Application Support Tech Lead Analyst (Hybrid) in Belfast, United Kingdom

Overview of Citi:

Citi is a world-leading global bank. We have approximately 200 million customer accounts and a presence in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions worldwide. We provide consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management. We enable clients to achieve their strategic financial objectives by providing them with cutting-edge ideas, best-in-class products and solutions, and unparalleled access to capital and liquidity.

Citi Belfast is one of the largest employers in Northern Ireland with a diverse and talented team of over 3000 people from over 40 different nationalities across our four Belfast offices.

We are the only global investment bank operating in Northern Ireland. Every day, our local experts interact with global teams in over 100 countries developing and supporting next-generation technology solutions for the enterprise and delivering critical services to the bank and its customers, to make sure we are a stronger and safer organization for our clients.

You will have a truly global reach, which will provide you with new experiences and development opportunities right here in Belfast’s iconic Titanic Quarter.

Role Overview:

The Apps Sup Tech Lead Analyst is a strategic professional who stays abreast of developments within own field and contributes to directional strategy by considering their application in own job and the business. Recognized technical authority for an area within the business. Requires basic commercial awareness. There are typically multiple people within the business that provide the same level of subject matter expertise. Developed communication and diplomacy skills are required in order to guide, influence and convince others, in particular colleagues in other areas and occasional external customers. Significant impact on the area through complex deliverables. Provides advice and counsel related to the technology or operations of the business. Work impacts an entire area, which eventually affects the overall performance and effectiveness of the sub-function/job family.

Responsibilities:

• The Apps Support Tech Lead Analyst is responsible to partner with multiple technology teams to ensure appropriate integration of functions to meet goals; identify and define necessary system enhancements; analyze existing system logic, identify problems; and recommend and implements solutions.

• Provides expertise in area and an advanced level of understanding of the principles of apps support.

• Formulates and defines systems scope and objectives for complex, high impact application enhancements and problem resolution through in-depth analysis and evaluation of complex business processes, systems and industry standards; documents requirements.

• Partners with multiple technology areas and management teams to ensure appropriate integration of functions to meet goals.

• Works closely with Product Owners, Business Analysts and Systems Analysts to determine and document Systems impacts and support requirements

• Considers the implications of the application of technology to the current environment.

• Identifies risks, vulnerabilities and security issues; communicates impact; proposes risk mitigation options.

• Acts as advisor or coach to new or lower level analysts; allocates work.

• Provides in-depth analysis with interpretive thinking to define problems and develop innovative solutions.

• Directly impacts the business by influencing strategic functional decisions through advice, counsel or provided services.

• Persuades and influences others through strong and comprehensive communication and diplomacy skills

• Performs other duties and functions as assigned

• 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:

• Practical problem solving and strategic thinking skills

• Demonstrated leadership, interpersonal skills and relationship building skills

• Service oriented attitude

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

• Experience working or leading requirement gathering efforts for multiple large development projects at one-time

• Proficient using basic technical tools and systems

• Good interpersonal and communication skills

Core Technical competencies:

• Experience in Production Support or UAT Support or Development role(Financial industry experience)

• Good understanding in multiple technologies from list below

• Core Java, Spring framework, Sql

• Operating systems – Unix, Linux

• Scripting – Shell Scripting , Perl Scripting

• Job Scheduler – Quartz , Autosys

• Database technologies across SQL Server/Oracle/MongoDB

• Knowledge on monitoring like ITRS/Splunk/AppDynamics/ELK is considered as a super plus

• Knowledge on Cloud environments like RedHat OpenShift/ Microsoft Azure/AWS Container Platform is considered as a super plus

Education:

• Bachelor’s/University degree, Master’s degree preferred

What we Offer

We work hard to have a positive financial and social impact on the communities we serve. In turn, we put our employees first and provide the best-in-class benefits they need to be well, live well and save well.

We’ll provide you with the resources to meet your unique needs, empower you to make healthy decisions, and allow you to choose which benefits suit you and your personal life best.

Visit our Global Benefits (https://careers.citigroup.com/why-citi/global-benefits.html) page to learn more.

Highlights to our core benefits include:

• Award winning pension

• On-site health services

• Private medical insurance packages to suit your personal circumstances

• Paid parental leave

• Generous holiday allowance starting at 27 Days plus bank holidays; increasing with tenure

Citi Belfast also champions diversity within our workforce, which helps us be well and live well together. We have over 40 different nationalities in our Northern Ireland offices, are a vocal supporter of LGBTQ+ rights, and are proud to have 47% of our leadership team made up of individuals who identify as women.

We encourage and lead inclusivity through our Pride, Disability, Multicultural, Families Matter, and Women affinity networks that are run by and for, Citi Belfast colleagues; providing them with the support they need in their personal and professional journeys and supplying them with the tools to help educate colleagues on all things related to each network to help us work better together.

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Job Family Group:

Technology

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Job Family:

Applications Support

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Time Type:

Full time

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