Functional Calypso Analyst

at  Luxoft

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

We are looking for an experienced Senior Calypso Analyst to strengthen our team in Riyadh running maintenance project for a large customer in KSA. You will be responsible for first-line technical and functional support of the Calypso application and associated technical services. The role involves user support across the front and back offices, technical maintenance of the application and involvement in the delivery of key change initiatives for the bank.

SKILLS

Must have
At least 7 years of working experience in Calypso Functional Support Analyst role
Exposure to supporting real-time, mission critical systems
Strong understating of multiple OS environments (Linux, Windows)
Exposure to Oracle databases including working knowledge of SQL.
Strong problem solving skills and experienced in providing support in a fast paced environment.
Demonstrated excellence in written and verbal communication.
Ability to document and explain complex processes and concepts
Strong stakeholder management skills
Willingness to learn and deliver innovative solutions.
Ability to work in a team.
Nice to have
Experience within the financial domain and knowledge of traded markets products (eg. Derivatives, Fixed Income, Money Markets)
Experienced at dealing with high profile business users
Experience in scripting languages
eg. Perl, Linux scripting (bash etc), JRuby/Ruby.
Exposure to JAVA development
Previous experience of Control M or similar scheduling tool
Experience with other Market Trading systems
eg. Bloomberg, MarkitWire, Murex.
Experience with ET
Support experience or an understanding of the ITIL framework.

Investigate issues as and when they occur, participate in root cause analysis, and suggest and implement resolutions in a timely manner to prevent future occurrences of similar issues through incident and problem management best practices.
Complete necessary documentation to track and close support tickets and ensure timely updates to business users and management.
Develop an overall understanding of the business operating environment, business goals and objectives for the prevailing period.
Collaborate with business partners, third party vendors, and technology groups to facilitate the support process and work toward issue resolution.
Work closely with project teams, provide analysis, support and assist with software releases and rollouts in the production environment according to Change Management best practices.
Drive continuous improvement opportunities i.e. event monitoring and alerting, automate manual activities whenever possible
Participate in an on-call support roster to ensure our most critical applications are Always On for our colleagues and customers and work overtime as required to fix service impacting incidents, maintain our technology services, participate in Disaster Recovery activities and assist with change delivery.
Proactively manage risk; meet all policy and compliance requirements; perform controls; adhere to Process and Procedures pertinent to role; and escalate events, issues or breaches as they are identified (risk accountability forms part of all roles, as everyone is responsible for managing risk and compliance).
Assist in the induction of new team members and provide coaching and mentoring to peers and colleagues as requested and/or agreed providing constructive and effective feedback on an on-going basis
Demonstrate professional and ethical behavior in your actions by ensuring compliance with external legislation, bank standards and internal operating policies and procedures.
Proactively participate in Performance Review processes including development and assessment of scorecard objectives, values and individual development plans.
Fully participate in 1:1 meetings on a monthly basis and document outcomes of performance conversations on a regular basis as well as providing feedback on the performance and values demonstrated by colleagues and peers.