Position: Hands-on Technical Manager

Location: NYC/NJ/Connecticut 

Job Type: 6 Mon Contract

Primary Responsibilities:

Develop and maintain a deep knowledge of the in-scope applications, including what business functions are provided by each, the technical architecture, and all application interfaces.

Adhere to the bank s SDLC and employ best practices to ensure that projects are delivered on time, within budget and to the expectations of project sponsors and stakeholders. Strong experience of managing development teams.

Provide guidance to the technical staff for development activities and routine maintenance.

Provide subject matter expertise to strategic projects.

Assist strategic project teams with creation of use cases and integration testing (pre-UAT).

Participate in technical design sessions.

Proactively monitor and Lead issue resolution including reconciliation activities and data analysis and provide guidance to technical staff and business personnel.

Conduct code reviews, ensure coding standards are followed, and perform quality assurance to maintain the integrity and performance of the applications.

Identify, diagnose, and resolve complex technical issues efficiently.

Stay updated with the latest industry trends and technologies, continuously seeking opportunities to enhance our technology stack and processes.

Monitor the bank s end-of-day processes and assist with problem resolution as needed; escalate when appropriate.

Qualifications

15 years IT experience in the banking/finance industry highly preferred.

Experience with one or more of the following; Capital Markets, Wealth management, analytics, reconciliation, and regulatory reporting strongly desired.

Outstanding organizational and leadership skills with an ability to drive issues to consensus while promoting a positive collaborative environment.

Ability to build strong relationships and influence stakeholders at all levels. Strong business focused experience.

Versed in development methodologies such as waterfall and agile.

Heavy experience with applications development, Architecture, Complex systems development using APIs , Realtime APIs, Payment systems, Web based apps, Cloud based apps, systems integration, data conversions, and applications installation, configuration, upgrades, and decommissioning.

Strong technical skills such as Mulesoft, Java, SQL Server, Oracle, MS Windows, Linux, Excellent analytical skills.

Experience managing vendor relationships.

Ability to work effectively under pressure and to tight deadlines.

Willingness to take ownership and accountability.

Familiarity with market data providers such as Bloomberg, Reuters.

Experience with financial regulatory standards such as Basel II/III and Dodd Frank are all plusses.

MuleSoft Certified Developer / Architect

Good to have - At least 3 Hands-on MuleSoft Project implementations

Experience with JIRA, Bit Bucket and Jenkins required. CI/CD pipeline, DevOps experience plus

Detailed understanding of Domain Driven Design and Aspect Oriented Programming

Experience with a range of web programming languages such as Java, J2EE, XML, XSD, JSON, Springboot

Large scale application development and integration experience

Self-motivated when it comes to tasking and development planning

Great communication skills and confidence to manage up

Core Banking or Lending Business skills/knowledge a plus.

Skills :

15 years of applications development experience covering APIs, Web Development, Large scale applications.

Building and Leading a technical team, code reviews, design, architecture

Agile development experience, working with clients and business

2-3 years MuleSoft specific project experience

10 years of experience with JMS, Spring, Spring Boot and Hibernate ORM

3 years of experience with enterprise integration architecture and patterns

2-3 years of API led connectivity

4 years Oracle/ SQL database experience

4 experience developing SOA and writing/consuming web services

Technical know-how in TCP/IP, Security (Basic Auth, OAuth 1.0 and OAuth 2.0, SSL/TLS)

Single Sign On experience

Experience in an Agile environment

Minimum Education Required: Bachelor s degree in Computer Science or equivalent