Description
Job Title: Subject Matter Expert & Technical Lead
Start Date: ASAP
End Date: 29th Jan 2025
Location: Sheffield (Hybrid)
Contract
Business Overview:
Core Banking (Global) is responsible for the development and maintenance of the Core Banking platforms globally. This role sits within Core Banking (UK), specifically the Retail Processing System (RPS), the Core Banking platform.
Purpose of the Job:
- To act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in one or more of the domains/products/applications supported by RPS.
- Provide the capability to support 'getting the job done' through a combination of technical change as well as organizational change:
- Provide expertise in system/solution design.
- Provide empathy and understanding of the people and roles they play in organizations.
- Provide expertise and knowledge to influence decision making at a senior level.
- Deliver solutions across potentially multiple mechanisms/methodologies with a high empathy for continuous delivery and incremental business outcome.
- Participate and influence product planning and strategy sessions.
- Validate the facts and details of deliverable to meet the needs of stakeholders, standards, and best practices.
- Provide a 'Customer Centric approach' to all aspects of the role.
- Assess and articulate the impact of a change/incident on the system to all stakeholders.
- Provide system expertise to help resolve production incidents.
- Perform regular risk assessments.
- Identify potential functional risks and challenges early in the project life cycle.
- Mentor new technologists entering the domain or the role.
- Regularly document user guides, knowledge materials and blogs about the business impacts/benefits of product deliveries.
- Keep abreast with Industry trends & practices to align the deliverable(s) in-line with market changes.
Responsible For:
- Providing SME guidance across specific domains/products/applications in support of all elements of delivery/design/stakeholder support and service resilience.
- Providing key artefacts across specific domains/products/applications in support of all elements of delivery/design/stakeholder support and service resilience.
ESSENTIAL CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS (Experience, skills, competencies etc.)
- RPS is primarily hosted on IBM z-Series Mainframe. Experience of Cobol across batch and online (CICS) environments supported by a DB2 database is therefore essential.
- Experience of working within a banking organization.
IDEAL CANDIDATE REQURIEMENTS (Experience, skills, competencies etc.)
Track record of providing:
- Analytical thinking and problem solving.
- Delivery across multiple projects/platforms.
- Support for issue resolution.
- Functional support and a strong trusting relationship across multiple Business and Technology stakeholders.
- Mentoring of others.