Technical Delivery​/Project Deputy Director

What the role is:

The Technology Group is responsible for the project management, design, implementation and operational support of IT Applications in MAS. The team manages and ensures the smooth operations and delivery of IT projects that serves the Financial Industry as well as MAS users.

You will be part of the Central Banking & Devt Platforms division, responsible for managing the systems supporting the reserves and risk management systems in MAS.

In this role, the officer will be part of the project team to review the architecture of the trade management system and its associated peripherals and re-implement/ migrate it to the Government Data Centre.

The key responsibilities are:

• Own and manage the applications of the trade management portfolio

• Technology analysis and solution design:

  • Business analysis and functional design
    - Elicit, shape, scope, and manage business requirements through rigorous and appropriate methods of information gathering and collaboration with stakeholders

  • Analyse stakeholder requirements and design comprehensive application and infrastructure system architectures for both bespoke applications (custom developed) and COTS based solutions, addressing both functional and non-functional aspects

  • Lead technical planning, implementation, and support of application infrastructure systems across multiple agencies or organisations Propose and lead integration designs and performance testing across multiple infrastructure components

  • Propose and lead integration designs and performance testing across multiple infrastructure components

  • Develop and evaluate architectural proofs of concept for applications of varying complexity, utilising key technologies such as cloud computing, Dev Ops, and microservices

  • Operations and maintenance
    - Establish reliable operations of the applications and digital service in the portfolio

• Project and product delivery and quality:

  • Plan and manage IT projects and product, and ensure alignment of project and product to the business objectives within established scope, cost and schedule

  • Quality:
    To assure the quality of systems and applications, including the establishment of quality management technology and systems for applications development and delivery

• Governance, Risk, Compliance:

  • Ensure compliance to ICT Governance policies and Establish and optimise processes and standards for application infrastructure implementation based on industry best practices

  • Establish risk management for applications systems

• Partner and vendor arrangements and resourcing

  • Design and establish vendor and resourcing arrangements, contracts, service levels for the delivery and management of digital services, systems and technology

• Bachelor Degree with at least 15 years' relevant experience in supporting and/or implementing trade management systems with a minimum of 2 to 4 years of experience in application support and operations, or project management in a tech end user environment

• Proven track record in project and product vendor management and delivery, and familiar with business process analysis and re-engineering.

• Strong proficiency in software architecture principles, design patterns, and best practices

• Proven experience in solution architecture, with a strong focus on application infrastructure platforms and cloud application architecture

• Understanding of solution engineering principles, including the ability to design application architecture and evaluate hardware and software solutions, such as the following:

  • Experience in designing and implementing J2EE and/or .NET applications, SQL skills, and shell scripting

  • Strong understanding of Server-side, .Net and/or Java/microservices, web services, RESTful API, containers and…