Java Unix - Support Analyst - Permanent role with a Bank in Singapore.

The Strategy, Architecture and Shared Application Services group is responsible for the IT strategy and business alignment of the IT capabilities and IT Assets of the Global Payments Services organization.  It performs this role within the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Asia Pacific (APAC) Regions; supporting retail banking platforms for commercial clients worldwide.

The application is built on Java and Informatica that has been customized for the Bank and the qualified individual will have,

Required Skills

o        4-8 years of experience in Application/Production Support environment

o        Java/J2EE, understanding of applications on a Unix and Linux platform

o        Understanding of the Unix file systems

o        Informatica knowledge a plus or IMB/JBOSS Web servers

o        Understanding of basic production support structures and triage management.

o        Working in a global environment across several time zones.

o        Knowledge of banking Payments/Cash Management/Treasury

o        Global banking commerce and EDI a plus. 

o        Good organizational and communications skills to be able to effectively work across global teams and interact with business partners.     

Responsibilities

o        Provide technical development and production support on the application. 

o        Includes all development and support activities which encompasses enhancements, monitoring, support, bug fixes and interfacing with Project teams on existing Unix or Linux platforms.  

Qualified Talents who are in Singapore can apply to gopinath.karunamoorthy@talent2.com. Thanks!

Solution Architect - Permanent role with a Global Banking Team in Singapore.

The Strategy, Architecture and Shared Application Services group is responsible for the IT strategy and business alignment of the IT capabilities and IT Assets of the Global Payments Services organization.  It performs this role within the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Asia Pacific (APAC) Regions; supporting retail banking platforms for commercial clients worldwide.

Skill Requirements:

The qualified individual will have significant Architectural & Business experience in

• Financial Services in Corporate Banking or Transaction Banking / Treasury / Payments / Cash Management
• Application development knowledge and experience across any technology (J2EE, .Net, Mainframe, Middleware, Architectural Design, Analysis)
• Industry best practices in Architectural methodologies and standards (e.g., Zachman, CMM/I, Rational Unified Process, IEEE-1471, TOGAF, etc…)
• Quality & Productivity methodologies (e.g., Six Sigma, TQM, CMM, etc…)
• Providing Strategic Architectural direction based on balanced Risk, Financial, Process, and Resource factors
• Interpreting Business needs and applying innovative technology solutions
• Ability to translate complex concepts into multiple architectural “views” understandable by varying audiences

Responsibilities:

The Solution Architect provides solutions architecture services and consulting within the Asia region
to the Global Payments and International Branch Technology group, and the Global Treasury Services Operations and Product business partners. Specific responsibilities will include:

• Senior Architect representation to our International Product Partners.
• Providing a senior communication channel across domains.
• Producing conceptual, logical and physical architectures that meet strategic business, financial and technology objectives.
• Technical leadership and exposure across a broad scale of tools, technologies, and architecture models.
• Adhering to architectural standards and moving toward a defined strategic business and technical architecture.
• Managing tradeoffs between speed to market, strategic architecture, quality, and financials.
• Documenting systems, architecture, process flows and value-chains.
• Oversight of the technical architecture specification to ensure traceability to the business solution drivers and strategic direction of business.
• Adhering to the Architecture process and compliance with the associated.

Qualified Talents who are in Singapore can apply to gopinath.karunamoorthy@talent2.com. Thanks!

Senior Enterprise Application Integration Architect - VP level - Global Team in Singapore.

This role emerges within Global Corporate & Commercial Investment Banking Technology team with regional focus in Singapore.

Experience Level: 7 to 10 years 

Role: Senior Enterprise Application Integration Architect

Job Type: Permanent

Work Location: Singapore

Required Skills

§         Technical exposure to .Net, J2EE, Cobol, IBM WebSphere Message Broker, IBM XI50 Datapower Appliance, SWIFT,  IBM Process Server, OOP, Midrange, Mainframe, XML

§         Business exposure to treasury management Asian payments experience (wire, ACH, card), Liquidity, Capital markets, Credit facilities, loan syndication, etc

§         Business Process Modeling

Responsibilities

§         A Sr. Technical Architect understanding large scale global integration platforms and key design components of an Enterprise Application Integration & Enterprise Service Bus

§         Candidate will be a senior team member supporting initiatives in the integration shared service domain directly involved with the day-to-day activities of integration projects, providing first-line support for design and advice

§         Understand various enterprise integration patterns including frameworks, metadata management, business process management and SOA software design principles

§         Creates the conceptual architecture of the design and clearly describes the rationale for decisions and implications of decisions

§         Translate the project business requirements into use-cases or sequence diagrams and specifies the interface design in precise, unambiguous and actionable terms

§         Defines and maintains the integration infrastructure MGP and integration reference architecture; supports the shared services engagement model and supporting processes

§         Has the ability to develop strong interpersonal alliances with business and technology partners, both within and outside the organization; Establishes credibility and respect with others; convinces/influences others to embrace a position or take a specific course of action.

§         Relationship management aligning integration assets and capabilities to business needs

Interested and Qualified Candidates who are in Singapore can apply to gopinath.karunamoorthy@talent2.com  

Thanks!

Senior Technical (J2EE/Websphere) Architect (upto VP Level) - Permanent role in Singapore

This is a newly created role under Payments, Global Commercial and Corporate Banking Technology team.

Role: Senior Technical (J2EE/Websphere) Architect

Job Type: Permanent

Work Location: Singapore

Essential:

§         Global Payments Experience

§         J2EE background

§         Oracle Databases

§         Deep understanding of SOA, OOP, IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) Platforms

§         WebSphere Process Server & Process Orchestration

§         Understanding of SWIFT MT or ISO20022 formats

Desirable:

§         Six Sigma

§         Business Process Modeling.

