RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategy

As a SRE Lead
•    Demonstrated ability to engage in senior level technology decision maker discussions.
•    Plan and implement Wintel and UNIX technical support projects to meet the need of technology organization.
•    Identify Opportunities to Optimize Infrastructure o Identify and propose opportunities to optimize cost, risk or performance based on a thorough understanding of the estate and available technical solutions.
•    Financial Baselines and Rates - Defining the financial cost models and rates (L0 Green and blue) to be used for forecasting and solution processes and baselines.
•    Delivery Initiation/Engagement - Ensuring approved technical solution is passed to the appropriate CTI delivery team.
•    Define Infrastructure Standards for each Business - Define the technology infrastructure strategy for each client in line with application development strategy.
•    Experience/Knowledge in python.
•    Demonstrated ability to engage in senior level technology decision maker discussions.

Business

Awareness and understanding of the FCSO business, economic and market environment

Processes
•    you need to have a strong technical team in cross country to support Screening Applications from alternative locations and alternate Data centres.
•    Perform cost/benefit analysis and make recommendations on the acquisition or enhancement of hardware, network and system software/layered product for the regional data center.
•    Hands on knowledge on AWS, Azure cloud products.
•    Hand on Knowledge on Fircosoft suite of products
•    Hands on Knowledge on Scripting toolset.
•    Plan and implement technical support such that defined targets are achieved and resources are optimized.
•    Work closely with regional seniors in providing effective management servers estate.
•    Participate in the determination of sound technical strategies that support corporate objectives.

People & Talent
•    Lead through example and build the appropriate culture and values. Set appropriate tone and expectations from their team and work in collaboration with risk and control partners.
•    Ensure the provision of ongoing training and development of people and ensure that holders of all critical functions are suitably skilled and qualified for their roles ensuring that they have effective supervision in place to mitigate any risks.
•    Employ, engage and retain high quality people, with succession planning for critical roles.
•    Responsibility to review team structure/capacity plans.

Risk Management
Manage risk related to Services we manage and enable detective controls.

Governance
Responsibilities relating to the direction, planning, structure, frameworks (e.g. processes and policies) and oversight. Awareness and understanding of the regulatory framework, in which the Group operates, and the regulatory requirements and expectations relevant to the role.

Regulatory & Business Conduct

•    Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct. 
•    Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
•    Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.
•    Lead the PSS] to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank’s Conduct Principles

Key Stakeholders

•    FCSO POS and Country Users

Qualification
•    Education     Fircosoft Knowledge, Software Product Technical Knowledge
•    Training     Linux, Oracle, ITIL, SRE
•    Licenses     AWS,AZURE    
•    Certifications     AWS, Azure
•    Languages     Python, C, C#

Role Specific Technical Competencies
•    Software Product Technical Knowledge
•    Software Quality Assurance
•    Release Management
•    Risk Management
•    Software Engineering

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.