Software Developer (Cobol)

Who we are

Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Banking (Crédit Agricole CIB) is the corporate and investment banking arm of Crédit Agricole Group, world's 10th largest bank by total assets.

Our Singapore center is the 2nd largest IT setup (after Paris Head Office) for Crédit Agricole CIB's worldwide business. We work daily with international branches located in 30 markets by:

• Envisioning and preparing the Bank's futures information systems
• Partnering and supporting core banking flagships and transverse areas in their large scale development projects
• Providing premium In-house Banking applications

This unique positioning empowers us to bring our core banking business a sustainable competitive advantage on the market.

We seek innovative and agile people sharing our mindset to support ambitious and forthcoming technological challenges.

Position

In a challenging and multicultural environment, we seek a Senior Cobol Developer to join our CASH MANAGEMENT & CORPORATE BANKING SERVICES (CCS) DEPARTMENT. CCS design and manage the ICBS (International Core Banking System) of CA-CIB.

The department is in charge of the development and maintenance of financial core banking modules, including Accounts & Expense Management, Referential System and Access management system etc.

The position requires autonomy and reliability in performing duties while maintaining close communication with the rest of project/support teams as well as the ability to work on multiple projects concurrently. The candidate will need to develop a good understanding of both IT systems and business processes. As a COBOL developer you will be involved in analyzing functional specifications for development, prepare technical documentation, design, code and test as per the needs of our ICBS Information System.

You will ensure the assigned projects; activities and tasks are delivered within the defined time, scope, cost and quality.

Main Responsibilities

• Research, design, and develop software.
• Update software, enhances existing software capabilities, and develops and direct software testing and validation procedures.
• Develop, implement and test components from functional specifications.
• Elaborate technical specifications, based on functional requirements and high level architecture.
• Work with other engineers to integrate hardware and/or software systems
• Contribute to technical design and liaise with business analysts on all aspects of business requirements.
• Analyse user needs and develop software solutions
• Participate in analyzing, resolving and providing technical support escalated to the team.
• Develop specifications and performance requirements.
• Draft specifications, technical design, unit tests, peer reviews and detailed system integration documents and any other documents as required during the project lifecycle.
• Contribute to maintaining a high standard of delivery quality.
• Participate in technical discussions and propose solutions based on industry best practices.
• Perform level 3 Support of applications in production - analyze and resolve issues as they arise.

Qualifications and Profile

• Bachelor's degree in any of these faculties: Computer Science / Information Technology / Programming & Systems Analysis / Science (Computer Studies)
• 4-7 years of relevant experiences in Cobol and ProC.

Functional

• General knowledge or background in Banking is a plus

Technical

• Hand on experience on Micro Focus COBOL
• Hand on experience on C and Pro*C languages
• Hand on experience on Shell scripting
• Hand on experience on SQL/PL-SQL
• Hand on experience on GitLab
• Hand on experience on Oracle
• Exposure in Docker, Kubernetes
• Exposure in Jenkins, Maven
• Exposure in CD/CI implementation
• Exposure in MQ and CFT