Senior Analyst Programmer - Midas

RESPONSIBILITIES

- Provide L1, L2 and L3 Support and assist in resolving issues in production for all applications and interfaces owned by Operations.
- Develop programs/applications required by the team manager or other project managers across different platforms and applications existing in the organization.
- Analyse, gather requirements, develop functional and technical specifications for development work assigned to you.
- Responsible for understanding business requirement and business processes related to the proposed solution or project
- Translate business requirement into functional specification and system design specification
- Advise possible changes or improvement to business or IT units which can increase the productivity of the system or users
- Conduct system testing, report any design flaws and troubleshoot the system when necessary
- Work with project managers and development team to meet projects specific software or technological needs
- Monitors project progress by tracking activity, resolving issues or publishing progress reports

REQUIREMENTS

- 8 to 10 years or more on application development, support and business analyst in a wholesale banking environment
- Over 8 years of experience on MIDAS R4 OR MIDAS PLUS CORE BANKING APPLICATION.
- Knowledge on Midas APIs (Application Program interfaces) via MQ or SOAP
- Knowledgeable on MIDAS PLUS CORE MODULES (eg CUSTOMER LENDING, SWIFT, FUNDS TRANSFER, Retail, GL, FX
- AS400, RPG IV (free format), CLP
- IBM WebSphere Application Server, IBM MQseries
- DB2, SQL, Unix(Qshell)
- Thorough understanding of a full SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle)
- Understanding of Compliance and Regulatory requirements of IT within a financial institution.
- Clear understanding of Change Management and Release Management.
- Experience with vendor implementation and management
- Experience with core banking interfaces such as AML system (eg Norkom), Treasury system (eg Kondor+), Trade Finance system (eg Eximbills) and Bank Fusion Midas application preferred
- Proactive attitude and strong focus on result-oriented delivery

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