
Senior Systems Analyst - Associate - Post-Trade Systems - 12-month Contract
Posted 1 day ago by Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited
Negotiable
Undetermined
Undetermined
Hong Kong
Summary: The Senior Systems Analyst role at HKEX focuses on the design, implementation, and support of post-trade systems, including critical applications on the IBM mainframe platform. The position involves collaboration with various technical teams and vendors to ensure effective application development and production support. The analyst will also lead projects related to technology obsolescence and participate in new business initiatives. This role requires a strong background in system development and support, particularly within the financial services sector.
Key Responsibilities:
- Perform business requirement analysis, resource estimation, system design, application development, testing, system rollout and documentation
- Prepare the system documentation, including Functional and Technical Specifications, Test Plans for various kinds of testing, and user & operation manuals
- Design and develop systems with mainframe and integrate with other modern technologies or platforms
- Conduct quality assurance review on system design and project deliverables
- Collaborate with other IT teams, business users and vendors on testing and support activities during the project development
- Adhere to IT and organization policies and standards for fulfillment of compliance requirements
- Coach and supervise developers
- Provide production support and resolve production incidents
- Undertake assignments and projects as assigned by supervisor
Key Skills:
- Degree in Computer Science, MIS, IT or related disciplines
- Minimum 7 years' system development and support experiences
- Solid development experience in z/OS, DB2, COBOL, CICS, Easytrieve Plus, JCL, CA-7 and MQ
- Knowledge and experience in SWIFT and Linux platform support is an advantage
- Proficiency in System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodology
- Familiar with both waterfall and agile methodologies
- Strong analytical, interpersonal, communication and people management skills
- Experience in financial services industry or regulatory bodies is an added value
- Knowledge with JIRA and Confluence is an advantage
- Self-starter, self-motivated and able to work independently and under pressure
- Candidate with less experience may be considered as Systems Analyst
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: Hong Kong
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT