TS Technology – Applications Developer (Fircosoft) – AVP – Based in Bournemouth, UK recruitment

Business OverviewTS International Technology is a global technology organization that is responsible for the systems processing for international Treasury Services branches in EMEA, Asia LATAM. The team responsible for Low and High Value payments, DDA, and local clearing links for these branches as well as a number of global utilities, SWIFT and OFAC. The team is based in Bournemouth, Mumbai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Tampa and San Paulo.
Team DescriptionThe successful candidate will form part of a team comprising a mix of JPMorgan staff based in Tampa , Bournemouth and Mumbai. The role will have a need to closely liaise with the Architecture, Project Delivery, Quality Assurance and Technology Infrastructure groups throughout the various stages
of development and implementation lifecycle.
Building successful working relationships with key parties is crucial in this role.
Fircosoft is a Vendor application that is used to perform sanctions screening of entities and transactions that are generated by the different lines of business within JP Morgan. Fircosoft AD is the development team that is involved in a variety of work including on boarding of new lines of business and supporting existing lines of business. It is also responsible for the development, testing and implementation of enhancements associated with Fircosoft
Key responsibilities:
The candidate will be Application Delivery Technical Analyst / Developer within the Global Financial Messaging (GFM) AD team. The candidate will specifically be working on the Fircosoft application which is deployed by GFM to perform sanctions (OFAC) screening on behalf of a number of lines of business. Fircosoft is a Vendor delivered application with a footprint across Oracle, Business Objects, Unix and Websphere.
The role will involve delivery of change and management of the configuration that operates within the Fircosoft environment. Application Delivery has ownership of infrastructure build, application design and development, system testing, change control, deployment and implementation of the final solution. The technical analyst will be required to gain knowledge of the end to end Sanctions filtering environment focusing on the interfaces to the Line of Business applications.

Qualifications
Your Background:Strong communication and team-working skillsGood analytical and problem solving skillsLogical thinking and thoroughnessA delivery focused approach to workAbility to drive workloads and project forwardAbility to meet tight deadlinesExperience of working in teams and with remote groupsExperience of working with vendors and usersAbility to coordinate with technical infrastructure and architecture teamsExperience of working in the Financial Services sectorKnowledge of payments processing systems is useful, but not essentialAn understanding of file transfer and messaging environmentsStrong Configuration and Release management backgroundExperience of High Availability architecture designs in an Active-Active application modelExperience in controlled change managementGood understanding of business change life-cycleAbility to assist in the development of Functional requirementsAbility to produce Detailed Design SpecificationsAbility to code, test and implement in house and Vendor based solutionsExperience in Systems Integration TestingExperience in supporting User Acceptance Testing
Experienced inFircosoftUNIX Solaris 10 / Linux Redhat 5.3SQL- Oracle 9i/10g /11G RACBusiness ObjectsJAVA, J2EE (not essential)XMLWebsphere MQSSL securityVCS clusteringSubversion or Clearcase experienceAutosysAbout J.P.Morgan Treasury Securities ServicesTreasury Securities Services (TSS) generates more than $8 billion in revenue annually and is a global leader in custody, securities lending, fund accounting and administration, as well as in treasury services. TSS supports the needs of institutional clients worldwide and is one of the top three providers in both of its businesses: Treasury Services (TS) and Worldwide Securities Services (WSS).
About J.P. Morgan Treasury ServicesJ.P. Morgan Treasury Services (TS) is one of the world's largest providers of treasury management services.
J.P. Morgan's TS business is a full-service provider of innovative cash management, trade, liquidity, commercial card, and escrow services - specifically developed to meet the challenges treasury professionals face today.
More than 135,000 corporations, financial institutions, governments and municipalities in over 180 countries and territories entrust their business to J.P. Morgan.
About J.P. Morgan Chase Co.J.P. Morgan is a leading global financial services firm with assets of $2.1 trillion and operations in more than 60 countries. The firm is a leader in investment banking, financial services for consumers, small business and commercial banking, financial transaction processing, asset management and private equity. Information about J.P. Morgan is available at www.jpmorganchase.com.
JPMorgan offers an exceptional benefits program and a highly competitive compensation package.
JPMorgan is an Equal Opportunity Employer.