Application Support - Banking Systems

Arbuthnot Latham; Greater London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday and pension benefits

Life Assurance

Discretionary bonus

Flexible benefits package (Cycle to Wo

Job summary

Arbuthnot Latham in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced IT professional to support Banking 3rd party applications and maintain service health across critical systems.

You will manage incidents within SLA, follow ITIL processes, and collaborate with senior teams to design and implement new systems while ensuring ISO27001 and PCI DSS compliance.

Qualifications

• Experience in a Financial Services organisation.
• Experience with banking platforms and security of these platforms.
• Support and monitor critical banking technologies including WebLogic & Oracle Database and other Java and Linux based applications.
• Interacting with Vendor support within SLA’s.
• Knowledge of Banking/Payment technologies incl Faster Payments, BACS & Swift.
• Operating within an ISO27001 framework.
• Develop and optimise service availability monitoring and alerting using SolarWinds.
• Writing and executing SQL Queries, Stored Procedures, SSRS reports.
• Configuration and integrations of Single Sign On Solutions (Oracle Identity Federation, Azure Active Directory).
• Experience using ServiceNow / ITSM modules.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all incidents and requests are processed within SLA.
• Ensure problems are identified and managed per ITIL.
• Identify and document technology risks and provide solutions to reduce risk.
• Produce and maintain process documentation and run books to support standards like ISO27001/PCI DSS.
• Perform daily/weekly/monthly checks to ensure health and availability of services.
• Remediate vulnerabilities identified through testing and scanning.
• Develop and implement proactive monitoring and alerting.
• Provide coaching and knowledge transfer to other IT teams.

Skills

ITIL processes

Incident management

ServiceNow

SQL

Oracle

WebLogic

SolarWinds monitoring

ISO27001/PCI DSS

Azure Active Directory

Java/Linux apps

Tools

Oracle Database

WebLogic

Azure AD

Job description

Job Purpose

• To support the Banking 3 rd party IT applications and systems.
• To fix application and system problems, or any incident that is disrupting the application service that business users depend on.
• To assist the business in designing and implementing new systems under the direction of the Senior Platform Lead.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure all incidents and requests are processed within SLA and in line with customer expectations.
• Ensure problems are identified and managed in line with the ITIL framework.
• Identify and document technology risks and provide solutions to reduce, mitigate or transfer the risk.
• Produce and maintain process documentation, knowledge base articles and run books to support compliance with applicable standards such as ISO27001, PCI DSS and legal and regulatory requirements.
• Perform daily, weekly, monthly checks and maintenance to ensure the health and availability of services.
• Remediation of vulnerability identified through penetration testing and vulnerability scanning.
• Develop and implement proactive systems monitoring and alerting.
• Provide coaching and advice to other areas of IT to help empower and knowledge transfer to other teams.

Risk

• Responsible for managing risks inherent to the role by diligently observing internal policies and procedures.

Key Interfaces

• IT Senior Management
• Senior Application Specialists - / Application Specialist – Banking
• Senior Manager Data and Integration Systems
• Senior Manager, IT Service Delivery
• Banking Operations Staff

Person Specification

Knowledge/Experience/Skills:

• Experience working at a similar level in a Financial Services organisation
• Good working knowledge of banking platforms and the security and assurance of these platform.
• Support and monitor critical banking technologies including WebLogic & Oracle Database and other Java and Linux based applications as necessary
• Interacting with Vendor support for the resolution of issues within prescribed SLA’s
• Good working knowledge of Banking and Payment technologies include Faster Payments, BACS & Swift Working within an ITIL environment
• Working within an ISO27001 Framework
• Develop and optimise service availability monitoring and alerting using SolarWinds
• Writing and executing SQL Queries, Stored Procedures, SSRS reports
• Configuration and integrations of Single Sign On Solutions (Oracle Identity Federation, Azure Active Director).

Strong experience in one of the following areas required:

• Administration and use of ServiceNow, change, incident, problem, ITAM, ITSM

Qualifications

• Change focus
• Judgment & Problem Solving
• Strong Team player, but equally capable in a solo environment
• Planning & Reviewing
• Communication & Confidence

Benefits

• Competitive holiday allowance with the ability to buy / sell / rollover up to five days per year
• Pension via market leading provider
• 4x Life Assurance
• Discretionary Bonus
• Access to a suite of flexible benefits including Cycle to Work Scheme, Gym Scheme, Health Assessment, Season Ticket / Travel loans and Dental insurance as well as other discounts / vouchers

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