Application Support Analyst

Societe Generale; Montreal; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Société Générale Canada, part of Global Banking Technology & Operations, is seeking an experienced support engineer to bolster market risk and collateral services. You will contribute to DevOps initiatives, provide day-to-day production support for critical applications, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve operational efficiency.

The role requires strong SQL/Unix skills, cloud and API knowledge, and a proactive, service-oriented mindset, with fluency in English and ability to

Qualifications

• Strong troubleshooting skills with SQL/Unix and experience with relational databases.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day technical expertise and operational support to obtain highest production stability for critical applications.
• Assist with identifying and implementing areas for improvement within operational and technical processes and maintain related documentation.
• Maintain development build environment (CI/CD, containerization, …) and ensure vulnerabilities are handled within SLA.
• Work with Application Development teams to implement fixes and improve stability.
• Document, implement and adhere to operational and technical standards, processes, and procedures.

Skills

Strong organizational skills

SQL/Unix troubleshooting

Big data, cloud, API

Excellent communication

English fluent

Team collaboration

Problem solving

DevOps awareness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Azure

AKS

Docker

Kubernetes

Jenkins

Git

Terraform

Ansible

Vault/Azure Key Vault

Job description

Responsibilities

The aim of Global Banking Technology & Operations (GBTO) Canada is to deliver day-to-day services to Société Générale investment and corporate bank units and their clients to accelerate their transformation. GBTO differentiates itself from competitors with the pace of the agile transformation delivered, spreading the technology and data culture, shortening the decision-making process, and adopting a true industrial approach, leveraging on different teams either transversal or aligned to the different sub business units.

Responsibilities

The aim of Global Banking Technology & Operations (GBTO) Canada is to deliver day-to-day services to Société Générale investment and corporate bank units and their clients to accelerate their transformation. GBTO differentiates itself from competitors with the pace of the agile transformation delivered, spreading the technology and data culture, shortening the decision-making process, and adopting a true industrial approach, leveraging on different teams either transversal or aligned to the different sub business units.

The Market Risk and Collateral (MRC) team belongs to the XRM (Cross Risk Metrics) department that aims at supporting risk department (RISQ). This is a central and dynamic position as you will provide technical and functional support on the market risk chain to allow our traders and risk analysts to manage their risks on a day to days basis. Great communication, social skills, and knowledge of ITIL best practices are essential as you will be responsible for supporting and maintaining our applications.

You will also help develop the DevOps activity within the support team. Close to the local dev team, you will put in place the tools and good practices to increase the efficiency of both support team and dev team.

TECHNICAL Stack

• CD/CD: Git workflows (branching strategies, GitOps) | Code review practices | GITHUB ACTIONS| JENKINS| TERRAFORM | ANSIBLE
• Cloud platform: AZURE | AKS| AZURE SQL DB
• Containerization: Docker | Kubernetes (K8s) | Helm
• Scripting: Python |SQL| Bash / Shell, PowerShell
• Monitoring: Kibana, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, ElasticSearch
• Security: Secrets management (Vault, Azure Key Vault) | Sonarcube | RBAC, least-privilege principles
• OS: Linux | Windows
• Database: MS SQL
• Scheduler: AUTOSYS
• Messaging bus: KAFKA

What will be your DAY-TO-DAY?

How you will contribute to the day-to-day activities of the team:

• Using your knowledge and exemplary service skills to resolve business inquiries and ensuring the accurate and timely escalation and resolution of the issues.
• Provide day-to-day technical expertise and operational support to obtain highest degrees of production stability for critical applications.
• Provide monitoring and support for applications front office, market data, risk management, Profit and loss etc.
• Trouble shooting issues using technology skills (reading logs, SQL,unix) and working closely with Level 3 development team to manage resolution of application issues.
• Work with Application Development teams to implement fixes and improve stability.
• Work with the business, technology, and operations to manage competing priorities.
• Document, implement and adhere to operational and technical standards, best practices, processes, and procedures (problem/change/release/request management/service/time reporting).
• Assist with identifying and implementing areas for improvement within existing operational and technical processes and maintain related documentation.
• Contribution in dev Ops role focused on creating, improving, or testing a product, system, or solution.
• Maintain development build environment ( CI/CD, containerization, …)
• Ensure vulnerabilities are handled within SLA
• Optimize the resources used by production and non prod environment.
• Identify and implement tools to increase support and development teams

Required

Profile required

Skills and Qualifications:

Must Have:

• Strong organizational and communication skills.
• Ability to analyze and provide / receive constructive feedback.
• Knowledge of big data technologies, cloud, and API.
• Strong trouble shooting skills, technical skills especially in the use of SQL/Unix and experience working with relational databases.
• Highly disciplined, self-starter with the ability to multi-task and juggle competing priorities with an extreme level of detail, accuracy, confidentiality, diplomacy, and initiative.
• Good command of the English language. Fluency in second world language is a plus.
• Ability to work effectively as a member of a team, demonstrate a responsible work ethic, high level of professionalism and sound judgment.
• Must be willing and able to work flexible shifts (Starting 08:00 AM EST to 5:00PM EST and Starting 10:30 AM EST to 7:30PM EST)
• User focused and service oriented, with a proactive user approach.
• Ability to do knowledge sharing or training sessions, functional documentation creation.
• Extensive experience in task automation.

Nice to Have:

• ITIL Certification/Azure Cloud certification
• Bachelor’s degree or foreign education equivalent in Computer Science or Engineering
• 5 + years’ experience in an application support, Technology support or in a Service Delivery role particularly in the financial sector is preferred

Languages:

French, English

LANGUAGE:

Ability to communicate in English, both orally and in writing, is a requirement as the person in this position will need to collaborate regularly with colleagues and partners in the United States.

Due to US Federal Securities law that may apply to this position, candidates who will apply for this position may be required to submit to an enhanced background screening, including the collection of their fingerprints by a third-party vendor selected by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (\"FINRA\").

Business insight

Societe Generale is committed to offering an inclusive recruitment experience to all candidates. If you require any reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please do not hesitate to let our Recruiters know.

OUR CULTURE:

At Societe Generale, we live by our 4 core values of commitment, responsibility, team spirit and innovation. We are engaged and demonstrate consideration for others. We act ethically and with courage. We focus our talent and energy on collective success. We experiment and propose new ideas. This way, we maximize our ability to serve client needs and anticipate market changes. Societe Generale is committed to strengthening bonds with colleagues, communities, and the world in which we live, because relationships are at the heart of how we operate. For more information about our Culture and Conduct initiatives, please visit this link https://americas.societegenerale.com/en/careers/get-know-culture/

D&I:

Our Diversity & Inclusion Mission: Recruit, develop, advance, and retain a diverse workforce that is united in our efforts to enhance our competitive position and deliver innovative solutions to our clients.

Our Diversity & Inclusion Vision:

• Engaged workforce that is demographically diverse in a way that reflects the communities in which we operate
• Inclusive culture and workplace that recognizes employees' unique needs and utilizes their diverse talents
• Engage our community and marketplace, and position the organization to meet the needs of all its clients

For more information about our D&I initiatives, please visit this link https://americas.societegenerale.com/en/careers/get-know-diversity/