Application System Analyst - Banking Technology

Responsibilities:

. Work closely with the BA, infra, deployments and vendor teams.

. Use and manage vendor augmented resources and ensure work assignments for high utilization and effective, quality outcomes while avoiding re-work

. Drive technical innovation to enhance functional and technical capabilities of the platform

. Build frameworks for configuration instead of code for each component

. Communicate with technical and non-technical resources and work with limited direction while being highly productive

. Apply standards and industry frameworks while leverage existing technologies and tools in the Bank

. Implement solutions considering functionality, data, security, integration, infrastructure and performance.

. Produce detailed design /low level design documents that communicate the system design effectively

. Drive adherence to development, configuration management and deployment standards for solutions

. Analyse performance test, vulnerability assessments and any other test related issues that arise during projects

. Manage, address and resolve project-related technical issues in a timely fashion, ensuring necessary escalation and communication to stakeholders as necessary

. Select, train, develop and manage technical team members in a conducive team environment

. Lead multi-vendor teams to successfully deliver solutions

. Guide the project team in issue resolution to meet the requirements and timelines

Requirements:

Education:

• Degree with 8-10 years of current, hands on technical experience

Essential:

• 8 to 10 years of hands-on technical experience.
• Go-getter attitude with strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong experience across the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), including both Agile and Waterfall project delivery methodologies.
• Strong hands-on experience in: Java/J2EE application development, Oracle SQL / PL-SQL,
• Basic Unix/Linux knowledge, including: File system navigation, Process monitoring, Log analysis
• Hands-on shell scripting experience (e.g. Shell, Korn Shell, Bash) will be an advantage.
• Experience with middleware and integration technologies such as: WebLogic / WebSphere, SFTP / Connect Direct / MQ / API, XML / JSON
• Understanding of DevOps tools and software delivery practices (e.g. Jenkins, GitHub, SonarQube, CI/CD pipelines).
• Experience in technical design, low-level design, and solution documentation.
• Experience in incident investigation, root cause analysis, and issue resolution.

Advantage / Good to Have:

. Banking or Financial Services domain experience.

. Experience with performance tuning and automation.

• Understanding of data security, privacy, data protection, regulatory, and compliance requirements.

. Experience with Microservices architecture.

. Exposure to Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, or container technologies.

. Exposure to Kafka or event-driven architecture.

Personal Attributes:

• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong stakeholder management, interpersonal, and leadership skills.
• Ability to work effectively with Business Analysts, Infrastructure, Security, Testing, Deployment, and Vendor teams.
• Passionate, proactive, and results-oriented with a strong sense of ownership.

Key Domain/ Technical Skills:

• Java/J2EE Application Development & SDLC Delivery
• Oracle SQL/PL-SQL, Application Support & Troubleshooting
• Unix/Linux, Middleware (WebLogic/WebSphere) & System Integration