Technical Delivery / Project Deputy Director (Contract)

About the role

The Technology Group manages the project management, design, implementation and operational support of IT applications in MAS, serving the financial industry and MAS users. This contract role sits in the Central Banking & Development Platforms division, which manages the systems supporting reserves and risk management. You will join the project team reviewing the architecture of the trade management system and its peripherals, and re-implementing or migrating it to the Government Data Centre. The position is a 2-year contract.

Key responsibilities

• Own and manage the applications of the trade management portfolio
• Analyse stakeholder requirements and design application and infrastructure architectures for bespoke and COTS solutions
• Lead technical planning, implementation and support of application infrastructure across multiple agencies
• Propose and lead integration designs and performance testing across infrastructure components
• Develop and evaluate architectural proofs of concept using cloud computing, DevOps and microservices
• Establish reliable operations of the applications and digital services in the portfolio
• Plan and manage IT projects and products, aligned to business objectives within scope, cost and schedule
• Assure quality of systems and applications, including quality management systems for development and delivery
• Ensure compliance with ICT governance policies and establish risk management for application systems
• Design vendor and resourcing arrangements, contracts and service levels for digital services

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree with at least 15 years of relevant experience supporting or implementing trade management systems, including 2-4 years in application support, operations or project management in a tech end-user environment
• Proven track record in project and product vendor management and delivery, and familiarity with business process analysis and re-engineering
• Experience in large system revamp or migration projects, and in installing, configuring and implementing applications on AWS (advantage)

Required skills

• J2EE and/or .NET, SQL, shell scripting, server-side .NET and/or Java/microservices, RESTful APIs, containers and Kubernetes
• RHEL, JBoss EAP, OpenShift, OpenStack, CI/CD, Maven, Oracle Database, Microsoft SQL Server and fault-tolerant infrastructure
• File transfer interfaces, resiliency and protocols such as REST, SFTP and MQ
• Job scheduler integration and CI/CD design
• Application management, incident management and systems monitoring
• Advantageous: SWIFT messaging, SimCorp Dimension, PMP/ScrumMaster certifications