Senior IT Analyst (Java)

Role Summary

Join the IT development team in Hong Kong. You will work in a fast-paced, multicultural environment and partner with key stakeholders across the business, including Front Office, Operations, Production Control, Finance, and Risk. You will contribute to end-to-end delivery-analyzing needs, designing solutions, developing and enhancing systems, resolving production issues, and supporting releases.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze business requirements and develop new features or enhance existing system configurations to deliver business outcomes.
• Optimize application performance by improving or refactoring existing functionality.
• Investigate and resolve escalated issues related to business applications and services.
• Migrate business lines/functions to and from applications as required.
• Follow version control, continuous integration, and release management practices.
• Maintain records and documentation, including design notes, user/support materials, and operating procedures.
• Ensure code is thoroughly covered by unit tests and rigorously tested prior to deployment to QA/UAT.
• Coordinate with production support teams on releases and issue management.
• Perform other project-related tasks as directed by the manager.

Required Skills and Experience

• 6+ years of software development experience, preferably in banking/finance.
• Strong development skills in Java.
• Hands-on experience with J2EE application servers (e.g., JBoss) and good understanding of Java performance/memory optimization.
• Familiarity with the Spring framework and SQL databases.
• Experience communicating with users, analyzing requirements, and translating them into delivered solutions.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with very strong attention to detail.
• Working knowledge of automated unit testing frameworks and best practices.
• Good communication skills in English.