Job Summary

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•    Maintain exemplary coding standards within the team, contributing to code base development and code repository management.
•    Function as a technical leader and active coder, setting and enforcing domain-specific best practices and technology standards.
•    Collaborate with product managers and other tech leads to ensure applications meet functional requirements and strategic objectives.
•    Manage and modernize AS400/iSeries systems, aligning them with the latest IT infrastructure standards.
•    Develop and maintain DB2 databases, ensuring optimal performance and reliability on the AS400 platform.
•    Write, debug, and optimize RPGLE, SQLRPGLE programs, implementing new features and maintaining existing applications.
•    Utilize change management tools effectively for the AS400 environment to facilitate seamless deployments.
•    Integrate AS400 systems with external applications through robust API connections, employing frameworks like KONG and SOLACE.
•    Contribute to Java development efforts on AS400, enhancing system capabilities and supporting cross-platform projects.
•    Provide technical leadership, setting coding standards and practices for development teams.

•    Coordinate backend development activities, including version control, code reviews, and deployment strategies for mainframe applications.
•    Actively shapes and drives towards the Bank-Wide engineering strategy and programmes to uplift standards and steer the technological direction towards excellence.
•    Oversees the execution of functional standards and best practices and provide technical assistance to the members of their Chapter.
•    Responsible for the quality of the code repository where applicable.
•    Acts as a conduit for the wider domain strategy, for example technical standards.
•    Prioritises and makes available capacity for technical debt.
•    This role is around capability building, it is not to own applications or delivery.

Technical Responsibilities
•    Oversee the operation and maintenance of the IBM iSeries (AS400) systems, ensuring stability, efficiency, and compliance with IT standards.
•    Architect, design, and implement DB2 databases within the AS400 environment, optimizing for performance and integrity of data.
•    Lead the development and lifecycle management of RPGLE, SQLRPGLE, and CLLE applications, including code reviews and performance tuning.
•    Administer change management processes, using tools like Aldon for streamlined, error-free deployments and continuous integration.
•    Develop and maintain robust API integrations for the AS400 system, utilizing frameworks like KONG and SOLACE to connect with modern infrastructure.
•    Engage in Java development for AS400, applying industry best practices to extend the platform’s capabilities and integrate with enterprise-wide applications.
•    Continuously assess and execute system updates and patches to ensure the AS400 system security and operational excellence.
•    Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support, troubleshoot, and resolve AS400-related issues, providing technical expertise and guidance.
•    Conduct technical training sessions for the team, fostering a culture of continuous learning and development around AS400 technologies.

Strategy
•    Cultivate an engineering culture that values excellence, feedback, and clean code, driving the chapter towards innovative and efficient practices.
•    Develop a strategic approach that enhances SDLC process efficiency, delivering high-quality and scalable solutions.
•    Integrate Thought Leadership to upskill the team in areas like quality assurance, enhancing user experience, and effective use of automation.
•    Oversees the execution of functional standards and best practices and provide technical assistance to the members of their Chapter.
•    Responsible for the quality of the code repository where applicable.
•    Acts as a conduit for the wider domain strategy, for example technical standards.
•    Prioritises and makes available capacity for technical debt.
•    This role is around capability building, it is not to own applications or delivery.

Business
•    Experienced practitioner and hands on contribution to the squad delivery for their craft (E.g. Engineering).
•    Responsible for balancing skills and capabilities across teams (squads) and hives in partnership with the Chief Product Owner & Hive Leadership, and in alignment with the fixed capacity model.
•    Responsible to evolve the craft towards improving automation, simplification, and innovative use of latest market trends.
•    Trusted advisor to the business. Work hand in hand with the Business, taking product programs from investment decisions, into design, specification, and solution phases, all the way to operations on the ground and securing support services from other teams.
•    Provide leadership and technical expertise for the subdomain to achieve goals and outcomes
•    Support respective businesses in the commercialisation of capabilities, bid teams, monitoring of usage, improving client experience, and collecting defects for future improvements.
•    Manage business partner expectations. Ensure delivery to business meeting time, cost and with high quality

Processes
•    Adopt and embed the Change Delivery Standards throughout the lifecycle of the product / service.
•    Ensure role, job descriptions and expectations are clearly set, and periodic feedback provided to the entire team.
•    Follows the chapter operating model to ensure a system exists to continue to build capability and performance of the chapter.
•    Chapter Lead may vary based upon the specific chapter domain its leading.
People & Talent
•    Accountable for people management and capability development of their Chapter members.
•    Reviews metrics on capabilities and performance across their area, has improvement backlog for their Chapters and drives continual improvement of their chapter.
•    Focuses on the development of people and capabilities as the highest priority. 
•    Attract and retain top engineering talent to build a highly skilled and innovative team advancing the Chapter and Hive goals. 

Other Responsibilities
•    Champion the company's broader mission and values, integrating them into daily operations and team ethos.
•    Undertake additional responsibilities as necessary, ensuring they contribute to the organisation's strategic aims and adhere to Group and other Relevant policies.

Key stakeholders

• Chapter Area Lead, Hive Lead, Product Owners, Engineering Leads

QUALIFICATIONS
TRAINING, LICENSES, MEMBERSHIPS, AND CERTIFICATIONS

Requirements & Skills
•    Comprehensive experience with IBM iSeries (AS400) system operations, including troubleshooting and performance optimization.
•    Strong command of DB2 database administration specific to the AS400 environment.
•    Advanced proficiency in AS400 programming languages: RPGLE, SQLRPGLE, and CLLE.
•    Knowledge and experience using AS400 change
•    At least 6+ years' experience working in mainframe environments out of which 1+ years' experience in hands on leadership roles
•    Management and version control tools, particularly Aldon.
•    Proven ability to integrate AS400 with modern applications and services using APIs, with familiarity in KONG and SOLACE frameworks.

•    Java development skills within AS400 systems, demonstrating the ability to enhance and extend the platform's functionalities.
•    Strong foundation in software version control systems and practices, with experience using SCM tools like Git or Bitbucket within a mainframe context.
•    Demonstrated ability to facilitate agile methodologies and drive agile projects in a mainframe development setting, showcasing strong collaboration and soft skills.
•    Exceptional problem-solving abilities, particularly in the complexities of legacy systems.
•    Forward-thinking in the integration of AS400 with contemporary IT architecture, contributing to the bank's strategic technological advancement.
•    Collaborative mindset and adept at working with diverse technical teams to achieve system improvements and innovations.

Other tools and tool kit options –
•    In-depth knowledge of IBM iSeries (AS400) systems and operations.
•    Expertise in DB2 database management on the AS400 platform.
•    Proficient in programming with RPGLE, SQLRPGLE, and CLLE.
•    Familiarity with AS400 change management tools like Aldon and utilities like See/Change.
•    Experience with integrating AS400 systems using APIs and modern frameworks such as KONG and SOLACE.
•    Capable of managing and developing Java applications on AS400.

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.