Mainframe Developer-Tech Lead-Assistant Vice President

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Job Overview

The Applications Development Intermediate Programmer Analyst is an intermediate level position responsible for participation in the establishment and implementation of new or revised application systems and programs in coordination with the Technology team. The overall objective of this role is to contribute to applications systems analysis and programming activities.

Responsibilities:
•    Utilize knowledge of applications development procedures and concepts, and basic knowledge of other technical areas to identify and define necessary system enhancements, including using script tools and analyzing/interpreting code
•    Consult with users, clients, and other technology groups on issues, and recommend programming solutions, install, and support customer exposure systems
•    Apply fundamental knowledge of programming languages for design specifications.
•    Analyze applications to identify vulnerabilities and security issues, as well as conduct testing and debugging
•    Serve as advisor or coach to new or lower level analysts
•    Identify problems, analyze information, and make evaluative judgements to recommend and implement solutions
•    Resolve issues by identifying and selecting solutions through the applications of acquired technical experience and guided by precedents
•    Has the ability to operate with a limited level of direct supervision.
•    Can exercise independence of judgement and autonomy.
•    Acts as SME to senior stakeholders and /or other team members.
•    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:
•    Write excellent-quality code based on functional requirements, while meeting agile implementation deadlines.
•    Contribute to concept models, design and system architectures.
•    Build, deploy, and test application components in a development environment during the implementation phase working with all layers of the application stack.
•    Work proactively & independently to address project requirements, and articulate issues/challenges with enough lead time to address project delivery risks
•    Providing expertise in technical analysis and solving technical issues during project delivery
•    Code reviews, test case reviews and ensure code developed meets the requirements
•    Component Design/ Coding/ Unit Testing/ Debugging
•    Serve as advisor or coach to new or lower level analysts
•    9-12 years of strong mainframe experience with COBOL/JCL/CICS/VSAM/ DB2 
•    Strong design and development skills in the above mentioned technical stack
•    Financial services domain experience
•    Excellent communication, analytical skills and problem-solving experience for implementation, debugging and testing
•    Work proactively & independently to address project requirements, and articulate issues/challenges with enough lead time to address project delivery risks
•    Able to work as part of a virtual team in a culturally diverse background
•    Good time management skills

Education:
•    Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience