observability techniques leveraging e.g. aggregated logging via ELK stack, metrics via Prometheus / Grafana /
NewRElic and tracing using Zipkin/Jaeger
Automate tasks through appropriate tools and scripting e.g. Jenkins, Docker, Ansible, Kubernetes
Debug existing source code and polish feature sets.
Work with integrated teams and other developers to improve and evolve technical products and services
Align all application development & development process to Group Architecture & Infrastructure guidelines
Provide input into project & program teams (when required) to plan & manage the development lifecycle e.g. releases, risk management, Accountability: DEVOPS
Apply critical thinking, design thinking and problem solving skills in an agile team environment to solve technical problems (Front End, Back End OR Middleware) with high quality solutions
Contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle including
Evaluate analysis, problem definition, business requirements, solution development & provide recommendations to enable the operational feasibility of solutions
Quickly produce well-organised, optimized, and documented source code to deliver technical solutions
Ensure designs & solutions support the technical organisation principles of self-service, repeatability, testability, scalability & resilience
Apply general design patterns and paradigms to deliver technical solutions
Support the development of CI / CD Pipelines (authoring & supporting CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins / similar tools and deploying to multi-site Kubernetes environments – supporting and managing your applications all the way to production)
Use & configure modern observability techniques leveraging e.g. aggregated logging via ELK stack, metrics via Prometheus / Grafana / NewRElic and tracing using Zipkin/Jaeger
Automate tasks through appropriate tools and scripting e.g. Jenkins, Docker, Ansible, Kubernetes
Debug existing source code and polish feature sets.
Work with integrated teams and other developers to improve and evolve technical products and services
Align all application development & development process to Group Architecture & Infrastructure guidelines
Provide input into project & program teams (when required) to plan & manage the development lifecycle e.g. releases, risk management, testing, integration etc.
Conduct reviews, performance monitoring & ongoing optimization and maintenance on applications
Stay ahead of the curve on emerging technologies and development practices and continuously evolve existing knowledge & skill in preparation for cross domain and other experiences e.g. Secure Side, Testing, Infrastructure solutions etc.

People

Conduct peer reviews, testing, problem solving within and across the broader team
Support the people change teams in the development of user material (Customer, Employee & 3rd Party Adoption)

Risk & Governance

Identify technical risks and mitigate these (pre, during & post release)
Update / Design all application documentation aligned to the organization technical standards and risk / governance frameworks
Participate in incident management & DR activity – applying critical thinking, problem solving & technical expertise to get to the bottom of Major incidents

Accountability: Compliance and Regulatory compliance
Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise Wide Risk Management
Understand and manage risks and risk events (incidents) relevant to the role.

Minimum Education

Information Technology NQF 6 qualification or equivalent
Certified Salesforce Platform Developer 1 accreditation
Minimum Experience 3 Years Financial Services Platform experience of which 1 year 6 months is Sales Force experience

Knowledge And Skills

Solid understanding of key SFDC architectural concepts (e.g., API and governor limits) and how they influence design.
Advanced knowledge of programming languages (APEX, VisualForce, JavaScript, SOQL, HTML5 etc.).
Strong ability to interface with end users to solve issues and elicit requirements.
Solid understanding of key SFDC architectural concepts (e.g. API and governor limits) and how they influence design.
Certified Platform Developer 1
Experience working on an agile development team.

In this role you will have the opportunity to:

Perform competitive analysis and research for projects
Research and analyze industry UX/UI trends and competitor sites and strategies.
Conduct & Facilitate requirements, design, and implementation reviews
Create and maintain user experience documents and diagrams including but not limited to content diagrams, content maps, wire frame diagrams and static prototypes. This objective will include sub-tasks and coordination such as:
- Gather and evaluate user requirements in collaboration with product managers and engineers
- Illustrate design ideas using storyboards, process flows and sitemaps
- Design graphic user interface elements, like menus, tabs and widgets
- Design page navigation elements and common user metaphors
Direct ongoing usability testing and assessment
Participate in key internal meetings including weekly status updates and planning sessions
Review user adoption of deliverables and acceptance testing with product support
- Identify and troubleshoot UX problems (e.g. responsiveness)
- Conduct layout adjustments based on user feedback
- Confirm adherence to style standards on fonts, colors and images
Ensure all versions of project UX/UI documents are complete, current, and stored/ archived appropriately

The successful candidate for this role will have the following skills and experience:

At least 3 years of experience in a professional UX design role
Strong working knowledge of key prototyping tools
Up to date knowledge of user-centered design and best practice
Understanding of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
Strong team and project management skills
Working knowledge of HTML and CSS
Experience with responsive and mobile UX
Excellent communication skills

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