Development and Support Analyst

Building on more than 30 years of business expertise, Objectway is an international wealth, banking and asset management software provider empowering clients to embrace their future challenges while providing great performance today. The Group is a future-proof technology player with a well-established track record in the financial services industry and over €100 million of consolidated revenue. The Group is a global Top 100 fintech provider (IDC ranking), whose clients include 200+ leading Wealth Managers, Banks, Asset Managers, Fund Managers, Insurers and Outsourcers in more than 15 countries. With over 800 professionals operating from Italy, UK, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and Ireland, the Group serves clients in 4 continents, supporting approximately 100,000 investment professionals to manage more than €1 trillion in assets.

To strengthen our team in London/Birmingham we are currently looking for a:

Development and Support Analyst

The individual will report to the Head of Development and will work in a hybrid role, alternating between development and application support on a rotational basis. The individual will work closely with business analysts, quality assurance, project management, and other programmer/analysts.

He/she will assist in the production of detailed specifications and programming functional requirements, and assist with unit testing and the preparation of technical specifications when necessary. Furthermore, working in a fast-paced support environment, the candidate will assist the dedicated customer support team, reporting to the Support Manager, and be involved in all aspects of application support for Objectway products operated by customers.

Requirements:

• Education to degree level preferred, however candidates will be primarily assessed on practical work experience
• A minimum of 2 years commercial experience of COBOL
• Good knowledge of COBOL with ‘embedded SQL’ coding
• Business analysis skills would be advantageous
• Ability to communicate ideas and thoughts clearly and concisely is essential
• Presentation skills would be advantageous
• Willingness to travel - occasional visits and working at client sites
• Experience in the following is considered as preferable: Experience of COBOL.NET, Experience of VB.NET, Experience of using GitLab, Experience of developing financial systems (Trading platforms; Financial messaging, security settlement)

Nice to have:

•    Experience of Visual Studio 2017
•    Any experience of developing in .NET
•    Experience of SQL Server
•    Experience of Open technologies
•    Exposure to Agile methodologies
•    Familiarity with XML-based formats and working with XSLT
•    Familiarity with principles of communications – FTP, sFTP, MQ Messaging
•    Any experience of IBMi
•    Writing test scripts
•    Writing specifications
•    Client Support
•    Knowledge of Wealth Management business

What we offer

•    A challenging and progressive position within an international work environment
•    Permanent employment
•    Excellent remuneration pack

Equality Policy

We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age. 




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