Senior System Analyst, Application Management(Core Systems)

fwd; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 550,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

5-day work week

20-22 days annual leave

Learning & development opportunities

Attractive package

Job summary

FWD Group in Hong Kong seeks a capable IT professional to assist in managing Life Systems development and enhancement projects across Life Asia and Front-End systems. You will support sub-teams, collect user requirements and participate in design, coding, testing and user acceptance testing.

The candidate should hold a university degree in Computer Science with 4-6 years' IT experience, strong enterprise-scale development background, and project management certifications such as PMP or PSM.

Qualifications

• University degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• Minimum 4-6 years IT experience in information technology.
• Solid experience in enterprise-scale application development.
• Certification in project management (PMP or PSM) preferred.
• Knowledge of Life Asia, AS/400, middleware connectivity and front-end integrations.

Responsibilities

• Manage small-scale IT projects through feasibility, requirements, design and delivery.
• Lead or support project execution within budget and time frames.
• Coordinate with supervisors, teams and vendors to maintain quality and risk control.
• Develop and promote best practices and system development standards.

Skills

Enterprise-scale development

Project management

Life Insurance IT domain

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

AS/400

IBM CDC

IBM WAS

MS Azure

Job description

About FWD Group

FWD Group (1828.HK) is a pan-Asian life and health insurance business that serves approximately 40 million customers across 10 markets, including BRI Life in Indonesia. FWD's customer-led and tech-enabled approach aims to deliver innovative propositions, easy-to-understand products and a simpler insurance experience. Established in 2013, the company operates in some of the fastest-growing insurance markets in the world with a vision of changing the way people feel about insurance. FWD Group is listed on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange under the stock code 1828. For more information, please visit www.fwd.com

For more information about FWD Hong Kong, please visit www.fwd.com.hk/

Summary

This position assumes the role to assist in managing Life Systems development/enhancement projects including Life Asia and Front-End systems Managing activities within sub-team and project monitoring. Collecting user requirements and carried out development tasks including system design, coding, testing and user acceptance testing.

The Job

Responsible for managing small scale projects throughout its life cycle including feasibility study, user expectation management, and change management.

Assist direct supervisor to deliver medium to large scale of system modification/enhancement within budget and time frame.

Oversees responsible project execution within budget and time frame, measuring/identify potential risk and recommends risk mitigation wherever appropriate.

Propose on system development strategy and planning. Evaluate and recommend new IT products and services.

Monitor the performance and ensure quality support of all existing IT production systems.

Assist direct supervisor to establish design standard and lead system development.

Assist direct supervisor to develop best practices adhere to system development standards.

IT staff recruitment, coaching, mentoring and vendor management.

The Person

University degree in Computer Science or equivalent, minimum 4-6 years working experience in Information Technology.

Solid experience in enterprise-scale application development.

Sound knowledge in project management and essential with certification in project management such as PMP or Professional Scrum Master (PSM).

Prefer to pass the subjects of 280 and 290 of LOMA examination.

Competent knowledge in Life Asia, AS/400, middle ware connectivity like DXC MSP or RESTful API integrating with Front-End System.

Good knowledge in IBM CDC, IBM WAS and BMC Control-M and MS Azure Skytap is an advantage.

Knowledge and experience in implementing enterprise-scale IT system for Life Insurance.

Good knowledge in Life Insurance products and workflow.

Good team player.

Self-initiative and pro-active.

Able to lead a small size of IT development team.

Candidate with less experience, we will still consider as System Analyst.

Benefits

We offer 5-day work, 20-22 days annual leaves, excellent learning & development opportunities and an attractive package to the right candidate.

Additional Information

Information collected will be treated in strict confidence and used solely for recruitment purpose. The company will retain all applications no longer than 24 months of which will be destroyed thereafter. When there are vacancies in any of our subsidiaries, holding companies, associated or affiliated companies of, or companies controlled by, or under common control with the Company during that period, we may transfer your application to them for consideration of employment.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, disability or family status in employment process.