JAVA Developer- Health Systems: Talent Pool

Business Unit: Discovery Health

Function: Information Technology

Date: 20 Mar 2025

Discovery – Health Systems (DHS)

Java Developer (Intermediate) - Talent Pool

About Discovery

Discovery’s core purpose is to make people healthier and to enhance and protect their lives. We seek out and invest in exceptional individuals who understand and support our core purpose, and whose own values align with those of Discovery. Our fast-paced and dynamic environment enables smart, self-driven people to be their best. As global thought leaders, Discovery is passionate about innovating in order to not only achieve financial success, but to ignite positive and meaningful change within our society.

About Discovery Health Benefit Solutions Team

Working in a high performance organization that prides itself in attracting the finest talent, we challenge ourselves to find solutions that make a difference in the world. Our environment is always buzzing with energy and smart, motivated people working on finding the best way to move forward.

An intermediate Java Developer position is available in the Health Benefit Solutions System team to work on dynamic new projects and product enhancements in order to improve business inefficiencies, gain competitive advantage on our products and ultimately to provide better service to our clients. Using knowledge of the organization’s technology infrastructure and specific software applications, the intermediate Java developer will help the business to address changes through technologies.

Key Purpose

Within the Health Benefit Solutions system area, the Java developer must work together with Business Analyst, System Architect and managers, to understand the overall business need and the requirements, design the system solution using various approaches and technologies, implement the designed solution in the system with high quality source codes.

The Java Developer will support the projects throughout the project lifecycle, including requirements, design, implementation, release and post release support.

The Java Developer in the Claims and Care area must be technically support and maintain the deployed applications on dev, test and production environments.

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to:

The successful candidate will be required to perform but not limited to the following key outputs in respect of the Health Benefit Solutions portfolio:

The system development life cycle and involvement in each stage the defined system development tools, processes and workflows
Part of the team in distinguishing between business, functional and non-functional requirements and how to implement them
Delivery of high quality source code and the technologies used and the systems components structure
Develop, test, and maintain the deployed application software with high quality
Analyse, maintain and enhance existing application and troubleshoot issues with efficiency
Perform accurate development estimation

Competencies

The successful candidate must demonstrate the following competencies:

Software release management
Solution Design and Implementation
Software testing and Test Driven development
Software deployment and maintenance
Change control
Time management and prioritization
Analytical and problem solving skills
Self-starter who takes ownership, is accountable, and is able to work under minimum supervision
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Can help with quality assurance and provide comments

Education and Experience

BSc Computer Science or equivalent 3-year IT qualification
3+ source code Java (version 8) development experience (support and maintenance)
Deep understanding of the SpringBoot Framework, Hibernate
WebLogic, JBoss Application Server experience
Presentation layer development (JSP, JavaScript, Angular 6, JQuery)
SOAP, REST, XML, XSLT, Web Services experience
Maven, ANT build scripts
JMS, Tibco EMS experience
Java Batch Scheduling (Flux, Quartz) experience
Knowledge with Business Rules Management Frameworks and continuous integration
Experience with DevOps (Atlassian Suite) and Linux (L5, LVS, Apache)
Experience with containerization virtual systems (Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker)
Exposure to an agile methodology driven environment
Experience in the delivery and deployment of projects within the SDLC within a high pressure complex environment

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY

The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.