System Developer
BMC Group, Pakistan

Systems developers create, maintain, audit and improve systems to meet particular needs, often as advised by a systems analyst or architect. They test both hard and software systems and diagnose and resolve system faults.

asks vary according to the type of organisation and size of employer, but may typically involve:

analysing user requirements;

researching, designing and writing new software programs;

testing new programs and fault finding;

evaluating the software and systems that make computers and hardware work;

developing existing programs by analysing and identifying areas for modification;

integrating existing software products and getting incompatible platforms to work together;

creating technical specifications and test plans;

writing and testing code and then refining and rewriting as necessary;

writing systems to control the scheduling of jobs on a mainframe computer or to control the access allowed to users or remote systems;

writing operational documentation with technical authors;

maintaining systems by monitoring and correcting software defects;

working closely with other staff, such as project managers, graphic artists, UX designers, other developers, systems analysts and sales and marketing professionals;

consulting clients and colleagues concerning the maintenance and performance of software systems with a view to writing or modifying current operating systems;

investigating new technologies;

continually updating technical knowledge and skills by attending in-house and external courses, reading manuals and accessing new applications.

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