Market Risk – Technical Architect – VP recruitment

Main Function

As a Technical Architect for the Market Risk Technology programme in Singapore,

* Be responsible for the technical quality of product and Risk Hierarchy Service deliverables out of Asia, guide the team technically on architecture, design and implementation. Enforce good design, coding and implementation practices to ensure high quality deliverables.
* Shape a strategic vision for the systems, drive execution and lead change through continuously developing creative technology solutions to meet the evolving needs of the business, at the same time setting realistic expectations with stakeholders and working closely with project mangers
* Work with the stream leads and project managers to ensure the design and implementation meet high standards of technical excellence and that the solution stability is only impacted positively.
* Be able to implement technological innovations, standardisations, optimisations etc. where required and influence design and implementation decisions to achieve best practice
* Be part of the global design authority for product RHS and evaluate and ensure that technical solutions proposed are technically feasible, and are designed and delivered globally adhering to consistent standards, meet the user requirements and will stand the test of time

Main Duties

Technical Responsibilities

* Be responsible for the technical integrity for Market Risk system deliveries in Asia by bringing co-ordination, oversight and technology leadership to the system development process, providing guidance to the development team and clients
* Identify and translate development requirements into application architecture and solution design for medium to complex systems
* Guide the team technically to deliver high quality technical solutions through optimum use of the right tools and technology in the most efficient way; promote software development standards, conduct system analyses and guide senior management and project teams during technology decision making process
* Conduct peer reviews on design and code and provide constructive feedback to other members of the team
* Act as a point of technical escalation and resolution during the project lifecycle as it relates to technical decisions
* Assist the development stream leads with scoping, identification of project deliverables, technical specifications, etc.
* Contribute toe the global Market Risk team by providing technical consultancy where required and as directed
* Keep abreast of industry trends and advancements in banking information technology

Person Requirements

Experience:

Around 10+ years of software development experience of which atleast 3+ years in the capacity of Technical Lead or Architect for medium to large systems.

Essential Skills:

* Strong technical skills on .Net, C# and Oracle.
o Strong working knowledge of .Net framework (3.5 or 4.0), with 7+ years in C#, Winforms/WPF, WCF and LINQ.
o Good understanding of Object-Oriented software development and Design Patterns; able to demonstrate their implementation in project work
o Good database concepts and proficiency in SQL queries; Good experience in database design, data modelling and performance optimisation on Oracle 11.
* Experience in architecting and designing solutions large / strategic systems
* Experience in industrialising tools and best practices for efficiency gains, i.e. automation, continuous integration, etc.
* Good project delivery management experience. Good knowledge of Software development life cycle, including Agile methodologies
* Investment banking experience.
* Success will be defined by:
o Consistently ensuring technical integrity of project deliverables
o Consistently adhering to and working within the firm"s defined standards, practices, and procedures
o Successfully executing the roles and responsibilities of this position

Preferred Skills:

* Working knowledge of Perforce, JIRA, Team City, NUnit, CruiseControl, Perl, Autosys; or similar technologies
* General understanding of basic risk management principles and exposure to Market Risk domain
* Specific product knowledge of any of the following: FX, commodities, debt products, credit derivatives, other derivative products

Other behaviours / skills:

* Positive Team Player and a highly-motivated individual
* Enthusiastic and eager, with an ability to self learn
* Pro-active and demonstrates initiative
* Dedicated and reliable, an organised person who pays attention to details and is results driven
* An effective communicator, both in writing and orally
* Flexible capable of dealing with diversity
* Ability to work in a virtual team, across boundaries
* Ability to make good/sound decisions and use independent judgment.
Ability to build productive working relationships with other IT groups, business users and support teams.

If interested, kindly forward your updated resume to sumant@futurasolutions.com.sg