System Analyst
About the job
About the System Analyst role
The System Analyst will provide technical support for business-critical payment and securities settlement systems throughout implementation and ongoing operations. The role involves supporting application environments, system interfaces, connectivity, technical testing, DevSecOps workflows, and technical documentation while working closely with project managers, vendors, and business and technical teams. The analyst will also support application redevelopment, data migration, system cutover, production issue resolution, compliance activities, and the eventual decommissioning of legacy systems. Strong knowledge of application development, databases, system integration, and financial-sector systems is required to ensure reliable and effective system delivery and operations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide technical domain knowledge of the application logic during implementation.
- Assist with the technical setup of application environments and support technical requests from external suppliers.
- Assist the Project Manager with technical clarifications and stakeholder updates.
- Support the documentation of technical and data flows related to system interfaces.
- Assist in the setup and testing of connectivity to required system interfaces.
- Assist in coordinating the setup and testing of DevSecOps pipelines and workflows.
- Create technical test cases and perform the necessary testing activities.
- Assist with compliance reporting and related updates.
- Support data migration and system cutover activities.
- Support the subsequent decommissioning of the legacy system.
Requirements:
- Required Minimum 5 years of relevant experience supporting and/or implementing payment and securities settlement systems
- Educational degree or certification in a relevant discipline
- Tech Stack: Java and/or .NET development, SQL, Oracle Database and Microsoft SQL Server
- Software design and architectural patterns
- Continuous integration and DevOps practices
- Fault-tolerant infrastructure concepts
- Hands-on software development and application support experience
- System integration and technical testing
- Ability to support application redevelopment, migration, cutover and production operations
- Ability to articulate and apply technical concepts to application design
- Write and review technical documentation
- Experience supporting and implementing payment and securities settlement systems
- Experience with securities-related systems and financial instruments is advantageous
- Experience supporting production/BAU applications and resolving operational issues
- Experience in application redevelopment, system migration, testing and cutover
- Experience working with vendors and multiple technical/business teams
- Financial institution and/or public-sector application experience is advantageous
- Relevant experience in payment and/or securities settlement systems
- Understanding of securities-related applications and financial instruments
- Experience supporting business-critical applications and operational/production issues
- Understanding of system interfaces and dependencies with internal and external systems
- Financial-sector experience is strongly relevant to the role