Responsibilities

§         Sr. Technical Architect to define and deliver key components of the SDLC and support analyst in the development of process flows, use cases and sequence diagrams.

§         Candidate will be a senior team and set overall payments platform direction and insure key architectural tenants are adhered to as we meet short and long term business objectives of this Shared Services platform.

§         This is a hand’s on role working directly with developers, business analyst and business partners in the payments domain.

§         Creates the conceptual architecture of the design and clearly describes the rationale for decisions and implications of decisions.

§         Translate the project business requirements into use-cases or sequence diagrams and specifies the interface design in precise, unambiguous and actionable terms.

§         Qualified individuals performing effectively in this role will have a proven record of balancing innovative Technology Solutions with a strong personal Business acumen.

§         Communication and presentation will be critical to success in this role insuring alignment of our business goals with technology roadmaps. In addition a strong understanding of SOA software design principles is essential.

§         Has the ability to develop strong interpersonal alliances with business and technology partners, both within and outside the organization; Establishes credibility and respect with others; convinces/influences others to embrace a position or take a specific course of action.

§         Understanding of globalization concepts like I18ln and L10n.

§         Experience in payments initiation, processing, clearing and settlement in a multinational Wholesale, Commercial or corporate bank in a plus

Interested and Qualified Candidates who are in Singapore can apply to gopinath.karunamoorthy@talent2.com  

Thanks!

Middleware Application Programmer (upto VP Level) - Position with a Global Bank in Singapore.

The role is within the Integrated Payment and Shared Services Organization (IPSS) and as a Technical Analyst on the Integration Services Development (ISD) team you will be primarily responsible for integration service modeling (design) and coordination of the service development lifecycle (technical project management) within the IPSS. This role requires a high degree of professionalism and ability to execute technical and non-technical tasks while acting the primary point of contact for initiative project teams and resources within IPSS. This is a critical position and has a significant amount of impact on the outcome and timeliness of large initiatives.

Employment Type: Permanent

Work Location: Singapore

Role: Middleware Applications Programmer

Experience Required:

o        7 years professional experience along with 1-3 years of experience in integration (Middleware)

o        Knowledge/experience designing and managing the development of services within an integration platform

o        Business Requirements / use case development and analysis

o        Creation of project deliverables (i.e. high/low level design, project /task plan)

Skills Required:

o        IBM WebSphere Message Broker / IBM Datapower, MQ Series, Altova XML Spy

o        Web services modeling and XML (i.e. knowledge of WSDL, XSD)

o        Technical project management requiring the design and build of messaging based infrastructure (i.e. MQ series, HTTP load balancing)

o        Experience with Waterfall and Agile development methodologies

o        Sequence diagramming (i.e. UML like interaction diagrams)

Responsibilities:

o        Business Requirements and use case analysis to determine the potential integration impact

o        Communicate and promote Request Processor/SOA integration strategy

o        Design/model integration (Web) services within the Request Processor development framework

o        Production of ISD project and service deliverables (i.e. Integration matrix, high/low level design)

o        Manage integration specific work-streams through low-level design

o        Primary ISD/IPSS representation to project teams

o        Facilitate and/or participate in reoccurring development, test and implementation checkpoints

o        Provide architectural direction as necessary (emphasis on integration best practices)

Qualified Candidates who are in Singapore can apply to gopinath.karunamoorthy@talent2.com

Thanks!

Implementation Business Analyst - Permanent role with a Global Bank in Singapore.

This role is responsible for the successful implementation of a number of key initiatives and regulatory projects within Global Corporate and Commercial Banking ~ Middleware team.

Employment Type: Permanent
Work Location: Singapore
Role: Implementation Business Analyst

Experience required: 5+ years

Required Skills 

• Proven track recorded in either a previous Business Analysis/Project Management role and/or equivalent technical role where they were a Subject Matter Expert (SME) to the business.
• Previous experience in gathering and analysis of business requirements within the financial sector, ensuring thorough engagement of requirements for projects related to critical systems.
• Previous exposure to banking/finance and payment systems.
• Technical exposure to Middleware and/or Mainframe systems.
• Experience in Six Sigma process improvement tools
• Experience working in Agile/Iterative Development teams advantageous

Responsibilities

Acting as the main contact between business partners and technology platform, the candidate will 

• Apply business acumen effectively to drive out requirements from business units, translating and defining into meaningful technical requirements to development teams.
• Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills. They must be able to converse and tailor conversations appropriate to the differing audiences to accurately record information, balancing talking and listening to foster candid dialogue and to crisply get points across. 
• Build relationships and strong interpersonal alliances at appropriate levels within the organization to acquire resources, overcome barriers and gain support to ensure the team’s success.
• Applies technical knowledge in determining end to end design requirements for large projects involving line of business, software/hardware developers and vendors.
• Work closely with business partners to define strategies for technical solutions, determine requirements, and develop functional designs based on the analysis of line of business needs, objectives and existing systems infrastructure.
• Drives and participates in design, development and implementation of large and complex enterprise wide applications, often using new technologies. 
• Work closely with developers and testers to ensure requirements and functional designs are translated accurately into working technical designs and that test plans and scripts serve customer needs.
• Works under minimal supervision on enterprise wide projects requiring creative solutions.

Interested Candidates who are in Singapore can apply to gopinath.karunamoorthy@talent2.com

Thanks!