Analyst Developer Internship

Full job description
Who are we?
Glacier by Sanlam brings together leading experts and respected financial services companies to meet clients’ investment needs. We deliver focused investment services through specialist teams, partner with acclaimed financial intermediaries and pride ourselves on our superior products and solutions and high quality service. We offer a comprehensive range of investment solutions, designed to assist in the creation and preservation of wealth. Our offering encompasses local investments, including fixed term investments and investments with guarantees, international investments, retirement saving solutions, and retirement income solutions. While each solution has its own distinct purpose, they all share the world-class quality and commitment that have come to distinguish Glacier.
What will you do?
 

The Analyst Developer Intern (GPA) is responsible for helping build high performing, scalable, enterprise grade applications. This includes but is not limited to applying critical thinking, design thinking and problem-solving skills in an agile team environment to solve complex technical problems (Front End, Back End and Integration) with high quality implementations & getting involved in all phases of the development lifecycle. This role will be residing at the Glacier Office in Rosebank, Johannesburg, reporting directly to the Lead Product Engineer in GPA.
 

Key Outcomes
 

The following outcomes will be expected to be achieved by Analyst Developer Intern

DevOps:

 
Apply critical thinking, design thinking and problem-solving skills in an agile team environment to solve complex technical problems (Front End, Back End and Integration) with high quality solutions leveraging C# (.NET), SQL Server, JavaScript/Typescript, ReactJs, Apex, Kubernetes, RabbitMQ, Git and AWS.
Contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle
Size stories considering the complexity of implementation
Follow application design and architecture to develop scalable, secure and maintainable applications
Produce well-organised, optimized, and documented source code to deliver technical solutions
Leverage troubleshooting skills and underlying knowledge of technology to solve technical challenges during the design, implementation and support phase of the project
Adhere to the technical organisation principles of self-service, repeatability, testability, scalability & resilience
Implement general design patterns and paradigms to deliver technical solutions
Create & Maintain DevSecOps CI/CD Pipelines (authoring & supporting CI/CD pipelines in Apex and AzureDevOps for deployment to multi-site environments – supporting your applications all the way to production).
Use & configure modern observability techniques to provide a deeper understanding of the application using AppDynamics, Instana and OpenTelemetry
Automate tasks through appropriate tools and scripting e.g. Docker, Kubernetes, Powershell, Groovy
Debug existing source code and polish feature sets.
Work with guilds and other technical SME’s to improve and evolve technical products and services
Apply unit testing frameworks and perform integration, validation and verification testing using Moq and MsTest
Managing branching and merging in support of project delivery. Setup quality gates to ensure conformance to team best practices
Align all application development & development process to Group Architecture, Security & Infrastructure guidelines
Work with project & program teams 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 e.g. scripting languages, containerization etc.

 
People

Work with other team members under the leadership of the Lead Product Engineer to deliver solutions
Conduct peer reviews, testing, problem solving within and across the broader team
Participate as a subject matter expert in the development & development planning of the broader product engineering team
Self-leadership to learn, develop skills and confidence

 
Risk & Governance

Participate in incident management & DR activity – applying critical thinking, problem solving & technical expertise to get to the bottom of major incidents
Deliver on time & within specification
What will make you successful in this role?
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Qualifications and experience

 
Relevant qualification in IT, preferably a degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Informatics or Equivalent

 
Competencies

 
Problems solving
Discipline
Cultivates Innovation
Collaborates

 
Attributes

 
Positive, enthusiastic attitude
Self mastery
Teamwork
Ability to work under pressure
Honesty, integrity and respect
Self-starter and self confidence
Personal Attributes
Interpersonal savvy – Contributing through others
Decision quality – Contributing through others
Plans and aligns – Contributing through others
Optimises work processes – Contributing through others
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
Cultivates innovation – Contributing through others
Customer focus – Contributing through others
Drives results – Contributing through others
Collaborates – Contributing through others
Being resilient – Contributing through others
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.
Our commitment to transformation
 
The Sanlam Group is committed to achieving transformation and embraces diversity. This commitment is what drives us to achieve a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace as we believe that these are key components to ensuring a thriving and sustainable business in South Africa. The Group’s Employment Equity plan and targets will be considered as part of the selection process.