Java Developer recruitment

Job ID: 21853

Position Description:
SunGard's Asset Management segment provides business-critical
investment and operational support to asset management businesses
in 30 countries, spanning the world of traditional and alternative
investment. Our customers include institutional investors, hedge
funds, private equity firms, and third party administrators. Our
systems support every stage of the investment process, from
portfolio management, risk and valuation to compliance, accounting,
and transfer agency. With more than 1,000 staff in financial
centers around the world and more than $25 trillion processed on
our platforms, our business is a global leader in asset management
technology.

*In line with the Black Economic Empowerment programme, we will
only be considering applications from South African citizens*

The SunGard Investment Management Systems (SIMS) a business unit
within SunGard is seeking a Software Engineer to join the
Distributed Architecture Development Group to work on the Asset
Arena Investment Accounting (InvestOne) product. This candidate
will be responsible for architecting, developing, and supporting
the Java/JSP Enterprise web application.

Essential Duties:

• Working with complex subject matter independently as well as with
remote development groups
• Performing complex systems analysis and programming activities
that may require research
• Working with off-shore development and QA teams
• Using leading-edge technologies, developing and documenting
effective and reliable code that meets functional and technical
requirements and adheres to software engineering/object oriented
best practices
• Working with Software Quality Assurance team to develop and
execute comprehensive quality assurance plans
• Providing 2nd tier production level support

Position Requirements:
• Bachelor's degree in an IT-related discipline or the equivalent
of education and experience
• Application development design experience in Java, JSP,
Java Servlets, Struts and Hibernate required
• Experience with Sybase or Oracle
• Experience with XML, HTML, JMS, UML, JUnit, log4j, ANT, BEA Web
logic Server, Tomcat, MyEclipse and Linux desired
• Strong grasp of relational database concepts
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Excellent written/verbal skills

*In line with the Black Economic Empowerment programme, we will
only be considering applications from South African citizens*