Custodian and system expert who can advise, analyze, plan, implement, maintain, support (and retire/refresh where required) all locally hosted (On premise, Cloud) data related platforms inclusive of data lakes, data warehouses, data marts, ETL, reporting, dash boarding and analytics:

Common to all Senior Analyst

• Maintain and ensure data platforms running in production are kept running and supported in a healthy state;
• Analyze and recommend new application and platform acquisitions to meet evolving Singapore Operation’s needs based on capturing and documenting business requirements elicited from business stakeholders
• Where the data platforms are in-house developed do the required coding and development, otherwise engage with 3rd party vendor to get enhancements developed and then deploy into test and prod when ready
• Ensure IT is operated in a manner that complies with Bank Policies and frameworks, standards, circulars, guidelines and MAS regulated act, notices, circulars, and guidelines applicable to technology (Compliance, Audit, Risk Adherence). – Application and Platforms
• Ensure IT assets are protected and secure – Applications and Platforms
• Assist in annual budgeting – Applications and Platforms
• Be a key stakeholder and technology partner on the bank Digital journey.
• Foster and champion bank PRIDE values within the technology department and imbue the department with a culture of teamwork, innovation, discipline, resiliency and dedication to how work is approached.
• Where vendor based solution approach adopted and/or outsourced approach, arrange due diligence and assessment from technology perspective on behalf of users.
• Provide day-to-day support to business users on any data platform related system issues or constraints
• Ensure assigned application deployments running on bank managed environments are properly QA and meet conditions.
• Co-ordinate the setup and manage test environments to ensure business can do their enhancements and new projects testing.

Specific to Enterprise data platform and datamarts

• Enterprise Data Platform and Datamarts: Next Generation Cloud Data lake platform, theme specific cloud data marts, on premise legacy data warehouse system, on premise staging database, custom developed ETL

Strategy, Planning, Mgmt. Reporting

• Provide expert advice and support to technology management in the area of expertise
• Contribute in the formulation a comprehensive Branch IT strategy covering IT policies and procedures, security, architecture, business solutions and operational functional requirements
• Keep abreast of developments and innovations in the FI IT landscape
• Provide mentorship, support and guidance to colleagues, share information and facilitate problem solving
• Contribute in the yearly budgeting for IT expenditures and investments.

IT Operations

• Ensure data platforms running in production are healthy and functioning per expected.
• Ensure prompt and efficient provision of IT support based on assigned area of expertise (includes request from Data center operations team)
• Oversee contingency plans and ensure their adequacy
• Ensure IT assets are protected and secure
• Maintain and ensure timely renewal of digital certificates and proper lodgment with IT security team.
• Ensure IT operations run in a manner consistent with high score from audit, risk, compliance assessments. The following to be operationalized as standard procedure against all IT asset components:
  • Administrative Accounts – All admin accounts lodged into PAM solution per group IT Security guidelines and MAS notice 655 point 4.1
  • Patching – Patch notification process established with vendors and patch calendar updated, upon patch release assessment and implementation as needed Per patching guidelines and MAS notice 655 point 4.2
  • Hardening - Per component definition and enforcement against SG security standard and Group IT Security guidelines and SG addendum/s and MAS notice 655 point 4.3
  • Network Perimeter Defense – Network traffic and segments, firewalls, proxies, dns, vpn access setup in secure manner per group IT security guidelines and MAS notice 655 4.4
  • Malware – IT Security consulted and all required IT security protections installed on IT assets per MAS notice 655 point 4.5
  • Multi-factor Authentication – MFA, where applicable implement MFA of administrative and internet accounts with access to customer information using PAM per MAS notice 655 point 4.6
  • Logging and Monitoring – Security, Capacity, Downtime, Audit
  • Capacity Mgmt. – Pre-emptive monitoring (via monitoring), planning and execution of capacity upgrades as needed
  • EOL/EOS Upgrades – Per group guidelines. Track and execute upgrades and/or do risk assessment and deviation approval.
  • Housekeeping – scripted clean-ups and truncations of logs and temp files after necessary archives executed
  • Backups – Required backup strategy per backup guidelines operationalized to central Backup Platform. Recurring scheduled backup validation activities scheduled and performed ongoing to ensure backups working per need.
• Work with system stakeholders to ensure proper classification of system criticality and ensure design and architecture can meet the assessed criticality needs:
  • MAS 644 defined Critical system – Ensure DR setup and working and can achieve RTO within 4 hours, RPO within 2 hours and maximum unplanned downtime of not more than 4 hours per rolling 12 months;
  • MAS 644 defined non-critical system – Ensure HA/DR per stakeholder requirement.
• BCM related activity planning and execution
• Review and Approve/Reject production change requests as part of TCAB committee
• Raise CAB CR as necessary
• Cutover related planning and execution
• Ensure and maintain adequate test environments in good working order to support enhancements and new projects;
• Adhere to SDLC for both in-house and 3^rd party solution platforms.
• Take BAU day 2 operational ownership in terms of maintenance, support and minor enhancement ownership of new systems and/or major enhancements delivered by the Digital Delivery and DevOps team
• Track IT related spend against budget.
• Write Memos to authorize procurements
• Write Memos to get deviation approvals where required.

Application and Systems Development / New Platform Acquisition

• Lead in the requirements gathering and documentation, design and where in-house the coding, test support and implementation of new systems or enhancements of existing systems:
  • Analyze, design, document and develop technical solutions according to business requirements (or in case of off the shelf, co-ordinate with 3^rd party vendor)
  • Provide accurate, complete and up to date system documentation
  • Provide training to users to ensure correct usage and proper adoption upon rollout
  • Oversee the QA of software implementation
• Oversee the deployment and implementation of applications to run on Cloud for existing systems based on end-user needs and business rationale.
• Assist team lead to write and table committee papers as required to get new systems and/or platforms, or major refreshes approved.
• Write Memos to authorize procurements
• Write Memos to get deviation approvals where required
• Work together with Digital Delivery and DevOps team to support digital and cloud initiatives in terms of initial advisory and then follow-on necessary analysis and co-ordination/implementation related to integration requirements and enhancement required to existing data platforms to enable the digital initiative.
• Work with Digital Delivery and DevOps team to support migration of workloads running on-premises to Cloud.

Regulatory and Procedural Expertise

• Keep up to date and refreshed on required reading related to guiding how IT must be run in a regulated Financial institution. Minimum read list:
  • MAS Technology Risk Management Guidelines (TRMG)
  • MAS Notice 644 – Technology Risk Management.
  • MAS Notice 655 – Cyber Hygiene
  • MAS Outsourcing Guidelines
  • RHB Group IT Security Guidelines and SG addendum/s
  • SG Patching Guidelines
  • SG Backup Guidelines
  • SG Technology Department Operational Manual (OM)
  • SG IT Standard Operational Procedures (SOP), and System Manuals (SM)
  • SG Procurement Operational Manual (OM)

Other Responsibilities

• Participate in Monthly Technology Department meetings.
• Participate in regular Team meeting.
• Use Department issue and work tracking platform.
• Maintain and keep up to date team knowledge base and assist in updating team document assets such as system manual / standard operating procedures (SOP), and operations manuals