Mainframe Engineering Lead Analyst - Vice President

Citi; Chennai; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services company is seeking a Senior Engineering Lead Analyst to oversee engineering activities including the design and deployment of technology infrastructure. You will serve as a subject matter expert and mentor junior team members, ensuring all projects align with business goals while adhering to compliance standards. Ideal candidates will have 6-10 years of experience in a similar role and possess strong project management and analytical skills.

Qualifications

• 6-10 years of relevant experience in an Engineering role.
• Experience in Financial Services or complex global environments.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering activities including design and deployment of infrastructure.
• Serve as a technology expert and mentor junior members.
• Ensure integration of functions meets business goals.

Skills

Leadership

Project Management

Analytic skills

Communication

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Master’s degree preferred

Job description

Overview

The Engineering Lead Analyst is a senior level position responsible for leading a variety of engineering activities including the design, acquisition and deployment of hardware, software and network infrastructure in coordination with the Technology team. The overall objective of this role is to lead efforts to ensure quality standards are being met within existing and planned framework.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a technology subject matter expert for internal and external stakeholders and provide direction for all firm mandated controls and compliance initiatives, all projects within the group and in creating a technology domain roadmap
• Ensure that all integration of functions meet business goals
• Define necessary system enhancements to deploy new products and process enhancements
• Recommend product customization for system integration
• Identify problem causality, business impact and root causes
• Exhibit knowledge of how own specialty area contributes to the business and apply knowledge of competitors, products and services
• Advise or mentor junior team members
• Impact the engineering function by influencing decisions through advice, counsel or facilitating services
• 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.

Qualifications

• 6-10 years of relevant experience in an Engineering role
• Experience working in Financial Services or a large complex and/or global environment
• Project Management experience
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication
• Comprehensive knowledge of design metrics, analytics tools, benchmarking activities and related reporting to identify best practices
• Demonstrated analytic/diagnostic skills
• Ability to work in a matrix environment and partner with virtual teams
• Ability to work independently, multi-task, and take ownership of various parts of a project or initiative
• Ability to work under pressure and manage to tight deadlines or unexpected changes in expectations or requirements
• Proven track record of operational process change and improvement

Education

• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience
• Master’s degree preferred

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