Job Summary

The FI clearing business underpins all of the Group’s operations. This is a Group critical application suite requiring the delivery of constant service with reputational and regulatory implications to the Group should any failure in service arise, along with a constant level of change and functional uplift.

RESPONSIBILITIES
•    5 to 10 years of experience in Java, Springboot, JBoss, MQ, Kafka, and Solace. 
•    Oracle / SQL, query tuning, Oracle administration (basic)
•    Experience in defining new architectures and ability to drive project from architecture standpoint
•    Hands on - scripting skills (e.g. Bash, Python, Groovy etc.) and automation
•    Experience with automated testing frameworks and tools (e.g., Selenium, JUnit, TestNG, etc.).
•    Strong understanding of software testing methodologies and practices.
•    Experience in developing and maintaining automated test scripts.
•    Familiarity with continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
•    Basics of COBOL is an added advantage.
•    MTS Platform knowledge is an added advantage. 

Portfolio
•    Drive the implementation for a future-ready payments platform, utilising architectural patterns such as microservices architecture, to achieve outcomes of highly scalable, robust, resilient, designed for failure, etc. Ensuring that the solutions are designed and built on a stable and highly scalable infrastructure based on latest technologies and best practice; such as Cloud, DevOps, and Chaos Engineering.

•    Optimise business alignment and maximize value on investments by aligning technology decisions with business imperatives leading to cost optimisation through cost avoidance and cost reduction.

•    Manage all system changes effectively and efficiently during the project delivery with all the agreed controls. Project execution – Speed and simplicity. The efficiency/ timeliness/ quality of the specific projects executed in the payment space.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy

•    Industrialise engineering best practices to enhance software quality, embedding resiliency in system performance, and enabling the rapid recovery from incidents and threats. Proactively improving the technology risk posture. Improve cost efficiency – drive efficiency by identifying opportunities to rationalise to a fewer best of breed platforms which provides strategic business capability and aggressively decommission redundant applications. Contribute to investment planning/prioritisation with the businesses and T&I for the FI Clearing portfolio. Driving and enable cloud adoption and modernisation of technology landscape across Cash Technology.

•    Empower the engineers within the delivery teams with the right tools and practice to improve SDLC process efficiency - with focus on quality assurance, developer experiences, automation and performance engineering, with speed, scalability and stability in mind. Enforce and streamline sound development practices. Establish and maintain effective governance processes including training, advice and support, to assure the SCPAY product is developed, implemented and maintained aligning with the Group’s standards

•    As a key member of the Management team, develop the strategic direction and roadmap for Cash Technology while adopting agile practices; aligning with Business & IT Strategy, Bank’s Digital Agenda and Portfolio Investment priorities. Proactively advise the senior management team on the emerging technologies and transformation trends that are most relevant to the company's goals and evolving needs. Shape the future of technology, maintain and advance deep technical skills and knowledge, keeping up to date with market trends and competitive insights, and share within the technical community. 
•    Envisage and align the portfolio to the growing technology needs & capabilities like Cloud, AI etc. Determine and ensure optimal cost of delivery of programs. Support Business and Cash Operations by leveraging technology to streamline processes, enhance productivity, enable straight-through processing & zero touch, reduce risk and improve controls part of FI Clearing deliveries.

Qualifications

• Technical – Java    
• Technical – AIX Unix     
• Technical – Oracle    
• Technical – COBOL    
• Technical - MQ    
• Technical - Solace    
• Hands on - scripting skills (e.g. Bash, Perl, Groovy etc.) and automatio

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

About our Transformation, Technology & Operations Team

Our Transformation, Technology & Operations (TTO) team is the powerhouse for the Bank. We aim to go further, faster, to ensure we're agile and ready for tomorrow, today. Our diverse network enables us to innovate and build banking solutions that support communities to prosper. We're a place where talented people are encouraged to grow, learn, and thrive, to drive their own career journeys, to reach their full potential.

When you work with us, you’re protecting the reputation and legacy of a 170 year organisation and building on it. We’re driven by progress and continuously evolving to ensure we’re agile and ready for tomorrow, today.

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.