Applications Development Senior Programmer Analyst - Assistant Vice President

Citi; Singapore; On-site; SGD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Citi invites applications for an Applications Development Senior Programmer Analyst to join the Technology team in Singapore. The role focuses on building and modernizing application systems, contributing to systems analysis and programming efforts in coordination with engineers, architects, and operations.

Responsibilities include configuring diverse infrastructure, enabling CI/CD pipelines, and enhancing availability, security, and performance of distributed services while driving automation

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of DevOps/engineering experience.
• Unix/Linux system administration skills and network troubleshooting.
• Proficient scripting in bash/perl/python/powershell.
• Experience with CI/CD tools and pipelines (Jenkins/TeamCity/Artifactory).
• Knowledge of distributed systems, microservices, virtualization, and cloud infra.

Responsibilities

• Set up and configure bare-metal/virtual/cloud infrastructure for apps.
• Assist development teams with modern CI/CD pipelines.
• Improve availability, resilience, observability, and security of apps.
• Automate releases, deployment, configuration, and SDLC tasks.
• Enable connectivity across distributed components; migrate/upgrade infra.

Skills

Unix/Linux

CI/CD

Networking

Scripting

Java build tools

Databases

Distributed systems

English proficiency

Independent work

Planning & organizing

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Jenkins

TeamCity

Artifactory

Gradle/Maven

Job description

The Applications Development Senior Programmer Analyst is an intermediate level position responsible for participation in the establishment and implementation of new or revised application systems and programs in coordination with the Technology team. The overall objective of this role is to contribute to applications systems analysis and programming activities.

Responsibilities

• Set up and configure bare-metal / virtualized / cloud infrastructure for business applications
• Help development teams on-board to modern CI/CD pipelines
• Improve high availability, resilience, observability, maintainability and security of applications with industry standard and/or bank's internal solutions
• Automating application releases, deployment, configuration and other aspects of software development lifecycle
• Enabling connectivity between various components in distributed networks
• Help migrating and upgrading systems to newer infrastructure

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of relevant experience in an Engineering DevOps
• Unix/Linux skills at a system admin level
• Strong knowledge in computer networks and hands-on experience with their troubleshooting
• Proficiency in scripting (e.g. bash/perl/python/powershell)
• Some experience with Java build tools (Gradle/Maven preferred) and databases (Oracle/PostgreSQL preferred)
• Experience with CI/CD tools and pipelines (Jenkins/TeamCity/Artifactory)
• Understanding of distributed systems architecture, microservices, virtualization techniques
• Good command of English - both written and spoken
• You should not afraid to get your hands dirty to tackle hard issues
• Ability to plan and organize workload
• Ability to work independently, multi-task, and take ownership of various parts of a project or initiative

Would be a great plus if you know

• Basics of ITIL practices (change/incident management)
• Messaging middleware (Tibco, Solace, Kafka)
• Any programming language (Java, Python, Go etc)
• 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 lower level 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.

Recommended Qualifications

• 7 years + of relevant experience
• Experience in systems analysis and programming of software applications
• Experience in managing and implementing successful projects
• Working knowledge of consulting/project management techniques/methods
• Ability to work under pressure and manage deadlines or unexpected changes in expectations or requirements

Education

• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience

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

What you will be doing

• Set up and configure bare-metal / virtualized / cloud infrastructure for business applications
• Help development teams on-board to modern CI/CD pipelines
• Improve high availability, resilience, observability, maintainability and security of applications with industry standard and/or bank's internal solutions
• Automating application releases, deployment, configuration and other aspects of software development lifecycle
• Enabling connectivity between various components in distributed networks
• Help migrating and upgrading systems to newer infrastructure

Qualifications

• 7 years + of relevant experience in an Engineering DevOps
• Unix/Linux skills at a system admin level
• Strong knowledge in computer networks and hands-on experience with their troubleshooting
• Proficiency in scripting (e.g. bash/perl/python/powershell)
• Some experience with Java build tools (Gradle/Maven preferred) and databases (Oracle/PostgreSQL preferred)
• Experience with CI/CD tools and pipelines (Jenkins/TeamCity/Artifactory)
• Understanding of distributed systems architecture, microservices, virtualization techniques
• Good command of English - both written and spoken
• You should not afraid to get your hands dirty to tackle hard issues
• Ability to plan and organize workload
• Ability to work independently, multi-task, and take ownership of various parts of a project or initiative

Would be a great plus if you know

• Basics of ITIL practices (change/incident management)
• Messaging middleware (Tibco, Solace, Kafka)
• Any programming language (Java, Python, Go etc)

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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