Description
Contract: 6 months + will go upto 12 Months
Basic Skill: Sybase, Unix- Consultant
Responsible for the development and support of two in-house Credit Risk
business applications. This role offers the successful candidate the
opportunity to learn about the vast variety of financial products within
Capital Markets and Banking.
In addition to sound technical abilities, the successful candidate must
demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills and strong awareness of
development and change management processes. A desire to gain a deep
understanding of the business environment and a strong work ethic are also
essential.
Job Background/context:
This is a challenging and exciting opportunity to work in Belfast for one of
the world's largest Financial institutions in the development of a Global
Credit Risk Application.
This role involves many aspects of the software development life cycle,
analysis, design and development of projects for a strategic application
. The application provides the Global Credit Risk groups with the
ability to monitor and support their business activities. Candidates should
be prepared to provide of out-of-hours support on a rotational basis.
The team is responsible for new projects (regulatory, business initiated or
tech mandated) and amendments to the existing application, as defined by our
customers.
The application:
Credit Engine - is a global credit monitoring system reporting Pre
Settlement Exposure (PSE), Pre Settlement Loan Equivalent (PSLE), Settlement
Risk (SR), Expected Positive Exposure (EPE) and Direct and Contingent risk
to Risk Management users on an end-of-day basis.
Credit Engine is based on an Unix platform, running Sybase databases with
most of the components written in Perl, Unix Shell Scripts, T-SQL/Stored
Procedure development.
Key Responsibilities:
* Provide technical oversight across systems and
applications;
leverage skills across team and department.
* Partner with Support team to develop strategy regarding
overall architecture and infrastructure.
* Demonstrate drive and initiative; be goal-oriented,
dedicated
and self-sufficient.
* Be able to work well under pressure, adapt quickly to
changing
priorities and maintain focus on key tasks during busy periods.
* Provide effective client communication during regular
updates
or escalate when appropriate.
* Continue to develop further knowledge sharing
opportunities.
* Utilizing technical skills to provide solutions for
projects
assigned within the Credit Risk business.
* Work as a member of the Credit Risk team on multi-developer
projects.
* Work alongside other developers in London and New York, and
the Credit Risk Support team in Belfast.
* Perform overnight and weekend callout support as part of
the
weekly rota;
* Adherence to entire Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
* Liaising with the Business Analysts and other business
groups.
Development Value:
* Opportunity to deliver in a challenging role to business
users, and technology partners across multiple locations.
* Interaction with senior partners across Technology and
Business.
* Opportunity for personal development, enhancement of
business
& technical skills and potential career advancement
* Gain technical and business understanding of the Risk
business.
* Experience working on a team distributed across multiple
locations, a high value is placed on intra-team communication and
multi-location collaboration.
Programming
UNIX (inc Scripting/utilities, csh/ksh or similar) or other Scripting language [required]
SQL/T-SQL (Stored Procedures) [required]
Perl [required]
SQR [beneficial]
Databases
Sybase (or an industry standard database equivalent eg SQL Server, Oracle) [distinct advantage]
Qualifications:
Excellent academic record.
3rd level qualification is essential.
Exceptional candidates who do not meet these criteria may be
considered for the role provided they have the necessary skills and experience.
Competencies:
Strong & Effective Communication.
Initiative.
Planning and Organisation.
Problem Solving.
Relationship Building.
Candidate must be quality-oriented with a proven history of
delivering efficient, robust and flexible solutions in a complex and tightly controlled environment.