Senior Technical Specialist - Assistant Vice President

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Global Custody and Clearing provide world class solutions for asset servicing and transaction functions primarily to intermediaries such as broker-dealers, banks, fund managers, insurance companies and other global investors through our proprietary network in over 60 markets. We are the market leader in this range of products and maintain a large share of global custodian and international broker/dealer clients, having a rapidly growing presence in local custody (safekeeping services).

Under Global Custody and Clearing, Global Transaction Manager is client facing platform that offers end-to-end transaction life cycle service which enables clients to access the global presence and expertise of Citi Custody services through an integrated and efficient services. The solutions offered include Safe Keeping and Clearing and Settlements, provide clients with real time market information on changes affecting their business.

Additionally, our distribution network offers the ability to handle very large transaction volumes and achieve market leading STP rates.

About the Role
The Applications Development specialist is a senior level position responsible for establishing and implementing new or revised application systems and programs in coordination with the Technology team. The overall objective of this role is to perform applications systems analysis and programming activities.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct tasks related to applications development, model development, and establish and implement new or revised applications systems and programs to meet specific business needs or user areas
• Monitor and control all phases of development process and analysis, design, construction, testing, and implementation as well as provide user and operational support on applications to business users
• Utilize in-depth specialty knowledge of applications development to analyze complex problems/issues, provide evaluation of business processes, system process, and industry standards, and make evaluative judgement
• Work closely with other technical and business teams across multiple locations to respond to technical enquiries, gather requirements and deliver technical solutions
• Troubleshoot time-sensitive production issues by working with support teams and users to perform relevant diagnostics, identifying the cause and planning both short-term and long-term resolution
• Analyze data and system outputs to determine the effectiveness of existing data flows
• Translate business requirements into high-level software designs that are scalable, maintainable and use industry-and company-wide best practices.
• Implement high-level designs into robust, secure, well-tested and fully maintainable software, involving both new and existing components as required
• Use code reviews and static code analysis to improve the quality of code and highlight vulnerabilities early in the software development lifecycle
• Write unit and integration tests for all code, ensuring it is tested to a high standard
• Apply a security-by-design approach to development, using recommended controls and techniques to secure software, and remediate vulnerabilities where identified
• Configure and adapt continuous delivery systems to ensure an optimal build and deployment pipeline
• Deliver software enhancements to agreed timescales and in accordance with the prescribed policies and processes.
• Ensure the right engineering standards are applied by the team at all stages of software development and maintain/evolving these as required.
• Provide technical mentoring and advice to more junior members of the team, giving constructive feedback during code reviews and where appropriate.
• Provide expertise in areas and advanced knowledge of applications programming and ensure application design adheres to the overall architecture blueprint
• Contribute to the team’s documentation, ensuring data flows and components are well documented, as well as appropriate onboarding, troubleshooting and technical guides.
• Recommend and develop security measures in post implementation analysis of business usage to ensure successful system design and functionality
• Consult…