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Global Custody and Clearing provide world class solution for asset servicing and transaction functions primarily to intermediaries such as broker-dealers, banks, fund managers, insurance companies and other global investors through our proprietary network in over 60 markets. We are the market leader in this range of products and maintain a large share of global custodian and international broker/dealer clients, having a rapidly growing presence in local custody (safekeeping services).

Under Global Custody Corporate Actions Interactive Noticeboard (CAIN) is a client facing platform that offers end-to-end corporate action management throughout the corporate action life cycle. The CAIN application offers alerting, reporting, customized filtering and it allows clients to respond to their corporate action events.

• About the Role
  The Applications Development Technology Sr Programmer Analyst role is a Senior position responsible for establishing and implementing new or revised application systems and programs. The overall objective of this role is analysis and programming activities.

• Conduct tasks related to feasibility studies, time and cost estimates, IT planning, risk technology, applications development, model development, and establish and implement new or revised applications systems and programs to meet specific business needs or user areas

• Participate in the development process including analysis, design, construction, testing, and implementation as well as provide user and operational support on applications to business users

• Utilize in-depth specialty knowledge of applications development to analyze complex problems/issues, provide evaluation of business process, system process, and industry standards, and make evaluative judgement

• Work closely with other technical and business teams across multiple locations to respond to technical enquiries, gather requirements and deliver technical solutions

• Troubleshoot time-sensitive production issues by working with support teams and users to perform relevant diagnostics, identifying the cause and planning both short-term and long-term resolution

• Analyze data and system outputs to determine the effectiveness of existing data flows

• Translate business requirements into high-level software designs that are scalable, maintainable and use industry-and company-wide best practices.

• Implement well-tested and fully maintainable software, involving both new and existing components as required

• Use code reviews and static code analysis to improve the quality of code and highlight vulnerabilities early in the software development lifecycle

• Write unit and integration tests for all code, ensuring it is tested to a high standard

• Apply a security-by-design approach to development, using recommended controls and techniques to secure software, and remediate vulnerabilities where identified

• Configure and adapt continuous delivery systems to ensure an optimal build and deployment pipeline

• Deliver software enhancements to agreed timescales and in accordance with the prescribed policies and processes.

• Ensure the right engineering standards are being applied by the team at all stages of software development and maintaining/evolving these as required.

• Contribute to the team’s documentation, ensuring data flows and components are well documented, as well as appropriate onboarding, troubleshooting and technical guides.

• Recommend and develop security measures in post implementation analysis of business usage to ensure successful system design and functionality

• Consult with users/clients and other technology groups on issues, recommend advanced programming solutions, and install and assist customer exposure systems

• Ensure essential procedures are followed and help define operating standards and processes

• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

Essential Technical Requirements:

• Good track record of relevant experience in design and development of Java based systems.
• 8 years’ working experience in JAVA 8, Core JAVA, J2EE, Spring/Spring Boot Restful Services
• Databases – DB2/Oracle or equivalent with SQL, PL/SQL programming expertise.
• Experience in Core Java, Java EE and ReactJS / JavaScript / Typescript / CSS4 / HTML5.
• Experience in working on multiple technologies and medium to complex systems, well versed with design standards & framework
• Quick learner of new tools and technologies.
• Able to work with distributed teams across multiple time zones.
• Technologies required – Core Java, Java EE, Multithreading/Concurrency, RESTful Development, JavaScript, CSS, ReactJS.
• Experience in Spring Framework, Spring Integration and persistence frameworks like JPA, Hibernate.
• Experience in event driven architecture and development of Spring Boot based components integrating with Kafka and MQ
• Excellent knowledge of Relational Databases, SQL and ORM technologies (JPA2, Hibernate)
• Tools – Well versed with IntelliJ/Eclipse
• Test Driven development and automated testing tools like JUnit, Cucumber/ Gherkin; JIRA, Maven, Sonar
• Experience in version control tools like GIT, Bitbucket.
• Experience with Docker, Red Hat Open Shift and Kubernetes
• Experience with Continuous Integration systems such as Team City, Jenkins
• Strong understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Experience in Agile Development Methodologies with Scrum, sprint deliverables
• EDUCATION
  Bachelor's degree in computer science or related engineering.

Job Family Group:

Technology

Job Family:

Applications Development

Time Type:

Full time

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