Adv. Eng. II, Eng. Run

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As one of the world's leading independent global investment firms, Invesco is dedicated to rethinking possibilities for our clients. By delivering the combined power of our distinctive investment management capabilities, we provide a wide range of investment strategies and vehicles to our clients around the world. If you're looking for challenging work, intelligent colleagues, and exposure across a global footprint, come explore your potential  Description     

Key Responsibilities / Duties :
DEVELOPMENT - 30%
Provide development for small changes ( Complete all tasks related to technical analysis, development, unit testing, quality assurance, system testing, and implementation in accordance with the IT development life cycle.
Assist project and line managers in producing estimates for the development effort required for system enhancements
Ability to analyze requirements / problems and to propose innovative but workable solutions
Adhere to all Invesco standards for support and change management activities.
Create system support documentation for all developed applications, ensuring it is kept up to date within application profiles and included as part of support turnover
Provide weekly updates on enhancement activities so clients are current on completed work
Coordinate and participate in testing for in-house and vendor developed software applications.
Interact with key vendors to ensure their changes/improvements/upgrades meet client requirements and internal technology standards.
SUPPORT - 60%
Support the Investment and compliance Production Environment as a priority
Provide production support as needed to backup support team as well as out of hours, weekend, and bank holiday support, when required, as agreed with manager
Assist with regular system upgrades on applications by reviewing functionality changes (new/amended), system testing, client training and updating of support documentation
Escalate issues and remediation steps effectively and in a timely manner.
Perform troubleshooting analysis and resolution of critical applications and batch processes.
Coordinate with vendors to troubleshoot and resolve issues.
OTHER - 10%
Attend scheduled meetings with manager/Department/Town Hall presentations
Become familiar with company methodologies around ToT/Agile
Actively participate with manager in creating personal development plan
Provide the manager with ideas to enhance or improve team processes and procedures and ensure agreed procedures are followed
Attend scheduled training sessions
Administrative activities - time sheets/compliance requests
Work Experience / Knowledge:
Minimum 5 to 9 years of analyzing business or technical problems, and of proposing and implementing solutions.
Must have a technical knowledge of system/software support in the  Investment Management  Industry.
Specific Technical

Skills Required:

Experienced in Java, AWS, SQL, Snowflake, Distributed architecture, Spring boot, Linux
Securities industry knowledge -- ETF a big plus
Trading systems like Charles River, Aladdin
Batch control applications such as Auto Sys, UAC
Any experience in React and API development is added advantage Any Automation skills like Python, Selenium etc.,

Working Conditions:

Normally works a regular schedule of hours and should be flexible for the timing changes, however hours may vary depending upon the project or assignment.  Estimate a shift starting at 8.30 am to until 5.30 pm and 10:30am to 7:30pm
Hours may include evenings and/or weekends and may include periodic 24 hour a day on call support by pager and/or cell phone.
Willingness to travel both domestically and internationally.  Frequency and duration to be determined by manager.
Inter-Personal Skills / Other Attributes

Required:

Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Experience working in an onshore/offshore environment supporting clients in different time zones
Experience working within the Investment or Financial industry in an IT related role
Ability to establish priorities, meet deadlines, and concentrate on detailed information in a fast-paced demanding work environment
Strong problem-solving capabilities with an analytical, methodical approach
Must have experience of analyzing business or technical problems, and of proposing and implementing solutions
Must demonstrate a strong customer focused attitude and understand the fundamentals of customer service
Must be capable of communicating and negotiating effectively with all levels of user.
Have a strong desire to learn and progress (motivated enough to self learn)
Must have good organizational and planning skills, able to work under pressure and multi-task
Willingness to listen to users,
Excellent verbal and written skills
Formal

Education:

(minimum requirement to perform job duties)
A Bachelor's Degree in Computer Information Systems  Computer Science is…