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AD Mainframe - Application Developer - L3 Support Department Description The Treasury Services Technology group in EMEA / ASIAPAC develops and supports systems for the Treasury Services business. Overall the group supports more than 50 applications a

AD Mainframe - Application Developer - L3 Support Department Description The Treasury Services Technology group in EMEA / ASIAPAC develops and supports systems for the Treasury Services business. Overall the group supports more than 50 applications across various technology platforms. The role that is available is within the Applications Development team working on the Money Transfer System, MTS. MTS is an in-house developed application running on a mainframe using ADABAS, NATURAL, COBOL, JCL, CICS. This application supports 15 locations across APAC handles high value and time critical payments each day. Key Responsibilities Working on projects as an Application Developer - L3 Support Responsibilities will include: Understand Payments business and support various queries raised by Business and L1/L2 support team with respect to the application Demonstrate Technical and functional ability to handle very high Priority Incidents affecting the application being supported Knowledge and application of various tools - Incident Management tools (Ex: HPSM), Defect management tools (Ex:HP ALM) and Change Management Tools (Ex: CA-Endevor, ITSM) Understanding Business Requirements, and Functional Specifications and strong ability and experience in changing existing program logic Providing and/or agreeing estimates for required development Creation/ update of Detailed Design Specifications, Program Specifications, and program Version Control documentation Coding of new programs and changes to existing programs Creation of Unit Test Plans, and execution of Unit Tests Preparation and execution of Systems Test Plans and Scripts Providing technical support for Quality Assurance (QA) Testing Providing technical support for User Acceptance Testing Creation of Implementation/ Backout/Validation Plans and Support Handover Documents Providing technical support for Production Implementations, and post-implementation support during implementation warranty period Key Skills Systems application development skills Strong analysis & problem solving skills Strong communication skills - both verbal and written Ability to work independently with limited supervision Proven ability to use own initiative to resolve issues Full ownership of projects/tasks Ability and willingness to work under pressure, on multiple concurrent tasks, and to deliver to agreed deadlines Eagerness to learn Strong team working skills Experience Required Multiple years' Application Development experience in a mainframe environment, including coding using ADABAS/Natural and COBOL. Experience in handling Priority Level 1 Incidents Experience in handling application level queries raised by Business Users effectively Experience of development of CICS tasks Experience of mainframe facilities TSO, CA7, NDM, SYNCSORT Experience of MQ (message transfer process) Knowledge and experience of Microsoft PROJECT, WORD, EXCEL applications Knowledge of a Project Life Cycle with specific experience of the stages from Design through to Implementation. Experience of development of financial applications, including financial transaction processing, settlement, and accounting Familiarity with SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication) Message formats