Senior Manager, Java Development

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The position is for a Senior Manager, Development discharge activities in the areas of Application Development, to Release Management ie end to end from Requirement to DevOps as primary KRA and Delivery management as secondary KRA

Application Development & Delivery
•    Own end‑to‑end SDLC delivery for SeCCuRE components on TCS BANCS using Java and Oracle. 
•    Deliver enhancements, fixes, and change requests using Azure DevOps (ADO) for backlog, code, pipelines, and traceability.
•    Ensure quality, secure, and resilient code through design reviews, unit testing, and adherence to SCB engineering standards.
•    Manage in‑house and vendor deliveries, ensuring scope, timelines, and quality commitments are met.

DevOps, Release & Environment Management
•    Manage build, deployment, and release processes using ADO pipelines, CI/CD, and automation
•    Oversee application deployments on RHEL/Linux environments, including coordination with middleware, database, and infrastructure teams.
•    Ensure SCM and release governance, including versioning, rollback readiness, and production sign‑offs.
•    Support environment readiness across SIT, UAT, UVT, and Production.

Production Support & Stability
•    Proactively identify and resolve application, environment, and performance issues.
•    Lead root‑cause analysis (RCA) and permanent fix implementation for incidents and defects.
•    Ensure service stability aligned to Custody business criticality and regulatory expectations.

Governance, Risk & Compliance
•    Ensure adherence to SCB policies, risk controls, audit, and regulatory requirements for Custody platforms.
•    Support TPSA / SIA / audit evidence relating to application controls, DevOps, and releases.
•    Maintain accurate status reporting and transparency via ADO and governance forums. [Global Sta...Manger Dev | Word]

Collaboration & Leadership
•    Work closely with Business, Product Owners, Testing, Release, Infrastructure, Security, and Vendors.
•    Provide technical leadership, guidance, and mentoring to developers and junior managers.
•    Act as a key contributor in program‑level forums (e.g., SeCCuRE governance, release readiness).

Responsibilities would also include
•    Software development and deliveries (Vendor) from requirement ADO DevOps
•    Involving all stakeholder teams to validate & deploy code in test and production
•    Taking care of the software configuration management SCM of software releases
•    Monitor and support environments including Network, JBOSS, Tomcat, Oracle DB and OS
•    Pro-active identification and resolution of issues (environment, application).
•    Ensure the process is adhered to at every stage.
•    Handle infrastructure needs of test environments.
•    Support automation initiatives by developing scripts
•    Pro-actively identify and develop tools as needed for the job
•    Keep teams informed of right status on calls and ADOs

Strategy
•    Consistently deliver against defined KRAs and KPIs across Development, Delivery, and Release Management, ensuring outcomes are aligned to SeCCuRE and broader SCB technology strategy. 

Business
•    Prioritise and deliver business‑critical asks with a strong sense of ownership, urgency, and customer focus, ensuring commitments are met without compromising quality or controls 

Processes
•    Ensure 100% adherence to SC policies, including Software Change (SC) and E‑SDLC processes, with high standards of documentation, traceability, and audit readiness

People & Talent 
•    Operate as a strong team player, fostering collaboration, knowledge sharing, and a “Better Together” culture while supporting team capability and collective success. 

Risk Management
•    Maintain a proactive stance on risk identification, assessment, and mitigation, addressing potential issues early and preventing them from materialising, rather than relying on corrective actions. 

Governance 
•    Ensure full alignment to Standard Chartered governance standards, frameworks, and control expectations, embedding governance rigor into day‑to‑day delivery and decision‑making. 

Regulatory & Business Conduct 
•    Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct. 
•    Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
•    Lead to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank’s Conduct Principles 
•    Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Key stakeholders
•    Client, Senior Management, Business, Operations and PSS

•    Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent.
•    Typically 8–15 years of experience in application development and delivery within enterprise banking systems.
•    Prior experience in Custody or Capital Markets technology will be an added advantage

Mandatory

•    Strong hands‑on experience in Java application development with Oracle Database. 
•    Advanced level knowledge on database SQLs.
•    Solid experience with Linux / RHEL environments. 
•    Exposure to Ansible / Jenkins / GitHub and automation tooling.
•    Azure DevOps (ADO) – backlog management, pipelines, release tracking.
•    Shell scripting for automation and operational support. 
•    Working knowledge of DevOps and CI/CD concepts.

Good to Have

•    Experience with middleware such as JBOSS, Tomcat, MQ
•    Knowledge on other script language (perl, python)
•    Knowledge of Custody / Securities Services domain and TCS BANCS architecture.
•    Exposure to batch processing, interfaces, and regulatory change deliveries.

Skill sets would also include
•    Exposure of Dot Net with MS SQL knowledge is good to have.
•    Working experience in Window with SQL 
•    Rundeck and ADO Pipeline with Anisble
•    Powershell for windows

•    Java / J2EE Application Development
•    Oracle Database (SQL/PLSQL)
•    Application Design & Code Quality
•    Defect Analysis & Root Cause
•    Azure DevOps (ADO)
•    CI / CD & Build Pipelines
•    Software Configuration Management (SCM)
•    Release Management
•    Linux / RHEL
•    Middleware (JBoss / Tomcat / MQ)
•    Environment Management
•    Shell Scripting
•    E SDLC & Software Change (SC)
•    Risk Identification & Mitigation
•    Audit & Regulatory Readiness
•    Secure Coding & Control Awareness
•    Custody / Securities Services
•    Delivery Management

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Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.