Join us as a ALFA Platform Software Engineer
* Join our Chief Digital Information Office in Commercial & Institutional, where we harness technology innovation, business agility and one-bank collaboration to push the boundaries of what's possible for our customers
* The wellbeing and growth of our people is fundamental to our shared success, which is why we're passionate about cultivating an environment that fosters inclusion and champions potential
* Our journey will be challenging and complex, but truly transformative – so if you're ready to stretch your capability, gain unique experience and shape the future banking experience for generations to come, this is your opportunity
What you'll do
You're joining a team that's passionate about the customer vision and driving our growth agenda. Aligned to our 'Manage my Growth' customer goal, you'll be working with your colleagues to deliver the technology strategic roadmap, while ensuring the right balance between our business goals and building future technology, at the right cost.
Working in a permanent feature team, you'll be developing knowledge of aspects of the associated platform across the disciplines of business, applications, data and infrastructure. You'll also be liaising with principal engineers, architects in the domain and other key stakeholders to understand how the platform works and how it supports business objectives.
You'll also be:
* Applying Agile methods to the development of software on the backlog
* Producing resilient and long-lived software and acting flexibly to cope with future needs
* Delivering intentional architecture and formulating emergent design through innovative ideas, experimentation and prototyping
* Designing and developing software with a focus on the automation of build, test and deployment activities, using executable patterns
The skills you'll need
We're looking for a skilled iSeries engineer with proven experience in delivering change safely within business-critical environments. You'll have a strong ability to leverage programming languages to solve complex problems, along with expertise in capturing and validating complex requirements against both business and systems requirements.
In addition you'll support and participate in migration planning, offering expert guidance in transitioning from legacy systems to modern platforms where applicable.
Additionally, you'll demonstrate:
* Experience in maintaining and troubleshooting applications running on the iSeries (AS/400) platform
* Knowledge of ALFA, a legacy Asset Finance platform, including its data structures, workflows and integrations
* Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with business teams to deliver pragmatic solutions that work for the business and technology teams using agile processes and practises
* Experience of leading the implementation of programming best practice, especially around scalability, automation, virtualisation, optimisation, availability and performance
* Experience of information security policies and practices within the financial sector
* Strong stakeholder management skills and communication skills with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts in a simple way