Specialist, Application Developer

Job Description

*Job Purpose (In a brief, specific one or two-sentence statement, answer the questions: Why does this position exist and What is it expected to accomplish ) ITT (Investment Trading Technology) team supports T&M (Treasury and Markets) and is looking for the right candidate to support Murex 3.1 applications. Murex is one of the leading applications in the areas of global trading, risk management and trade processing and DBS is using it cross asset classes, Front to Risk to Back in a setup with multiple production environments and grids, connections to many upstream and downstream systems. This challenging role provides unique opportunity to support a community of hundreds of regional users belonging to Front-Office, Operations, Finance, Credit & Market Risk and Limits Management. In this dynamic environment the team will also strive to improve the system stability through continuous improvement and participate into the ambitious pipeline of projects. Key Accountabilities (List the expected end results or KPIs that the job holder is expected to achieve for this job. Do not list more than 5)

1. Perform root cause analysis and contribute to problem solving
2. Ability to provide continuous improvement initiatives and automating recurring tasks
3. A team player across all sub-teams within Murex Support group
4. Able to provide quality service to business users

Job Duties & responsibilities (List the principal duties. Use concise statements that provide a clear understanding of the level of responsibility, complexity, creativity and analysis performed in this position.)

• To provide day-to-day production support for the Murex/MLC/Risk users (Front office, Back-office, Finance etc).
• To carry out Duty Support rotations among the team members. Mostly on-call basis during off office hours.
• Able to work shift hours during support duty week and to carry out implementations on weekends.
• Trouble-shoot Technical related problems and take corrective action
• To develop monitoring tools/alerts to create proactive actions
• To work with third party vendor/support team to provide a seamless support model for the business.
• Able to take ownership of issues and follow through to closure.
• To coordinate and perform system maintenance process.
• To setup and support Murex/MLC/VaR Environments for User Acceptance Testing.
• To assist in rolling out of new version of the application adhering to the best practices of the release management procedures.
• To be able to drive himself/herself to learn new things while dealing with daily production support
• To communicate effectively and work efficiently with a group of people supporting both functional/technical areas.

Required Experience (Indicate nature and extent of work experience including minimum number of years required.) Non-technical Experience

• Experience in supporting Murex/MLC/VaR application would be greatly desired.
• Experience in supporting Murex Back Office Modules such as Processing Templates, Collateral, Accounting and/or Exchange interface preferred.
• Experience with CMMI processes and documentation is preferred.
• Experience in supporting Treasury & Markets Applications is a plus.
• Possesses CFA level 1 and above is a plus.
• Working in a very collaborative and agile team, you are expected to work interdependently collaborate, negotiate, make trade-offs, handle conflicts. Strong capability to solve problems, be an out-of-box thinker who frequently comes up with new ideas.
• Good communication skills and ability to articulate to internal users with clear and precise answers.

Technical Experience

• Bachelor s degree in Computer Engineering/ School of Computing/ Finance IT/ other related IT degrees would be preferred.
• IT Support experience with minimum 2 years would be desirable.
• Knowledge in Murex application is a plus.
• Development experience in Murex MxML Exchange is a plus.
• Experience in Cloud architecture such as AWS is a plus.
• Technical skills on Sybase/Oracle SQL, Unix Shell scripting is highly desirable.
• Working experiences in a Unix/Linux platform is a must. Skills in Windows environment is a plus.
• Experience with Symphony (Grid Computing) would be a plus.
• Development skills (Java, PHP, Perl, Python, C++) and experience with technologies such as (HTML, Javascript, XML, XSL, JSON, J2EE) is a plus.

Min No. of Years4 yearsEducation / Preferred Qualifications (Indicate the minimum and preferred qualifications required to perform all essential functions) Please tick where appropriate:G CE O Level GCE A Level Degree (please specify if necessary)Post Graduate (please specify) Professional Qualification (please specify) Core Competencies (Specify core competencies required in order to perform job role and indicate level of proficiency.) CompetencyLevel of ProficiencyBasicModerateMaster

1. L eadership

1. D eveloping & Coaching

1. Communication

1. Business Focus

1. Customer Focus

1. Planning & Organising

1. T eamwork & Collaboration

1. Change / Innovation Orientation

1. Ownership of Result

1. P roblem Solving

Technical Competencies (Discuss with your manager and list the technical knowledge and skills required for this position. Indicate level of proficiency for each competency.) CompetencyLevel of ProficiencyBasicModerateMaster

1. Knowledge of banking products and services, banking policies, guidelines and processes

1. Knowledge of MAS regulations , Bank Act, FA Act and statutory requirements

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Keyskills :
javajavascriptsqlcustomer relationshtmlroot cause analysisunix shell scriptingit supportroot causeback officemarket riskfront officerisk managementshell scripting