Senior Application Designer (IBM Mainframe Platform)

Division: Group Business Solutions (GBS)

Within GBS you will join the Settlement roadmap team where you can play a key role in the development and maintenance of settlement and asset transfer related applications for Euroclear Bank. We are looking for an experienced Application Engineer (IBM Mainframe Platform).

Role:

• Undertakes complex system designs and may contribute to supervising and validating the development process involving assigned colleagues for detailed analysis and coding tasks as needed.
• Ensures that proposed designs for new or modified applications align with business and operational requirements and are compatible with the application domain architecture as well as enterprise-wide architectural and design guidelines. Designs should be reviewed and validated with the Application Architect and Enterprise Architecture.
• Translates business requirements and operational constraints into a structured and efficient set of functional and data models. Acts as a bridge between business and IT ensuring that technical solutions meet both functional and non-functional requirements.
• Participates in the detailed design process defining system scope and objectives for assigned projects. Develops or modifies procedures to solve complex problems considering system capacity performance constraints and desired outcomes.
• Reviews the quality of program specifications and documentation produced by team members involved in implementing the design.
• May produce specifications for complex or critical applications and assess the quality of coding testing and debugging activities.
• Contributes to the improvement of application design standards and supports the evolution of design practices including the development and reuse of patterns frameworks and tools.
• May occasionally:
  • Contribute to application testing activities.
  • Guide and support people who are in charge of fixing problems and making enhancements to application software running in production.
• Possesses comprehensive knowledge of all phases of application design along with a solid understanding of development and testing processes.
• Demonstrates strong insight into the business or functional area for which the application is designed.
• May provide coaching and guidance to junior IT professionals.
• Analyzes and implements complex software applications with a high degree of autonomy.
• Collaborates constructively with stakeholders involved in projects or maintenance activities related to their area of expertise (e.g. reviewing business requirements supporting build and integration efforts).
• Maintains design deliverables with the same level of discipline and quality throughout the lifecycle up to deployment.
• Engages with IT Infrastructure teams to deliver clear and complete information regarding the applications technical context and physical topology.
• Supports testing teams during the various testing phases of projects.
• Participates in periodic daylight and overnight production support activities.

Work outside of business hours is sometimes required as launches in production are generally carried out after 5PM or on Saturday or Sunday as well as watch duty during nights and weekends.

Qualifications

Soft & Technical Skills Required

• Several years of experience as developer and functional designer
• Deep expertise in IBM Mainframe :
  • knowledge of the following tools/languages: PLI DB2 MQ CICS
• Expertise in Java or .Net development stacks as well as a good command of APIs Integration mechanisms and Data technologies in general. In particular:
  • Experience with private cloud technologies in general and Azure in particular are a plus.
  • Experience with event-driven architecture principles in general and its implementation with Kafka in particular are a plus.
  • Experience with Linux Java development stack.
• Very good analytical skills with the ability to navigate complexity across systems.
• Solution oriented mindset
• Proactivity in identifying the need for change and proposing solutions that are innovative and make the difference in improving the efficiency (quality and cost) of our IT software delivery.
• Flexibility to quickly adapt in case of unexpected change of priority
• Good organizational skills and capacity to work autonomously
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience on major projects

You know how to

• Communicate with technical projects teams
• Create clear and structured documentation
• Share knowledge and expertise with others
• Interpret a problem in its context and systematically look for additional information to solve it
• Examine matters from a distance and put them in a broader context and time perspective
• Obtain approval of others with good arguments appropriate influencing methods and a certain natural authority
• Continuously learn new things to further grow in your domain of expertise and implement actions to promote own development

Assets

• Experience in the Financial Services industry and the related regulatory environment are a plus.
• Settlement Business knowledge
• Credit/banking knowledge
• MM knowledge
• SSE knowledge

We offer

• A unique opportunity to shape and deliver strategic IT solutions in a global financial infrastructure
• An excellent opportunity to further develop your career through the exposure to a wide variety of topics (across functional and technical domains) and stakeholders (across divisions business lines and locations) from 80 different countries
• A collaborative and inclusive work environment with flexible hybrid working arrangements.
• Opportunities for continuous learning leadership and career growth.

Please note that this is a permanent position and we do not offer freelance/contract arrangement for the role.

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