Job Description

Title                 Technical Specialist

Department      GPS Technology

Location          Gurugram, India

Reports To       Project Manager

Level                Grade 4

We’re proud to have been helping our clients build better financial futures for over 50 years. How have we achieved this? By working together - and supporting each other - all over the world. So, join our team and feel like your part of something bigger.

About your team

The Technology function provides IT services to the Fidelity International business, globally.  These include the development and support of business applications that underpin our revenue, operational, compliance, finance, legal, customer service and marketing functions.  The broader technology organisation incorporates Infrastructure services that the firm relies on to operate on a day-to-day basis including data centre, networks, proximity services, security, voice, incident management and remediation.

About your role
 

Technical Specialist is a seasoned technology expert who is highly skilled in programming, engineering and problem-solving skills. They can deliver value to business faster and with superlative quality. Their code and designs meet business, technical, non-functional and operational requirements most of the times without defects and incidents.

So, if relentless focus and drive towards technical and engineering excellence along with adding value to business excites you, this is absolutely a role for you. If doing technical discussions and whiteboarding with peers excites you and doing pair programming and code reviews adds fuel to your tank, come we are looking for you.

Understand system requirements, analyse, design, develop and test the application systems following the defined standards. The candidate is expected to display professional ethics in his/her approach to work and exhibit a high-level ownership within a demanding working environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with Technical leads, Business Analysts and other subject matter experts.
• Understand the data model / design and develop the ETL jobs
• Sound technical knowledge on Informatica to take ownership of allocated development activities in terms of working independently
• Working knowledge on Oracle database to take ownership of the underlying SQLs for the ETL jobs (under guidance of the technical leads)
• Providing the development estimates
• Implement standards, procedures and best practices for data maintenance, reconciliation and exception management.
• Interact with cross functional teams for coordinating dependencies and deliverables.

Essential Skills

Technical

• Strong SQL or Pl/SQL experience with a minimum of 7 years’ experience
• Deep knowledge and Experience of using the Informatica Power Centre tool set min 3 yrs.
• Experience of Source Control Tools such as GIT/SVN
• Experience of using job scheduling tools such as Control-M
• Experience in UNIX scripting
• Experience in Data Warehouse, Datamart and ODS concepts
• Knowledge of data normalisation/OLAP and Oracle performance optimisation techniques
• 6 + Yrs Experience of either Oracle or SQL Server and its utilities coupled with experience of UNIX/Windows

Functional

• 5 + years’ experience of working within financial organisations and broad base business process, application and technology architecture experience
• Experience with data distribution and access concepts with ability to utilise these concepts in realising a proper physical model from a conceptual one
• Business facing and ability to work alongside data stewards in systems and the business
• Strong interpersonal, communication and client facing skills
• Ability to work closely with cross functional teams

Essential Skills / Experience

• Deep knowledge and Experience of using the Informatica Power Centre tool set
• Deep knowledge of Oracle and SQL query writing
• Experience of Source Control Tools such as Clear Case / SVN
• Experience of using job scheduling tools such as Control-M
• Experience in UNIX scripting
• Understanding of Software Development Lifecycle

Desirable Skills / Experience

• Diagnostic and analytical skills
• Good communication skills – both verbal and written.
• Display a flexible attitude, be able to thrive in an ever-changing environment

Personal Characteristics

• Good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Strong team player
• Ability to work at a strategic and tactical level
• Ability to convey strong messages in a polite but firm manner
• Self-motivation is essential, should demonstrate commitment to high quality design and development.
• Ability to develop & maintain working relationships with a number of stakeholders.
• Flexibility and an open attitude to change.
• Problem solving  skills with the ability to think laterally, and to think with a medium term and long term perspective
• Ability to learn and quickly get familiar with a complex business and technology environment.

About you

• B.E./B.Tech/MBA/M.C.A/Any other bachelors Degree.
• At least 6+ years of experience in Data Integration and Distribution
• Total 7 to 10 years of relevant experience
• Knowledge of Agile software development life-cycle methodologies

Personal Characteristics

• Good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Strong team player
• Ability to work at a strategic and tactical level.
• Ability to convey strong messages in a polite but firm manner.
• Self-motivation is essential, should demonstrate commitment to high quality design and development.
• Ability to develop & maintain working relationships with several stakeholders.
• Flexibility and an open attitude to change.
• Problem solving skills with the ability to think laterally, and to think with a medium term and long-term perspective.
• Ability to learn and quickly get familiar with a complex business and technology environment.

Feel rewarded

For starters, we’ll offer you a comprehensive benefits package. We’ll value your wellbeing and support your development. And we’ll be as flexible as we can about where and when you work – finding a balance that works for all of us. It’s all part of our commitment to making you feel motivated by the work you do and happy to be part of our team. For more about our work, our approach to dynamic working and how you could build your future here, visit careers.fidelityinternational.com.

For more about our work, our approach to dynamic working and how you could build your future here, visit careers.fidelityinternational.com.