Vice President, Technical Lead (Domestic Payments)

MUFG; Singapore; On-site; SGD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

MUFG seeks a senior technical expert in the payments domain. This role involves leading system design, collaborating on project deliverables, ensuring documentation accuracy, and maintaining system performance. The ideal candidate has over 12 years of experience in payments, strong knowledge of related technologies, and excellent communication skills, thriving in collaborative environments.

Qualifications

• Minimum 12 years of technical experience in Payments implementations.
• Experience with Payment & Settlement systems in Asia Pacific.
• Knowledge of software development lifecycle (SDLC) and Agile methodology.

Responsibilities

• Provide expertise in system analysis and technical design of payment solutions.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure technical requirements are met.
• Prepare technical documentation and support system transitions.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Information Systems

Tools

IBM FTM Payments

TCS Bancs Payments

Java/J2EE

Oracle DB

SQL

Unix/Linux

IBM WAS

DB2

MQ

IIB

Job description

Job Responsibilities:

Technical Expertise:

• Provide subject matter experience in system analysis and design.
• Ability to lead the technical design of the solution based on the system criticality of the payments domain for resiliency and stable operations to meet the business SLA’s expected.
• Develop technical specification document based on functional requirement.

Project Support:

• Collaborate with Project Managers, Business Analysts, and Developers/Testers to ensure technical requirement are met.
• Support the preparation and execution of test plans, including System Integration Testing (SIT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Manage the outstanding defects/change requests, prioritize with Project Managers and Business Analysts and plan for the fix or implementation.

Documentation:

• Prepare and maintain comprehensive technical documentation.
• Ensure all technical documents are up-to-date and accurately reflect the system design and functionality.

Operation Transition:

• Assist in the transition of system from development to production status.
• Provide support for operation promotion tasks, ensuring smooth handover to Production Support team.

Quality Assurance:

• Participate in quality reviews and contribute to the achievement of quality objectives.
• Ensure that all deliverables comply with MUFG IT standards and governance.

Maintenance

• Regularly monitor system performance, system usage, and resource consumption and take preventive measures before issues arise.
• Apply security patches for vulnerabilities and updates to keep system up-to-date.
• Manage EOL/EOS for Hardware and Software.
• Propose improvements to enhance system performance and efficiency.
• Consider the introduction of new technologies and tools, and plan system upgrade.

Incident Support

• Liaise with the relevant teams including vendors to investigate reported issues/problem, identify root cause/impact, implement workaround and fixes to resolve issue.
• Get into the technical investigation at the application level for trouble-shooting and resolution.

Job Requirements:

• Minimum 12 Years of technical experience with specialization on Payments implementations, with experience in methodologies and frameworks for System analysis in the banking industry.
• Experience in Payment & Settlement systems with experience in Asia Pacific payment systems (online, real-time payment, RTGS and other domestic payments)
• Experience with IBM FTM Payments product.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field
• Experience with TCS Bancs Payments product preferred
• Knowledge in Java/J2EE platform, Oracle DB, SQL, Unix/Linux, IBM WAS, DB2, MQ and IIB would be an advantage
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
• Experience in software development lifecycle (SDLC) and exposure to Agile methodology
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross functional teams or offshore team
• Strong communication skill to liaise with stakeholders, team members, and products vendors
• Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills
• Self-motivated and possess drive, and ability to work independently and a good team player