[What the role is] The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is Singapore’s central bank and integrated financial regulator.As central bank, MAS promotes sustained, non-inflationary economic growth through the conduct of monetary policy and close macroeconomic surveillance and analysis. It manages Singapore’s exchange rate, official foreign reserves, and liquidity in the banking sector.As an integrated financial supervisor, MAS fosters a sound financial services sector through its prudential oversight of all financial institutions in Singapore – banks, insurers, capital market intermediaries, financial advisors, and stock exchanges. It is also responsible for well-functioning financial markets, sound conduct, and investor education.MAS also works with the financial industry to promote Singapore as a dynamic international financial centre. It facilitates the development of infrastructure, adoption of technology, and upgrading of skills in the financial industry.Join us now, if you have a genuine interest in making an impact to help shape Singapore’s economic and financial landscape.[What you will be working on]You will be part of the Central Banking & Devt Platforms (CBD) payment team responsible for managing the systems supporting the MAS Electronic Payment System (MEPS+) and domestic securities management systems in MAS, and the Special Singapore Government Securities system. These responsibilities involve supporting interbank payments in MEPS+ as well as MAS and government securities and trade settlements. You are expected to understand and support the linkages between these systems and other market infrastructures such as the Automated Clearing House (ACH).As a Senior System Manager, you will be responsible to:Lead the development, deployment, and maintenance of application systems, ensuring alignment with prescribed service levels and timely incident resolutionEvaluate and recommend Systems Development & Maintenance Methodologies for projects, analysing the impact of IT changes on business operationsFacilitate Agile ceremonies and translate user needs into actionable user stories, while improving processes and analysing project metricsManage the agency's application portfolio, recommending new applications, consolidations, and decommissioning as neededOversee application testing processes, including assessment of test scenarios, environments, and results, proposing improvements and changes as necessaryDevelop tender specifications for Agile projects, evaluate proposals, and manage outsourced vendors to ensure compliance with Agile methodologies and ICT governance policiesApply design thinking and service design principles to identify transformation opportunities and develop service experience prototypesEstablish reliable operations of the applications and digital service in the portfolio and conduct maintenance and technology lifecycle management on the applications and systemsEstablish quality and mechanisms for systemic quality across all applications and systems to ensure compliance with ICT Governance policies and standardsEstablish risk management for applications systems[What we are looking for]At least 8 years' relevant experience in supporting and/or implementing payments and securities settlement systems with a minimum of 2 to 4 years of experience in Application support and operations, or project management in a tech end user environmentProven experience in application management, including deployment, monitoring, incident management and maintenance of complex systemsStrong knowledge of Agile methodologies, tools, and delivery processesExpertise in business analysis, with the ability to elicit requirements and develop compelling business cases for proposed solutions and translate into technical requirements, and vice versaProficiency in application testing assessment and management, including the ability to analyse test results and propose improvementsExperience in managing outsourced vendors and developing tender specifications for IT projectsFamiliarity with ICT governance policies, standards, and best practices in government agenciesKnowledge of service design principles and the ability to apply design thinking methods to identify transformation opportunitiesStrong problem-solving skills and the ability to analyse complex business problems, recommending digitalisation and process changesExcellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage effectively with various internal and external stakeholdersUnderstanding of solution engineering principles, including the ability to design application architecture and evaluate hardware and software solutionsExperience in designing and implementing J2EE and/or .NET applications, SQL skills, and shell scriptingStrong understanding of Server-side, .Net and/or Java/microservices, web services, RESTful API, containers and KubernetesExperience with RHEL, JBOSS EAP, OpenShift, Openstack, CICD, Watermelon, Maven, Oracle Database, Microsoft SQL Server and fault-tolerant infrastructure conceptsExperience installing, configuring, and implementing new applications and system on AWS, preferably on Government on Commercial Cloud (“GCC”) will be an advantageStrong understanding and experience handling file transfers - interfaces, interfaces resiliency, connectivity protocols e.g., Rest, SFTP, MQExperience with integration of Autosys, designing job scheduling, CI/CD, Datawarehouse, and DMSExperience with setup, and integration of Observability platforms, monitoring, and alerts[Experience and Technical Skillsets which would be an advantage]Experience with the S.W.I.F.T messaging platform and interfacesCertifications in relevant skills (e.g., Java, AWS solution architect, Kubernetes, etc.) will be an advantageExperience in government digital projects will be an advantage[Soft Skills]Driven, results and customer oriented and able to work independentlyOrganised and comfortable managing multiple workstreams simultaneously and have good interpersonal skillsArticulate with strong written, presentation skillsDetailed and capable of handling time-sensitive and high-pressure situationsNatural problem solver who thrives in ambiguity and can design processes where none existAs part of the shortlisting process for this role, you may be required to complete a medical declaration and/or undergo further assessment.This is a contractual position until Dec 2026. All applicants will be notified on whether they are shortlisted or not within 4 weeks of the closing date of this job posting.