Java Technical Lead - Vice President

Citi•Mississauga, ON

7d•CA$120,800 - CA$170,800•Onsite

About The Position

The Applications Development Technology Lead Analyst is a senior level position responsible for establishing and implementing new or revised application systems and programs in coordination with the Technology team. The overall objective of this role is to lead applications systems analysis and programming activities. Citi's Institutional Clients Group (ICG) develops innovative solutions and provide exceptional service to our clients in full partnership with our product teams. We are focused on building a cross-functional team of talented individuals, creating a unique platform to deliver products that will pioneer the industry through technical innovation and creativity. Our mission as a business focused technology organization is to provide best-in-class products and services to our global clients.

Requirements

At least 8 years of experience working around the areas of Agile and DevOps - Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), Software Configuration Management (SCM) and Test Environment Management (TEM); DevOps tool - GitHub/Bitbucket, TeamCity, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Tekton, uDeploy, Harness, App Insight et al in-enterprise environments
Good Experience in Observability frameworks and tools such as ELK, AppD, Splunk & Prometheus, Jaeger, and Grafana
Strong knowledge of Micro-Services, container-based architecture, and the corresponding deployment tools and techniques, including OOPs concepts and programming experience such as Java, Python, shell scripting etc.
Experience with CI/CD setup for Cloud (ECS) and On-premises environments, as well as with Orchestration tools: Dockers, Kubernetes is beneficial
Good experience on Build & Security scan tool like - Maven, Ant, SonarQube, BlackDuck, CyberArk
Good experience on Artifact Repository, collaboration wiki tool like CodeStation, Confluence, Artifactory, Nexus
5+ years of DevOps experience in Linux/Unix and Windows environment. Command, bash scripting, Configuration, and administration of common services in Linux/Unix
Knowledge of DevSecOps concepts and infrastructure-as-a-code, as well as hands-on experience in security related to cloud-based infrastructure
Excellent debugging and troubleshooting skills
Demonstrated experience as a Site Reliability/ observability Engineer, DevDataOps Engineer
Provide guidance on operational concerns to development and business teams
Experience managing and maintaining load balancers, proxies, webservers, Queues, Caches etc.
Strong communication skills, oral and written.
Ability to apply sound technical skills and knowledge of the Rates business to develop creative solutions to meet client and business needs.
Responsible, agile and collaborative team worker.
Ability to develop strong relationships with others, effectively influencing peers and business partners.
Self-motivated and organized, with determination to achieve goals; ability to work autonomously when required.
Ability to face off to all business users (traders, financial controllers, risk managers, etc.)
Flexible and able to deliver quality results in the required timeframe
Flexibility to work with a global team, across geographies and time zones
Strong academic record, ideally with a Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, or related technical/quantitative discipline. Demonstrable success in designing and delivering multi-tiered applications
Ideally, an understanding of financial derivatives (rates or other) or willing to learn about this area.

Responsibilities

Partner with multiple management teams to ensure appropriate integration of functions to meet goals as well as identify and define necessary system enhancements to deploy new products and process improvements
Resolve variety of high impact problems/projects through in-depth evaluation of complex business processes, system processes, and industry standards
Provide expertise in area and advanced knowledge of applications programming and ensure application design adheres to the overall architecture blueprint
Utilize advanced knowledge of system flow and develop standards for coding, testing, debugging, and implementation
Develop comprehensive knowledge of how areas of business, such as architecture and infrastructure, integrate to accomplish business goals
Provide in-depth analysis with interpretive thinking to define issues and develop innovative solutions
Evaluate and build POCs for new strategic initiatives and work to convert to enterprise solutions.
Ability to take initiative to research, learn and recommend emerging technologies.
Provide post release assistance to business, development, and support groups.
Serve as advisor or coach to mid-level DevOps and analysts, allocating work as necessary
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.