Application Analyst - Geylang

Job Summary

SGX is looking for a self-driven and motivated Application Analyst to join our team in the delivery, support, and maintenance of business critical and issuers/data shared systems. This is a role for candidates who want to best leverage their hands-on experience on Java, Python, open-source observability tools and develop cloud-based applications.

Job Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide Level 2 or Level 3 support for business critical applications, ensuring high availability and performance.
• Investigate and resolve application issues, bugs, and performance bottlenecks.
• Develop and use AI tools (e.g. predictive analytics, anomaly detection, intelligent monitoring) to proactively identify and resolve issues.
• Performing application recovery, application verification, and monitoring.
• Perform non-functional testing, identify break points, securities vulnerabilities, and application anomalies.
• Monitor application health and performance using appropriate tools. Automate routine support tasks using scripting (e.g. Python, PowerShell) and AI-enhanced solutions.
• Collaborate with engineering, infrastructure, and business teams to implement fixes and enhancements.
• Maintain documentation for support procedures, known issues, and resolutions.
• Develop and enhance in-house built observability platform using Elastic, Logstash, and Kibana.
• Ensure compliance for all internal controls and standard operating procedures. This will involve fixing vulnerabilities, extracting evidence for audits, and maintaining system hygiene.

Job Requirements

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering from a reputable university or equivalent experience.
• Candidate with 3-5 years of experience in software development, system analysis, or application support roles.
• Proficiency in Java and/or scripting (SQL, Python, Shell).
• Understanding of RESTful APIs, microservices, and integration patterns.
• Hands-on knowledge in Linux, Windows operating system based application support and maintenance.
• Good verbal and written English communication skills.
• Operations and Production-first mindset.
• Ability to work independently and in a team-oriented environment.

Preferred Skills:

• Understanding of financial instruments and post-trade operations.
• Experience with monitoring tools (e.g. Splunk, AppDynamics, Dynatrace).
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Experience operating cloud platforms and containerized environments with demonstrated competency to deploy applications, configure, perform monitoring and troubleshooting in these environments.
• Experience in supporting the enhancement for open-source dashboards and visualization tools such as Elastic, LogStash, and Kibana.