Profession ICT application developer

Software engineers research, analyse and evaluate requirements for existing or new software applications and operating systems, and design, develop, test and maintain software solutions to meet these requirements.

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Personality Type

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  • IT software tester
  • IT systems analyst
  • Software or multimedia developer or analyst, all other

Knowledge

  • Tools for software configuration management

    The software programs to perform configuration identification, control, status accounting and audit, such as CVS, ClearCase, Subversion, GIT and TortoiseSVN perform this management.

  • Service-oriented modelling

    The principles and fundamentals of service-oriented modelling for business and software systems that allow the design and specification of service-oriented business systems within a variety of architectural styles, such as enterprise architecture and application architecture.

  • Integrated development environment software

    The suite of software development tools for writing programs, such as compiler, debugger, code editor, code highlights, packaged in a unified user interface, such as Visual Studio or Eclipse.

  • ICT debugging tools

    The ICT tools used to test and debug programs and software code, such as GNU Debugger (GDB), Intel Debugger (IDB), Microsoft Visual Studio Debugger, Valgrind and WinDbg.

  • Computer programming

    The techniques and principles of software development, such as analysis, algorithms, coding, testing and compiling of programming paradigms (e.g. object oriented programming, functional programming) and of programming languages.

Skills

  • Create flowchart diagram

    Compose a diagram that illustrates systematic progress through a procedure or system using connecting lines and a set of symbols.

  • Debug software

    Repair computer code by analysing testing results, locating the defects causing the software to output an incorrect or unexpected result and removing these faults.

  • Develop automated migration methods

    Create automated transfer of ICT information between storage types, formats and systems to save human resources from performing the task manually.

  • Develop software prototype

    Create a first incomplete or preliminary version of a piece of software application to simulate some specific aspects of the final product.

  • Use software design patterns

    Utilise reusable solutions, formalised best practices, to solve common ICT development tasks in software development and design.

  • Provide technical documentation

    Prepare documentation for existing and upcoming products or services, describing their functionality and composition in such a way that it is understandable for a wide audience without technical background and compliant with defined requirements and standards. Keep documentation up to date.

  • Analyse software specifications

    Assess the specifications of a software product or system to be developed by identifying functional and non-functional requirements, constraints and possible sets of use cases which illustrate interactions between the software and its users.

  • Use software libraries

    Utilise collections of codes and software packages which capture frequently used routines to help programmers simplify their work.

  • Identify customer requirements

    Apply techniques and tools, such as surveys, questionnaires, ICT applications, for eliciting, defining, analysing, documenting and maintaining user requirements from system, service or product.

  • Interpret technical texts

    Read and understand technical texts that provide information on how to perform a task, usually explained in steps.

  • Utilise computer-aided software engineering tools

    Use software tools (CASE) to support the development lifecycle, design and implementation of software and applications of high-quality that can be easily maintained.

  • Propose ICT solutions to business problems

    Suggest how to solve business issues, using ICT means, so that business processes are improved.

  • Manage business knowledge

    Set up structures and distribution policies to enable or improve information exploitation using appropriate tools to extract, create and expand business mastery.

Optional knowledge and skills

php use functional programming groovy microsoft visual c++ use logic programming hybrid model staf salt (tools for software configuration management) saas (service-oriented modelling) adapt to changes in technological development plans apl xcode pascal (computer programming) lisp open source model design user interface java (computer programming) world wide web consortium standards scala python (computer programming) puppet (tools for software configuration management) kdevelop sap r3 migrate existing data javascript use automatic programming cobol swift (computer programming) abap scratch (computer programming) ajax assembly (computer programming) c# ruby (computer programming) sas language objective-c ict security legislation matlab asp.net jenkins (tools for software configuration management) develop creative ideas typescript collect customer feedback on applications outsourcing model use object-oriented programming c++ use concurrent programming object-oriented modelling internet of things common lisp perl visual studio .net r haskell ml (computer programming) vbscript integrate system components apache maven openedge advanced business language software anomalies prolog (computer programming) ansible eclipse (integrated development environment software)

Source: Sisyphus ODB