Scrum Master/ Java Architect - Transaction Reporting Morgan Stanley
New York, NY

Job Description

Company Profile:

Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management and wealth management services. The Firm's employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments and individuals from more than 1,200 offices in 43 countries.

As a market leader, the talent and passion of our people is critical to our success. Together, we share a common set of values rooted in integrity, excellence and strong team ethic. Morgan Stanley can provide a superior foundation for building a professional career - a place for people to learn, to achieve and grow. A philosophy that balances personal lifestyles, perspectives and needs is an important part of our culture.

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunities employer. We work to provide a supportive and inclusive environment where all individuals can maximize their full potential. Our skilled and creative workforce is comprised of individuals drawn from a broad cross section of the global communities in which we operate and who reflect a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives and experiences. Our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion is evident through our constant focus on recruiting, developing and advancing individuals based on their skills and talents.

Department & Team Profile:

Operations Technology comprises of functionally aligned development teams who support critical firm functions such as Legal, Compliance and Operations. Operations Technology develops strategic solutions that support key business processes, including Settlements, Confirmations, Regulatory Reporting, Position Keeping, Anti-Money Laundering and Trade Surveillance.

Global Transaction Reporting (GTR) Technology serves the global transaction regulatory reporting requirements of the firm. These requirements span OTC derivatives, listed derivatives and cash products. The regulations covered are across America (e.g. Dodd-Frank and CSA), Europe (e.g. MiFID II and EMIR), and Asia (e.g. JFSA and HKMA). The team are required to work on both meeting the firm's current regulatory obligations and on meeting future regulatory obligations (e.g. CAT).

Role Profile:

The Global Transaction Reporting team is looking for a senior Scrum Master/Architect to join the team in New York. You will be part of a global team, which also has presence in Glasgow, Mumbai, Hong Kong and London.

* You will be part of a dynamic team, building systems that are critical to the business and solving problems to meet the ever changing regulatory environment.
* You will work primarily as a Senior Architect/Technologist and Scrum Master as part of a collaborative agile Java development team.
* You will focus on supporting the team removing technical and process related blockers by applying agile and lean principles to maximise the efficiency and effectiveness of the team.
* You will be responsible for continuously improving the quality of our system and codebase including code & architecture reviews and design sessions. You will ensure the team follow architectural best practices.
* You will be required to gain an understanding of the regulatory and business domain and will liaise directly with a variety of stakeholders throughout the firm.
* You will act as an agile coach/advocate helping the team and our business partners.

Required Skills:

* Significant experience of Agile, Scrum & Lean methodologies.
* Experience of Behaviour Driven Development (BDD) methodologies.
* Core Java.
* Unix shell scripting.
* SQL and Relational Databases such as DB2.
* Integration & message processing technologies - MQ/Xml/SOAP/JSON/Spring.
* Strong architectural experience - Enterprise Architecture Patterns, GoF design
* Build & agile - Ant, Gradle/Maven, Sonar, Jenkins/Hudson, GIT.
* Sound understanding of Object Oriented Analysis, Design and Programming.
* Domain driven design and micro-services experience
* Strong communication and stakeholder management skills

Desired Skills:

* Experience in banking and regulatory reporting (CTFC, EMIR, Dodd Frank, MiFID)

Knowledge of OTC, listed and cash products