Software Technical Analyst

The
Software Technical Analyst
will be part of the Global Actuarial Business Support (GABS) that has been established to accelerate the technical evolution and support of our Actuaries around the world. We are looking for someone with strong analytical and solid collaborative skills to support the enhancement requirements, non-production and production processes and fixes of the application. The candidate must have strong interpersonal skills to work with stakeholders and support teams across the globe.

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Position Responsibilities:

• Support non-production and Production operations and fixes.
• Work with offshore support team and vendor to implement fixes and changes.
• Cater to the requirements for enhancement and changes from business.
• Participate in meetings with both onshore and offshore to ensure clarity of individual objectives, priorities, and solutions for barriers to progress.
• Participate actively in the projects and prioritization discussions with business.
• Coordinate work tasks with Vendor to ensure changes are delivered successfully and on time.
• Primarily work on North America time, with flexibility to adjust to meet with the global team and support weekend deployments or production requirements.
• Amenable to work in UP Ayala Technohub (Quezon City)
• Amenable to work on a hybrid set-up (3x a week onsite)

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, or any related courses
• 3-5 years
  of experience with the following:
  ETL
  (e.g. Informatica),
  Scheduling
  Automation
  (e.g. CA, CTRL-M),
  SQL
  (e.g. Databases, MS SQL),
  Reporting
  (e.g. Qlikview)
• Experience in operations management & vendor management, working with stakeholders and support teams across the globe
• Excellent analytical, problem solving, and solutioning skills
• Knowledge and application of change & release management, ITIL4 & project management
• Familiarity with agile principles, test-driven development, continuous integration, and other approaches to accelerate the delivery of new features
• Understanding of software development lifecycle
• Understanding of how technology supports Manulife business strategy
• Collaborative attitude, willingness to work with team members; able to coach, share skills and methods
• Constantly learns from both success and failure
• Good verbal and written communication; able to effectively articulate technical vision, possibilities, and outcomes
• Good organizational, multi-tasking and time management skills
• Strong management drive to ensure you meet defined service targets and Service Level Agreements
• Ability to maintain the highest level of ethical conduct in safeguarding sensitive, confidential, financial, HR company information

*Useful but not required:

• Exposure to and basic understanding of business intelligence systems, dashboard reporting, and analytical reporting
• Exposure to and basic understanding of collaboration tools like Teams, JIRA, Confluence
• Ability to code or exposure in Python scripting, Windows Powershell

Preferred Qualifications:

• Collaborative attitude, willingness to work with team members
• Constantly learns from both success and failure
• Good verbal and written communication; able to effectively articulate technical vision, possibilities, and outcomes
• Good organizational, multi-tasking and time management skills
• Strong drive to ensure you meet defined service targets and Service Level Agreements
• Ability to maintain the highest level of ethical conduct in safeguarding sensitive, confidential, financial, HR company information
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team

When you join our team:

• We'll empower you to learn and grow the career you want.

• We'll recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well-being and inclusion are more than just words.

• As part of our global team, we'll support you in shaping the future you want to see.