Java Applications Development Senior Programmer Analyst

Citi; Chennai District; On-site; INR 2,400,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Citi is seeking an Applications Development Senior Programmer Analyst in Chennai. You will play a pivotal role in designing, delivering, and supporting enterprise applications for the Cards and Payments space.

You will lead engineering teams, collaborate with stakeholders, and ensure robust, scalable solutions while adhering to risk and compliance guidelines. The position requires strong analytical skills, hands-on technical leadership, and experience with modern development practices, APIs, and

Qualifications

• Graduate/Post Graduate degree in engineering or computer science streams.
• 10-12 years of hands on experience in technical design and delivery of enterprise applications in Cards and Payments.
• Demonstrable analytical and quantitative skills.
• Demonstrable experience of having led and directed engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Conduct feasibility studies, time and cost estimates, IT planning, risk technology, applications development, and implement new or revised systems.
• Monitor and control all phases of development process and provide user/operational support.
• Analyze complex problems, evaluate business processes, and provide evaluative judgement.
• Recommend and develop security measures in post-implementation analysis to ensure system design and functionality.
• Consult with users/clients and other tech groups on issues and implement advanced programming solutions.
• Define operating standards and processes; advise or coach junior analysts.
• Operate with limited supervision and exercise independence of judgement.
• Act as SME to senior stakeholders and escalate/report control issues with transparency.

Skills

Analytical skills

Team leadership

Agile methodologies

Problem solving

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

Git

CI/CD

API gateway

Kafka

COBOL

DB2

JCL

Job description

This role will be part of our Application Development/Engineering team, and as an Applications Development Senior Programmer Analyst, will fulfill responsibilities inclusive of, and not limited to below

Responsibilities

• Conduct tasks related to feasibility studies, time and cost estimates, IT planning, risk technology, applications development, model development, and establish and implement new or revised applications systems and programs to meet specific business needs or user areas
• Monitor and control all phases of development process and analysis, design, construction, testing, and implementation as well as provide user and operational support on applications to business users
• Utilize in-depth specialty knowledge of applications development to analyze complex problems/issues, provide evaluation of business process, system process, and industry standards, and make evaluative judgement
• Recommend and develop security measures in post implementation analysis of business usage to ensure successful system design and functionality
• Consult with users/clients and other technology groups on issues, recommend advanced programming solutions, and install and assist customer exposure systems
• Ensure essential procedures are followed and help define operating standards and processes
• Serve as advisor or coach to new or junior analysts
• Has the ability to operate with a limited level of direct supervision.
• Can exercise independence of judgement and autonomy.
• Acts as SME to senior stakeholders and /or other team members.
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

Job Qualifications

Qualification

• Graduate/Post Graduate degree in engineering or computer science streams
• Demonstrable analytical and quantitative skills
• 10-12 years of hands on experience in technical design and delivery of enterprise applications especially in the Cards and Payments space
• Demonstrable experience of having led and directed engineering teams

Core Technical competencies

• Past roles as a technical/engineering lead with demonstrable experience having led and directed software development teams in a cards or retail bank eco-system
• Engineering talent with working knowledge and experience integrating and/or transforming enterprise Mainframe systems to modern event driven, distributed & cloud technologies, forward-compatible and open to continuous learning will be a big plus
• Extensive experience in having led technical teams, implemented innovative solutions and been responsible for delivery of enterprise solutions in any one of the following technologies:
• Core Java (1.7 or higher), J2EE, Spring framework, Spring boot, RHEL OpenShift
• IBM z/OS, COBOL, JCL, CICS, VSAM, DB2 with hands on experience in a SYSPLEX/CICSPLEX environment and experience with modernizing Mainframe applications
• Hands on experience wiring with microservices architecture, API gateway.
• Good exposure to various Database technologies (DB2/Oracle/MongoDB)
• Experience in designing applications that produce/consume SOAP/Rest web services and/or Open APIs
• Experience working with modern messaging pub/sub technologies like, Kafka, Solace etc.
• Proficiency with version control systems (e.g., Git) and modern CI/CD practices.
• Hands-on knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, deployment tooling and automated testing.
• Agile Methodologies: Solid experience working in and practicing Agile development methodologies.
• AI and Prompt Engineering: Wide exposure to and practical experience with smart AI tools and the ability to seamlessly embed AI tooling in daily workflows.
• Experience working with enterprise transaction processing systems with focus on recovery, stability, reliability, scalability and performance
• Experience in performance tuning of complex applications with significant volumes

Other desired Traits

• Working Knowledge and Experience with automating development processes, various levels of automated testing
• A good understanding of the cards & payments industry fundamentals and ongoing payment industry trends
• Ability to work with remote teams across geographies and organization lines
• Strong team player able to motivate team to respond to multiple demands and able to manage changing priorities and meet challenging timelines
• Collaborative and adaptive, with good communication skills. Prior experience working in a large Agile teams using scrum methodology is desirable
• Ability to own delivery responsibilities end to end and be accountable for driving results for the team
• Strong interpersonal and articulation skills (spoken and written)
• Strong team orientation and commitment to overall team success; willing to go above and beyond to ensure team success; intense customer focus and commitment to driving quality
• Logical thinking, High analytical and problem solving skills; innovative and solutions oriented
• Enthusiastic and quick-learner in a rapidly changing environment.

This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

Job Family Group

Technology

Job Family

Applications Development

Time Type

Full time

Most Relevant Skills

Please see the requirements listed above.

Other Relevant Skills

For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

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