IT Technical Analyst in Securities area

Functional Knowledge

• Securities Back Office
• Good understanding of the securities lifecycle, including settlement and custody processes.
• Knowledge of custody account management, corporate actions, cash processing, and securities settlement.
• Understanding of regulatory requirements within the securities environment.
• Experience with securities master data and interfaces to market and reference data providers.
• Knowledge of banking and operational processes in the securities domain

• Elicitation, analysis, and documentation of business requirements.
• Preparation of business and IT solution concepts.
• Process analysis and optimization.
• Facilitation of workshops with business stakeholders.
• Requirements management and release support.
• Effective communication with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Technical Skills

• Mainframe & Host Technologies
• Strong knowledge of IBM z/OS environments.
• Several years of experience in the development and analysis of Mainframe applications.
• COBOL and PL/I development for both batch and online applications.
• Experience with IMS, CICS, and Mainframe application frameworks.
• JCL and batch processing.
• DB2 databases and SQL.
• Analysis of interfaces and data flows.
• Troubleshooting and performance optimization of host applications.
• Ensuring operational stability and maintainability of mission-critical systems.

Development & Integration Tools

• Eclipse IDE.
• Java and client-server application architectures.
• Mainframe development and debugging tools.
• Experience in integrating distributed applications with host systems.

• Strong analytical and structured approach.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
• Experience working in international and geographically distributed teams.
• Familiarity with both Agile and Waterfall project methodologies.
• High level of ownership, accountability, and quality orientation.
• Proven stakeholder management skills across business and IT organizations.

Ideal Candidate

• 5+ years of experience in Mainframe environments.
• 3+ years of experience as a Technical Analyst, Business Analyst, or Senior Developer in the securities sector.
• Solid understanding of securities back-office processes.
• Strong technical expertise in COBOL, PL/I, DB2, JCL, and Mainframe architectures.
• Ability to understand business requirements and derive technical solutions.
• Fluent in both German and English, written and spoken.

• Must-have: COBOL, PL1, DB2, SQL, JCL, z/OS, CICS, Mainframe Application Analysis, Interface Analysis, Batch Processing, Securities Back-Office Processes
• Nice-to-have: IMS, CICS, Eclipse, Java, Securities Accounting, Settlement & Custody processes