Application Design Analyst (IBM Mainframe Platform)

Division: Group Business Solutions (GBS)

Please note that this is a permanent position and we do not offer freelance/contract arrangement for the role.

Within GBS, you will join the Settlement Tribe where you’ll contribute significantly to the creation of Euroclear Bank’s applications, and help us shape innovative, secure, and efficient settlement solutions that form the core of Euroclear’s business products and services

Your role

We are looking for a dynamic professional who is passionate about IT and the financial world. If you are someone who is driven by curiosity, eager to continuously enhance your knowledge on technical and business aspects, and enjoys transforming exciting business and technical requirements into realistic and maintainable IT solutions, then this role is for you.

As an Application Design Analyst, your responsibilities will include:

• Collaborating closely with colleagues across various domains and external suppliers to devise the most efficient and customer-centric solution.
• Supervising and mentoring the implementation teams to ensure that the delivery aligns with the design and plan.
• Providing mentorship to the team, ensuring the delivery of balanced, operable, and maintainable solutions.
• Assisting with the detailed analysis of the solution or providing the detailed specification when required.
• Taking ownership of the delivered solutions, performing hands-on interventions or providing support to ensure the quality and uptime of the applications.
• Taking on the role of application owner and/or contributing to the definition of the application’s evolution and/or defining the future roadmap of activities to keep the solutions (Hardware & Software) up-to-date.
• Performing periodic daylight and overnight production support.

Your qualifications

Technical Skills:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in IT
• At least 3 years of experience in a similar role
• Knowledge of mainframe technology (PLI, DB2 DBMS, M-queues, CICS)

Soft Skills:

• A desire for a multifaceted and exciting job that lets you fulfill your sense of responsibility and accountability
• Interest in the business services delivered by a leading market infrastructure
• Experience in analyzing applications and learning and working on sophisticated systems
• Good algorithmic thinking skills
• Self-motivated, autonomous, problem-oriented, and able to create high-quality solutions considering the available means
• Ability to work and establish good working relations in a dynamic, multi-cultural, and exciting environment (experience with offshore delivery is a plus)
• Flexibility, pro-activity, structured approach, and superb communication skills
• Experience in mentoring people
• Good knowledge of English

Work outside of business hours is sometimes required as launches in production are generally carried out after 5PM or on Saturday as well as watch duty during nights and weekends.

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