VP1 Senior Application Maintenance Support (Project), PRO | Kuala Lumpur, MY

United Overseas Bank; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 72,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading bank in Asia is seeking a VP1 Senior Application Maintenance Support professional in Kuala Lumpur. The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing the software development lifecycle, managing application stability and facilitating continuous improvements in the financial domain. We're looking for someone with extensive experience in application development, strong technical skills, and a collaborative mindset.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in application maintenance and development.
• Prior experience in a secure environment, preferably in financial services.
• Knowledge of Agile and DevOps practices is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end software development and support lifecycle.
• Coordinate with 3rd party vendors for application fixes.
• Conduct incident management and reporting.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Application development

Database management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

RHEL

Java

Oracle

Shell Scripting

Job description

VP1 Senior Application Maintenance Support (Project), PRO

VP1 Senior Application Maintenance Support (Project), PRO

VP1 Senior Application Maintenance Support (Project), PRO

Posting Date: 2 Jul 2025

Location:
Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, MY

Company: UOB Innovation Hub 2 Sdn. Bhd.

About UOB

United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) is a leading bank in Asia with a global network of more than 500 branches and offices in 19 countries and territories in Asia Pacific, Europe and North America. In Asia, we operate through our head office in Singapore and banking subsidiaries in China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, as well as branches and offices.

Our history spans more than 80 years. Over this time, we have been guided by our values - Honorable, Enterprising, United and Committed. This means we always strive to do what is right, build for the future, work as one team and pursue long-term success. It is how we work, consistently, be it towards the company, our colleagues or our customers.

UOB Innovation Hub 2 (InnoHub 2) is a newly set up technology centre located in Kuala Lumpur as part of UOB Group Technology and Operations to deliver innovative financial technology solutions that enable business growth and technology transformation.

About the Department

The Technology and Operations function is comprised of five teams of specialists with distinct capabilities: business partnership, technology, operations, risk governance and planning support and services. We work closely together to harness the power of technology to support our physical and digital banking services and operations. This includes developing, centralising and standardising technology systems as well as banking operations in Singapore and overseas branches.

Job Responsibilities

SCOPE OF THE ROLE
You will be involved extensively and be responsible for the end-to-end software development lifecycle and support for all work transitioned from Group for L3 production issue analysis and fixes. This includes working with various stakeholders, analysis and design to development, implementation, release management, testing and support for the domain area of Payments, Real-Time Data Services and Open Banking APIs (PRO).
With a primary role as a Senior L3 support team member, you will mainly be responsible for day-to-day application stability & improvement activities around code fixes within the PRO domain area (with focus on various channel related integration). You will also partner closely with the group domain team to plan and manage transitioned deliverables of project delivery/change requests.

Other responsibilities include:
• Act as the focal point of contact for technical resolutions while managing the incident, problem, and knowledge management processes for the applications in scope.
• Coordinate with 3rd party product vendors and/or integration partners for application fixes, delivery and deployment of code fixes to meet the required quality, stability, performance & capacity.
• Provide timely updates and report to management.
• Work with stakeholders to manage and prioritize the overall book of work against the team's capacity.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives relating to methods, tools, people, architecture, project management and governance.
• Provide technical leadership for the squad and enforce the Definition of Done
• Enable the team and removing impediments and blockers for the squad
• Provide insight, measurement, accountability and a positive working environment.

Job Requirements

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE

Expected Years of Experience: 6 years +
• Bachelor's degree/University degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience

The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in operating large-scale and complex mission-critical solutions:

1. Strong communication skills to communicate with various stakeholders (both working level and management) across business and technical teams.
2. Prior experience in a highly secured environment (eg: financial services) with good understanding on security and audits, encryption, 2FA or multi-factor authentication (MFA).
3. Experience in application development and operations of complex integrated application solutions (online and batch integrations):
a. Mandatory: RHEL (or other equivalent Linux distributions)
b. Mandatory: Java-based application development.
c. Mandatory: Experience with database management systems (preferably Oracle)
d. Mandatory: Shell Scripting
e. Experience with Solaris operating system will be an added advantage.
f. Experience with Finastra product (used in corporate e-channel platform) will be an added advantage.
g. Experience in JBoss application server will be an added advantage.
h. Experience in Apache web server will be an added advantage.
4. Experience in security management across the layers.
5. Experience in Agile and DevOps practices will be an added advantage.
6. Experience in managing third-party vendor solutions will be an added advantage.
7. Domain knowledge in various payment products (validation, processing) and corresponding technical solutions will be an added advantage.

Be a part of UOB Family

UOB is an equal opportunity employer. UOB does not discriminate on the basis of a candidate's age, race, gender, color, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or other non-merit factors. All employment decisions at UOB are based on business needs, job requirements and qualifications. If you require any assistance or accommodations to be made for the recruitment process, please inform us when you submit your online application.

Apply now and make a difference.

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