CLS Group. | AVP, Application Support Specialist | iselin, nj

About CLS:CLS is the trusted party at the centre of the global FX ecosystem. Utilized by thousands of counterparties, CLS makes FX safer, smoother and more cost effective. Trillions of dollars' worth of currency flows through our systems each day. Created by the market for the market, our unrivalled global settlement infrastructure reduces systemic risk and provides standardization for participants in many of the world's most actively traded currencies. We deliver huge efficiencies and savings for our clients: in fact, our approach to multilateral netting shrinks funding requirements by over 96% on average, so clients can put their capital and resources to better use.CLS products are designed to enable clients to manage risk most effectively across the full FX lifecycle - whether through more efficient processing tools or market intelligence derived from the largest single source of FX executed data available to the market.Our ambition to make a positive difference starts with our people. Our values - Protect, Improve, Grow - underpin everything that we do at CLS and define and shape a supportive and inclusive working environment in which everyone is encouraged to be open and forward-thinking.Job purposeProvide 2nd and 3rd line production operational support for the CLS Business Systems, many of which are business critical. Provide remote and on-site support as part of the on-call support Rota. Take a lead role with the delivery of application releases for minor/major projects and programs.Essential Function / major duties and responsibilities of the jobStrategic§ Ensure CLS internal systems are managed to the highest standard by following industry best practice.§ Actively contribute to the development of existing and new IT process and procedures to enhance service transition and service operation lifecycle stages.§ Demonstrate good problem management ownership and prevention of SLA breach under the Incident/Problem Management processes.§ Demonstrate self-starter capabilities identifying areas of improvement and acting to address service impacting issues.Operational§ Provide remote and onsite and support for CLS internally developed business critical applications and 3rd Party vendor packages through Dev, UAT Test and Prod. Manage and escalate problems as appropriate.§ Investigate defects or problems; work with the internal CLS Development team and external vendors to identify workarounds and support any fixes that are required as part of service improvement.§ Implement changes or fixes to applications. Support other technical changes being made which affect the CLS Business Systems. Follow the CLS Change Management procedure and other standard practices in installing and configuring applications in Test and Production environments.§ Ensure that the BAU Service is prioritized, and all faults, incidents and problems are responded to in an efficient manner without negatively impacting SLA's and reporting metrics in place.§ Upgrade or maintain software at a time when the impact to the business is minimized.§ Provide 24/7 on-call cover on a rotational shift basis.§ Participate in regular Disaster Recovery testing activities.§ Create, maintain, and review operational process and support documentation.§ Participate in planned weekend work as required.§ As required, provide representation for Application Support changes at the weekly/daily CAB. Ensure other team's changes do not have an impact on the delivery of the application services.Leadership§ Provide support to the team lead/deputy lead roles and act as a point of escalation for the junior members of the team.§ Lead and oversee the successful release and transition of new IT services into support, meeting the team's service acceptance criteria.§ Through example and behavior, strive to provide peer leadership to other team members ensuring a level of excellence is achieved in delivering the service.§ Mentor junior members of the team, both technically and professionallyExperience / essential and desired for successful job performanceEssential§ Must have strong experience for supporting production applications in an enterprise Microsoft Windows environment.§ Must be familiar with supporting proprietary developed business critical banking applications.§ Ability to support web-based applications that run on IIS, Apache Tomcat, etc.§ Working knowledge of SQL database and basic network configuration§ Scripting knowledge in languages such as PowerShell, VB script, Java script and SQL§ Experience in working with ticket systems such as Service Now and a strong understanding of service priorities and SLA's.§ Strong documentation and technical writing skills.§ Ability to plan and implement technical changes without unexpected disruption to the service and with minimal oversight.§ Strong experience of Release Management processes for the deployment of application packages from development through to production environments.§ Ability to collaborate effectively with Development and other operational support teams in to support the service.§ Experience in providing cross training on application solutions and operational processes to colleagues.§ Knowledge of ITIL framework (solid understanding of Incident, Problem, Change)Desired§ Knowledge of Banking systems and related industry standard practices§ Experience in working and configuring monitoring systems such as Dynatrace.§ PowerShell scripting experience§ Experience of supporting middleware applications such as BizTalk, IBM WebSphere MQ etc.§ Linux and Shell scriptingQualifications / certificationsEssential§ Bachelor's degree or equivalent§ Prior IT Operational Support experience across business-critical Production infrastructure, applications, and database services.Desired§ Industry standard IT certification - Microsoft/Linux/AWS§ ITIL certificationSuccess factors / 'How'. Personal characteristics contributing to an individual's ability to excel in the position§ Possess a strong service-oriented mind set who can consistently deliver a high level of service to the business.§ Proactive individual who can take the lead in engaging with the business users and to support the environment with minimal oversight.§ Self-motivated to exceed management expectations and objectives.§ A high level of presentation and communications skills with the ability to communicate confidently with both business and technical staff at all levels.§ Able to manage their time effectively and prioritise their own workload in-order to meet changing demands from the business.§ Demonstrate strong technical, analytical, and problem-solving skills.Our commitment to employees:At CLS, we celebrate diversity and consider this to be one of our strongest assets. We are committed to fostering an environment in which everyone feels comfortable to be who they are, and inclusion is valued. All employees have access to our inclusive benefits, including:Holiday - UK/Asia: 25 holiday days and 3 'life days' (in addition to bank holidays). US: 23 holiday days.2 paid volunteer days so that you can actively support causes within your community that are important to you.Generous parental leave policies to ensure you can enjoy valuable time with your family.Parental transition coaching programmes and support services.Wellbeing and mental health support resources to ensure you are looking after yourself, and able to support others.Affinity Groups (including our Women's Forum, Black Employee Network and Pride Network) in support of our organisational commitment to embrace and always be learning more about DE&I.Hybrid working to promote a healthy work/life balance, enabling employees to work collaboratively in the office when needed and work from home when they don't.Active support of flexible working for all employees where possible.Monthly 'Heads Down Days' with no meetings across the whole company.Generous non-contributory pension provision for UK/Asia employees, and 401K match from CLS for US employees.Private medical insurance and dental coverage.Social events that give you opportunities to meet new people and broaden your network across the flu and savings and cashback across a wide range of categories including health and retail for UK employees.Discounted Gym membership - Complete Body Gym Discount/Sweat equity program for US employees.All employees have access to Discover - our comprehensive learning platform with 1000+ courses from LinkedIn Learning.Access to frequent development sessions on a number of topics to help you be successful and develop your career at CLS.

Created: 2024-11-30