Vice President Java / Scala Dev (Application Development)_Technology

Job Description

* Morgan Stanley Vice President_ Java Developer_Technology Company Profile Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, wealth management and investment management services. With offices in more than 41 countries, the Firms employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments, institutions and individuals. For further information about Morgan Stanley, please visit www.morganstanley.com. Institutional Securities Technology Institutional Securities Technology (IST) develops and oversees the overall technology strategy and bespoke technology solutions to drive and enable the institutional businesses and enterprise-wide functions. IST s clients include Fixed Income, Equities, Commodities, Investment Banking, Research, Prime Brokerage and Global Capital Markets. Job Profile An experienced Java developer is required to join a Tier 1 investment bank supporting the Equity Swaps Trading technology group. This is a global front-office team that supports the global OTC Equity Swap Portfolio, Single Name, and Index derivative businesses. This is a Java middleware developer position and you will contribute to the various front to back systems used by the Equity Swaps Trading desk to manage the life cycle of the Equity Swap product. You will be responsible for developing system enhancements and fixes, writing quality unit tests, liaising closely with business users, producing release notes, providing support in the UAT testing stages, coordinating release signoff, assisting in the release and deployment activities, and providing production support post-deployment.We are looking for someone to help own problems and be able to demonstrate leadership and responsibility for the delivery of key features. The candidate should have good analytical skills, strong software engineering skills, a logical approach to problem solving, and be able to liaise with various stakeholders to understand complex requirements. This role suits people experienced in complex data domains. Agile is a key initiative for our team, to ensure that we can deliver value to the business whilst ensuring code quality and good software development practices are followed. Although the role is predominantly Java, we require someone who is flexible with the development environment, as some days you might be writing Java, and other days you might be writing stored procedures or scripts.We discuss design, development, etc very regularly over calls/video conferencing tools. So good verbal and written communication, and ability to contribute and speak up effectively is necessary. A significant portion of the team have been in the same team for many years, so there are plenty of experienced people in the team to provide guidance and lend a hand. The team and role is ideal for someone looking for a strong career development path with many opportunities to grow, learn and develop. We have a great supportive team, and one that would provide you with mentoring in the initial few months to help you get up to speed and comfortable with our business and environment. , * Primary Skills Skills Required: - Bachelors in Computer Science / Maths / Engineering / Science disciplines - Experience in Java in an enterprise environment - 3-5 years of experience leading development initiatives- Understanding of message/event based architectures (MQs, Kafka etc)- Sybase and/or DB2, with a proficiency in writing SQL queries to extract information- Excellent verbal and written communication skills- An interest to learn the business supported by the applications- Good Problem solving and analytical skills Good To have Skills > Working Knowledge of Unix/Linux and/or any scripting language> Working knowledge of Financial market, lending based products and Wealth Management.> Exposure to JIRA or other ALM tools to create a productive, high quality development environment Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunities employer. We work to provide a supportive and inclusive environment where all individuals can maximise their full potential. Our skilled and creative workforce is comprised of individuals drawn from a broad cross section of the global communities in which we operate and who reflect a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives and experiences. Our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion is evident through our constant focus on recruiting, developing and advancing individuals based on their skills and talents.

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project managementautomationcost controldeliveryltdlife cyclesql queriesfront officefixed incometrading deskequity swapsrelease notesproblem solvingprime brokeragecomputer sciencelogical approachwealth managementanalytical skillsstored p