Head of Applications Development

Job Summary Experienced in the SDLC, including requirements analysis, design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance. Experience with Azure technologies in general, such as Service Fabric, Application Service Environment, Azure Kubernetes Service, Azure DevOps, Azure Monitor, Azure Sentinel, Azure Defender Suite, Azure SQL, Cosmos, Azure APIM, Azure AD, Azure OMS/Application Insights, Global Traffic Manager, etc. Experience with AWS technologies, such as CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, CodeStar, Guardrails, Amazon ECS, AWS Lambda, etc. Experience in infrastructure provisioning, configuration of provisioned infrastructure, deployment of application and Plugins such as TFLint, Checkov, Docker Linter, docker-vulnerability-extension, Security Scan, Contrast Security, etc. Experience in analyzing the contents and the build process of a container image in order to detect security issues, vulnerabilities or potential risks. Open-source tools such as Dagda, Clair, Trivy, Anchore, etc. can be leveraged for container image analysis. Data mining or extracting usable data from valuable data sources. Using machine learning tools to select features, create and optimize classifiers. Carrying out preprocessing of structured and unstructured data. Enhancing data collection procedures to include all relevant information for developing analytic systems. Processing, cleansing, and validating the integrity of data to be used for analysis. Analyzing large amounts of information to find patterns and solutions. Key Responsibilities Strategy Towards delivering and living out our TTO Strategy 25 by Establish Strong Digital Foundations Accelerate Transformation Drive Process Excellence Business Contribute to the strategic goals of the organisation through the application of technology. Solve problems through the application of technical knowledge and skill, determining when and how technology can solve business problems. Scope and create technical solutions that contribute to the business’s strategic goals. Skills and Experience Processes Identify new areas of focus and activity for both internal and external technology communities. Develop and roll out best practice in Technology domain of expertise or their specialism. Rescue, remediate or provide expertise on initiatives with significant technology challenges. People & Talent Lead through being a role model and build the appropriate culture and values. Set appropriate tone and expectations from their team and work in collaboration with risk and control partners. Ensure the provision of ongoing training and development of people and ensure that holders of all critical functions are suitably skilled and qualified for their roles ensuring that they have effective supervision in place to mitigate any risks. Employ, engage and retain high quality people. Responsibility to review team structure/capacity plans. Set and monitor job descriptions and objectives for direct reports and provide feedback and rewards in line with their performance against those responsibilities and objectives. Work with internal business teams, cross-functional engineering teams, and external vendors. Effective conflict resolver and strong leadership skills to deliver on commitments and knowing when to say No to stakeholders. Risk Management Responsibilities relating to identifying, assessing, monitoring, controlling and mitigating risks to the Group, as well as an awareness and understanding of the main risks facing the Group and the role the individual plays in managing them. Make recommendations (and/or implement) to relevant stakeholders on possible risk management responses to identified risks and/or findings of concerns from investigations. Manage escalations on PEP / Sensitive issues requiring additional assessment and/or controls. Our Ideal Candidate 8+ years of experience in application development using modern front-end and back-end frameworks. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field. Experience with Python, Go, Java, or Ruby. Experience in Infrastructure as Code (IAC) tools like Terraform, Cloud formation. Experience working with DevOps tools, for example, Azure ADO and Artifactory. Experience with Public Cloud platforms, for example, AWS, Azure or GCP. Experience in API layer like security, custom analytics, throttling, caching, logging, monetization, request and response modifications etc. Experience with Container platforms, for example, Kubernetes, OpenShift, EKS, AKS or GKE. Experience in automation using Cloud services, like AWS Lambda or Step Function. Experience creating Splunk use cases (SIEM) and Splunk query language. Critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Communication skills and Decision-making. Machine Learning – good knowledge of machine learning methods like k-Nearest Neighbors, Naive Bayes, SVM, Decision Forests. Data Wrangling – proficiency in handling imperfections in data is an important aspect of a data scientist job description. Experience with Data Visualization Tools like matplotlib, ggplot, d3.js, Tableau that help to visually encode data. Role Specific Technical Competencies Certifications Cloud or Container Certifications like CKA, AWS SA, AZ-104, TF Associate. Languages Configuration as Code – Terraform, Ansible, Helm. Policy as Code – Checkov, Inspec. Scripting – Bash, Python. React or Angular, and back-end frameworks, such as Node.js, Express.js and Django. Role Specific Technical Competencies : Devops / Devsecops. Public Cloud. Containers, Kubernetes. Data Science. Artificial Intelligence. MySQL, MongoDB, or PostgreSQL. HTML, CSS, React JS, Angular, Java, Python, Perl, Go. About Standard Chartered We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us. Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion. 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. What we offer 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. Recruitment Assessments Some of our roles use assessments to help us understand how suitable you are for the role you've applied to. If you are invited to take an assessment, this is great news. It means your application has progressed to an important stage of our recruitment process. Visit our careers website #J-18808-Ljbffr