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Technical Consultant
Sector: Banking & Finance Location: Singapore Salary: 100,000 SGD p.a. About the company
Our client is a leading global provider of component based connectivity solutions that enable financial institutions to deliver automated Foreign Exchange trading services to the institutional and retail market place. Headquartered in Dublin, Ireland our client employs staff in offices worldwide. With its main development centre in Dublin, our client also offers consultative and customer services from its regional offices located in London, New York, Singapore and Tokyo. The depth of technological expertise, dedicated resources and extensive knowledge and experience of the financial sector gives our client an unequalled edge in meeting the specialist connectivity needed in delivering leading edge trading solutions. Across the globe, our client’s proven technology has been deployed in over 100 financial institutions in more than 26 countries. Institutions of all sizes have added value with our client’s trading solutions, from major liquidity centers, broking institutions, regional banks, fund managers, sales desks and branch networks in addition to corporations and retail clients.
Summary of Responsibilities
Overall Purpose
You will be responsible for the deployment of our client’s next generation trading solutions at client sites.
Key Accountabilities* Work as part of a team of consultants responsible for the deployment and integration of our client’s solution to clients based in EMEA. You will be responsible for the onsite deployment of the our client’s solution using Solaris
Key Tasks
* Work as part of a professional services team, as a technical specialist responsible for delivery, integration and deployment of multi-tiered financial services products
* Install and supervise bank installs of all required application components and with the assistance of other consultants also use Oracle, Weblogic, MQ and a range of third-party components in the future.
* Analyse performance, scalability and security in client environments and recommend changes where required.
* Design, integrate and deploy technical solutions in partnership with our client’s clients
* Identify and document technical design, integration and deployment solutions for our client’s clients
* Support business consultants on client projects
* Contribute to and maintain documentation on design, integration and deployment standards for the professional services team
* Be available as back up for Customer Support as required.
* Act as the Singapore Office PC and network Administrator.
Core Competencies
Experience in several of the following areas would be a distinct advantage:
* Experience with MYSQL and ORACLE deployments, and SQL
* Experience of BEA Weblogic Application Server and distributed system design
* Experience with Message-oriented middleware experience, ideally Websphere MQSeries
* Experience with security certification such as Verisign and SSH
* Knowledge of Java, J2EE, XML/XSL, Web technologies
* Familiarity in benchmarking application performance and scalability
* Experience of Firewall technologies
* Experience with Apache/Tomcat, web deployment and support
* PC/LAN experience for supporting Singapore office network and PC’s.Core Business Competencies
* Customer focused – experience of interfacing with customers i.e. selling and deploying high value professional services contracts.
* Performance and results orientated – possess a drive and energy to achieve client and project goals in a timely and effective manner.
* Teamwork – experience of working in a team.
* Excellent oral, written and interpersonal communication skills.
* The job will involve travel to Cognotec’s clients in Asia and Australasia
* Flexible attitude – e.g. willing to work outside normal working hours, including weekends, and other client locations when required on a temporary basis.Additional Competencies
* Financial markets background desirable
* Knowledge of FX
* Self-assurance on client projects
* Creative thinking and innovation
* Self management and personal development – capable of performing at a professional level with minimum guidance
* Self motivated and possessing technical drive to learn and self train