Job Openings Natural Adabas Developer

About the job Natural Adabas Developer

Title: Natural Adabas Developer 

Position Overview:

Minimum Experience:

  • Minimum 5 years relevant experience.

  • NATURAL/ADABAS with BATCH and Online processing experience.

  • Experience in all phases of systems development and implementation.

  • Write and maintain documentation, instruction, and procedure guides.

  • Strong knowledge of NATURAL programming language.

  • Must have worked with NATURALOne.

  • Exposure to EntireX.

  • Proficiency in developing software using NATURAL/ADABAS development tools in a Linux

    environment.

    Minimum Qualification and Certification:

  • Relevant tertiary certification.

  • A relevant 3-year diploma or degree in the Information Technology space preferred.

  • NATURAL development certification.

  • NATURALOne development certification.

  • ITIL and COBIT certification.

    Minimum Requirements:

  • Unendorsed valid drivers license and own vehicle.

  • Understanding of IT governance essential.

  • Understanding of relevant industry knowledge - desirable.

    Job Outputs:

  • Maintenance and support of existing NATURAL/ADABAS system.

  • Development of new applications throughout the entire project lifecycle (SDLC).

  • Ensure adherence to standards, procedures and methods for the development and

    maintenance of the applicable applications.

  • Working from requirements and specifications unsupervised.

  • Maintain application software by coding, testing, debugging and documenting application

    features and changes.

  • Participating in activities that ensure the successful use of systems.

  • Design, develop and implement enhancements.

  • Assist with support and incident management.

  • Assist in providing documentation of enhancements and modifications.

  • Assist with the integration and implementation of systems.

Responsible for developing NATURAL ADABAS-based software solutions to do maintenance and enhancements/changes to existing software applications.
This entails performing effective evaluations of requirements, technical feasibility studies, and analysis of systems with a view to designing, building, documenting, and implementing application systems as well as enhancing existing systems.

  • Provide user training where necessary.

  • Provide assistance with regards to the identification of procedures, processes and the

    information flow required for the maintenance of systems in line with both business

    strategies and information requirements.

  • Execute technical investigations, impact analysis and compilation of technical solutions and

    action plans.

  • Perform standby and maintenance duties as required.

    Competencies:

  • Good communication skills

  • Knowledge and understanding of various IT systems and related configurations as applied

    within a specified business environment.

  • Competency in application of knowledge, techniques and skills of End User Computing

    applications in the workplace.

  • Good problem solving

  • Team and customer orientated

  • Be able to work on multiple projects.

  • Develop innovative and creative output.

  • Quality assurance skills

  • Attention to detail

  • Solid analysis skills

    Personal Attributes:

  • Committed

  • Professional

  • Resilient

  • Logic and sound judgement to solve complex system challenges.

  • Proactive

  • Adaptable

  • Building partnerships and strategic working relationships.

  • Be eager to continuously learn

  • Consistently maintaining high levels of activity or productivity.

  • Quality Orientated

  • Stress Tolerant