Market Data & Middleware Engineer

• Company Societe Generale
• No. of Openings 10+
• Salary Not Disclosed
• Work Type on-site

Job Description :

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, support and administer Market Data infrastructures to provide reliable and cost effective market data services for the bank in Asia Pacific region.
• Ensure Market Data services being offered are in line with business requirement in conjunction with global standard and practice.
• Follow, propose and implement the necessary technical evolutions to the Market Data infrastructures maintaining a stable production environment at optimal cost.
• Capacity planning to ensure the various components in the IT infrastructure are capable to effectively support the business activities at optimal cost.
• Interface with service providers, business functions and IT functions regarding middleware services and solutions.
• Provide documentation for “Follow-the-Sun” support, as well as knowledge sharing across our team globally.
   

Profile required

• Holds a relevant Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information System or similar
• 3-5 years experience in the banking industry
• Good communication skills
• Good knowledge of Market Data content and services (Reuters, Bloomberg)
• Good knowledge of Market Data desktops solutions (EIKON, Bloomberg, FXT, EBS)
• Sound knowledge of middleware content and services (Tibco RV, IUM)
• Sound knowledge of monitoring platform (ITRS)
• Knowledge of programming language would be a bonus (Python)
• Experienced with Agile frameworks, feature teams organizations (scrum, product ownership...)
• Able to work with a remote team, to drive local/regional projects and support, including China and India
   

Business insight

Company Description

Societe Generale is one of the leading European financial services groups. Founded in 1864, we have been playing a vital role in the economy for over 150 years. With more than 133,000 employees based in 61 countries worldwide, we accompany 32 million clients throughout the world on a daily basis. Based on a diversified universal banking model, the Group combines financial strength with a strategy of sustainable growth.

ASIA-PACIFIC (ASIA), as one of the Business Units of Societe Generale, operates in 12 locations across the Asia Pacific region, employing over 2,500 employees with the regional headquarter located in Hong Kong. Our activities here are centered on Societe Generale's Global Banking & Investor Solutions pole (GBIS), a major growth engine for the Group and a key pillar of Societe Generale's universal banking model. Our expertise in Asia Pacific ranges from Corporate & Investment Banking (Advisory, Financing and Global Markets) to Asset Management, Global Transaction Banking and specialised financial services like Equipment & Vendor Finance and Vehicle Leasing & Fleet Management. In addition, Societe Generale's Global Solution Centre (SGGSC) in Bangalore and Chennai offers customised business solutions to the Societe Generale Group globally including ASIA.

Department Description

Welcome to the IT Infrastructure department, Global Technology Services (GTS)..

IT infrastructure is one of the major stakes for the bank and is at the heart of Societe Generale group's strategy.

Today, the Digital Transformation raises important challenges around IT Architecture, Infrastructure and Security. Many of these challenges are opportunities to imagine new experiences for our clients and new way to deliver IT services.

Within the Resources and Innovation division, GTS department plays a key role in the Digital Transformation. With more than 3500 GTS staff located across the world, GTS develops innovative projects while delivering operational excellence for infrastructure services to 148,000 employees and 32 million external clients.

At GTS Asia, we are one of the pioneers in agile practice.