Software Engineer

About us

At GBST, we’re inspiring wealth innovation for wealth management and advice organisations globally. Our commitment to excellence, track record of continued and successful delivery, hard work and product excellence has earned us the trust and partnership of many of the world’s leading financial services organisations.

We’ve invested heavily in transforming our technology stack to bring a truly immersive and digital experience to the front and back-office.

The opportunity for U

We’re now on the lookout for a Software Engineer to work in the Australia production support team to support the GBST clients. This support could be in the form of issue triaging, issue resolution, client consultancy, or answering any queries from clients. You’ll be joining a global, diverse team in an Australian based company working with Scrum Master, Production Support Manager, Technical Analysts, Business Analysts and Service Desk Analysts within the Australia Production Support team and occasionally with the Product development and implementation team in UK & Australia.

This is a permanent full time opportunity based in Sydney.

What U will do:

Working within the UK production support team provide support to GBST clients in issue resolution

Provide support to clients with the version upgrades and assist them with the any support they need in UAT cycle

Defect analysis and creation of development tickets with detailed investigation notes and solution for the development team to fix the issue

Work in a cohesive manner with other Technical Analysts, Business Analysts and Service Desk Analysts in resolving the client issues/queries

Provide support to clients in out of hours support hours when required

Contributes to the success of a high performing team:

Participate in team meetings to bring up issues, share knowledge, share achievements, and provide training and direction

Develop strong and effective working relationships

Effectively communicate information and insights to the team

Ensure successful communication/work with all areas of the business

Contribute to continuous improvement in project methodologies, processes, and supporting tools to identify and implement improvement opportunities

Ensures compliance with GBST policies and standards, and with local statutory requirements

Complies with all legislative requirements

Adheres to company policies and procedures of the Corporate Code of Conduct

Where proper keeps up with industry trends and changes through membership in relevant organizations

Ensures personal adherence to workplace health and safety requirements and takes positive action to ensure a safe workplace

Acts in an ethical way when dealing with company assets and other people

U will be someone with:

A background in software engineering, with a good level of understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), including Design, Implementation, Testing, Deployment and Support phases

Knowledge of Application servers such as Jboss/WebSphere

Technical experience with designing systems utilising OOAD, SOA, Java, J2EE, Spring, React.js, Node JS, Hibernate, SOAP/REST web services using XML/JSON, Spring security, SpringBoot and AMQP/RabbitMQ

Experience in writing SQL query reports and creation of data correction scripts including writing stored procedures using SQL Server

Understanding of the cloud infrastructure and its’ relationship with developing secure and scalable applications (with a strong preference for AWS)

An understanding of common AWS services (e.g., EC2, RDS, S3, SQS, Lambda, AWS MQ) • Familiar with containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes

Basic Knowledge of DevOps automation using CI/CD pipelines and Helm charts, including Infrastructure as Code (IAC) using Terraform

Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or AWS CloudWatch. • Experience working in production support environment supporting clients

Experience in debugging/troubleshooting applications programs and identifying potential issues by scanning through application logs

An understanding of agile development methodologies and the practices/tools used in agile projects (scrum, user stories, Jira, Kanban, confluence etc)

Effective communication skills including the ability to communicate technically complex information to clients and other stakeholders

Knowledge of web security

Good logical and analytical problem-solving skills

Ability to work effectively as part of a team

Experience in Wealth Management Industry

Knowledge of FIX protocol and trading platforms.

GBST & U benefits:

2 days flexible/hybrid working arrangement

Instant savings and discounts on major retailers across the country

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Study Assistance Program

Additional GBST & U day off every year

Paid parental leave

Swapping public holidays with a day of significance for you

Annual Flu Vaccination

Novated car leasing

Discounted private health insurance

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