Murex Integration Consultant

Adecco; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 300,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Adecco seeks a Lead Integration Delivery professional to own end-to-end delivery of integration services across Global Markets and Investment Banking, with a strong focus on Murex integration and external platforms.

You will lead a squad of integration engineers, manage the backlog, ensure delivery quality, and provide executive updates on progress and risks. This role requires extensive experience in financial services integration and vendor coordination.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10+ years of experience in integration delivery within financial services.
• Strong hands-on Murex exposure (Mx3.1 MxMLExchange, Market Data Batch & Live).
• Proven people-management experience leading squads of 5+ engineers.
• Experience integrating Murex with Bloomberg, Refinitiv, IHS Markit, and other platforms.
• Excellent Jira/Confluence-based delivery and reporting capabilities.
• Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of integration engineers (Murex and external platforms).
• Own the end-to-end integration delivery stream from requirements to production support.
• Drive backlog grooming, sprint planning, and delivery tracking with Jira.
• Provide regular KPIs, dashboards, and executive updates on delivery status.
• Ensure governance, security, and risk compliance across delivery processes.
• Coordinate with Front Office, Operations, Risk, Platform teams, and vendors.

Skills

Murex integration

People management

Jira

Confluence

Stakeholder management

SQL

Shell scripting

Cloud (AWS/Azure)

Delivery tracking

Vendor coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems/Computer Science

Tools

Mx3.1 MxMLExchange

Control-M scheduling

Job description

The Lead Integration Delivery will own the end-to-end delivery, support, and continuous improvement of integration services across Global Markets and Investment Banking, with a strong focus on Murex integration and external platform connectivity (Bloomberg, Refinitiv, IHS Markit, OSTTRA, GoldenSource, and other trading, market data, reference data, and ratings providers).

The role is a people-management position: the candidate will lead a squad of integration engineers, plan and prioritize the backlog, and is accountable for delivery quality, timelines, production stability, and reporting visibility to senior stakeholders. The candidate should possess a bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related discipline.

- Lead and manage a team of integration engineers (Murex and external platforms), including coaching, performance management, capacity planning, and hiring

- Own the integration delivery stream end-to-end: requirement gathering, solution design, build, test, deployment, and L2/L3 support

- Drive backlog grooming, sprint planning, and delivery tracking through Jira, ensuring sprint commitments and release milestones are met

- Provide regular monitoring and reporting on team delivery (velocity, burndown, throughput, incidents, SLAs) to give clear visibility to management and business stakeholders

- Navigate and enforce the IT Delivery Process and guidelines, ensuring audit readiness and compliance with governance, security, and risk frameworks

- Act as the primary point of contact for service integration delivery, incident management, escalation, and vendor coordination

- Build and maintain strong working relationships across Front Office, Operations, Risk, Platform teams, Architecture, and third-party vendors

- Ensure service continuity and high availability of integration services, driving automation, exception handling, and reconciliation improvements

- Respect timelines and proactively manage risks, dependencies, and trade-offs across the delivery portfolio

- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to translate technical topics into executive-ready updates

Skillset and experience:

• Minimum 10+ years of experience in integration delivery within financial services, with significant hands‑on Murex exposure (Mx3.1 MxMLExchange, Market Data Batch & Live, Murex data model)
• Proven people‑management experience leading integration squads of 5+ engineers, including onshore/offshore and vendor resources
• Strong experience integrating Murex with external platforms and providers: Bloomberg, Refinitiv/LSEG, IHS Markit, OSTTRA, GoldenSource, trading platforms, confirmation/matching, and reference/ratings data sources
• Hands‑on delivery management using Jira (backlog, sprints, dashboards, JQL) and confluence for documentation and team transparency
• Strong delivery monitoring and reporting capability: ability to produce KPIs, status dashboards, and executive‑ready updates covering velocity, throughput, quality, incidents, and SLAs
• Solid technical foundation: Shell scripting, SQL, Control‑M scheduling, and a good understanding of the overall Murex ecosystem
• Expertise in incident management, exception handling, reconciliation, and L2/L3 production support for integration services
• Track record of driving operational improvements, automation, and continuous improvement in integration delivery
• Product knowledge across FX, IRD, FI, EQD, CRD, MM, and COM, with strong stakeholder management across Front Office, Operations, Risk, and Finance
• Working knowledge of Cloud (AWS/Azure), modern integration patterns (APIs, messaging, event streaming), and vendor onboarding processes