IT Newbies 2024 - Junior Application Analyst

Do you enjoy problem-solving? Are you interested in kick-starting a career in IT? Would you like to contribute to ensuring the stability and efficiency of financial markets globally?

Headquartered in Brussels and offices in more than 15 countries around the world, Euroclear is the financial industrys leading provider of post-trade services globally. Our company ensures the settlement, custody and service of national and cross-border securities transactions, whether in bonds, shares, derivatives or investment funds. To put it simply, we are a bank for banks, and we are at the heart of the world financial system.

To help you seize all the opportunities available when launching your career at Euroclear, we established the IT Newbies Graduate Program designed to help unique young talents join our dynamic international teams with extra-guidance and support at all levels.

No previous experience is required: we will develop your skills in IT from scratch and make you discover the world of financial markets!

What is in it for you?

• Permanent employment contract and various opportunities to boost and diversify your career through internal mobility;
• Teleworking is possible after the initial training on-site for the first 3 months;
• Being part of an international dynamic environment: work in close collaboration with inspiring colleagues from more than 80 different countries;
• A learning organization fostering professional and personal growth with an emphasis on knowledge sharing, training and reskilling;
• The possibility to extend your IT skills through trainings and progressively evolve to one of the various possible career paths (e.g.: Design Expert, Test Analyst, Business Analyst, Project Leader, etc.);
• Exposure to the delivery of complex business applications while being part of an Agile team;
• An attractive package comprising numerous benefits, incentives and profit sharing;
• A vibrant life outside of the office: the onboarding team will help you nurture your new friendships and community connections through various events organized to make you feel welcome and valued as a newcomer to the Euroclear family.

Division

As an IT Newbie, you will join the Group Business Solutions (GBS) division and undergo an intensive training lasting 3 months while being closely guided by your mentor and supported by a buddy who already has a few years of experience in a similar function.

The GBS division ensures the competitiveness of Euroclear by delivering reliable and sustainable IT solutions for the financial securities markets. Our technical teams deliver new IT solutions and improve existing applications for both our internal and external clients. We deploy changes into the production environment in a controlled and structured way that doesnt compromise production stability, and we ensure applicative production support.

We are looking for Junior Mainframe Application Analysts to strengthen our growing teams. We will equip you with a niche skillset that will allow you to become responsible for the development and support of applications running on a time-critical infrastructure.

Scarcely taught at universities, Mainframe technology is the beating heart at the center of business operations for many of the worlds largest enterprises due to its proven speed and resiliency. Handling heavy workloads and critical applications that require high reliability and security, mainframes are designed to run multiple concurrent users and transactions simultaneously and can support large amounts of data storage and processing. All skills learned on Mainframe are also portable on other technologies.

The pillars underlying the critical importance of mainframes for financial institutions and banks are the following:

• High reliability and availability: Mainframes are designed to run continuously for years with minimal downtime, ensuring that financial transactions are processed promptly and securely.
• Security: Mainframes have robust security features that help protect sensitive financial information from cyber threats and unauthorized access.
• Scalability: Mainframes can handle heavy workloads, including large amounts of data processing and storage, making them ideal for financial transactions that require large computing resources.
• Compliance: Financial institutions are subject to strict regulations and standards, and mainframes are equipped with features that help ensure compliance with these regulations.
• Performance: Mainframes are optimized for high performance and can process a large number of transactions quickly, which is essential for financial organizations that handle large amounts of data.

Typically, Application Analysts join our company in the role of Software Developer. In this role, they get intensive training and support, allowing them to build up their technical, functional and business expertise required for the Application Analyst role. After a positive evaluation, they are then evolving into the role of Junior Application Analyst

As a Software Developer, your main tasks are:

• to code, test and document the most important programs for financial markets and ensure their successful launch
• Provide support to our testing and operational teams in regards to the code under your responsibility
• Ensure production stability being part of the defect management and hotline
• Start to produce design documentation with coaching of a senior designer

As an Application Analyst, your main tasks are:

• Understand specific client needs or technical requirements. Liaise with the internal clients to better understand existing or new business processes and needs
• Based on these needs, perform and document design analysis
• Supervise and assess the work of programmers implementing and testing design changes
• As you grow in maturity, you will take ownership of the evolution of one or more Applications in your domain

Required skills

You have:

• a Mathematics, Engineering, IT or Science-related degree (Bachelor, Master, PhD)
• strong analytical skills
• strong curiosity about IT and new technologies
• interest in Finance, capital markets
• ability to quickly adapt to an international and diverse company
• self-learning ability (youre ready to dive into new technologies and extend your own expertise)

You are:

• proficient in English (both written and spoken)
• eager to work with exciting business, functional and technical concepts
• customer focused and delivery oriented, with attention to details
• a great teammate
• a problem solver (you recognize underlying issues and problems, you analyze root causes and define solutions accordingly)
• at ease in a fast-changing environment

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