IT Technical Expert / Front Office F/M

Vacancy details

General information

Reference

2024-235  

Position description

Business unit

Operations, Data & IT - IT & Digital

Job title

IT Technical Expert / Front Office F/M

Contract type

Permanent

Candriam Group Presentation

Candriam is a global multi-specialist asset manager and a recognized pioneer and leader in sustainable investment. For more than 25 years, Candriam has offered innovative and diversified investment solutions across many asset classes including fixed income, equities, absolute return , asset allocation and illiquid assets.

As a Responsible Employer, Equal Employment Opportunity is crucial to Candriam. We are committed to building the best global team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We provide an inclusive work environment and support wellbeing and work-life balance.

Mission

Development of  dedicated applications for the various business lines, deployment of market standard tools but also Digital transformation, make part of the IT mission of a Technical expert at Candriam.

Within the IT Investment Management Solution team, dedicated to support Front to Back business evolution, a broad scope of technologies and applications is maintained and in continuous evolution.

From Market standards tooling (Charles River, NPB, Biztalk) or development languages (.Net core) to cloud applications and A.I., the challenge is constant in being able to propose adequate solutions to business answers, while keeping an eye on budgets and team capacities.

 The Candriam environment is one where initiative is welcome and where open-mindedness is key to the smooth functioning of the company

 Therefore, and in line with Candriam strategy to reinforce the IT team competencies and the integration of new technologies in the Information system, we are now seeking for a new IT Front Office Technical Expert.

 

 As a IT Front Office Senior developer you will be part of the IT IMS team,  and your missions will be:

-          Enable developments and deployments of new functionalities on and around Charles River

-          maintain the systems so as to reach a 99.9% availability for Portfolio Manager and Risk Managers 

-          follow up systems and technologies evolutions so as to enable smooth systems upgrade

-          combine both specific technical and functional expertise to be able to answer as well business as IT requests

Responsabilities

  • Be a very active member in the analysis and design of technical solutions for the numerous projects and enhancements to support front Office developments
  • Support the project team in the implementation of the chosen technologies
  • Act as a leader and referent regarding IT FO developpement.
  •  Ensures Technical consistency of systems following the developments bests practices and internal guidelines (Architecture Framework, Information Security,..)
  • Assess technical impacts and changes on the information system of projects
  • Compiles Technical study and charges
  • Train team members to increase their knowledge

Profile

Required Skills & Competencies
ü C#, .Net Framework 4.8 / .Net 5 and 6 / ASP.Net Core
ü SQL Server 2016 and above, Azure SQL
ü Test based development (TDD)
ü Azure DevOps
ü Charles River

Soft Skills
Agile practitioner
Analytical mind
Stress resiliant
interest for finance & asset management
Good communication and Ability to train people

Position location

Job location

Europe, Belgium

City

Brussels

Candidate criteria

Education

3. Master's Degree I / Bac+4

Minimum level of experience required

2-5 years

Languages

  • English (C1 - Fluent)
  • French (C1 - Fluent)