Application Support Engineer – Front Office / Back Office & Market Risk _ Contract

Location:
Singapore

Experience:
6 months–2 years of relevant experience

Employment Type:
12-month renewable contract with NTT Singapore Pte. Ltd.

Client Deployment:
A leading bank in Singapore

Build Your Career in Banking Technology

Ready to build on your technical experience and develop your career in banking technology?

Join NTT Singapore to support market risk and Value at Risk (VaR) applications for a leading bank in Singapore. You will apply your Linux, SQL and scripting skills to real production issues while gaining exposure to banking applications, risk reporting and business operations.

This opportunity is suitable for early-career professionals with

6 months–2 years of relevant experience

, including candidates with substantial, hands-on internship experience in application support or related technical work.

What You Will Gain

Hands-on experience supporting business-critical banking applications.

Exposure to market risk, VaR and risk reporting processes.

Opportunities to develop Linux, SQL, scripting and troubleshooting skills.

Practical experience in monitoring, incident resolution and application releases.

Collaboration with banking business users, technical teams and vendors.

Key Responsibilities

Application Support & Troubleshooting

Provide day-to-day production support and maintain agreed service levels.

Investigate application errors, system abnormalities and data issues.

Use Linux commands and SQL queries for troubleshooting and data validation.

Track incidents, communicate progress and follow issues through to closure.

Monitoring & Automation

Monitor applications and services to identify issues affecting stability.

Analyse logs using Elasticsearch to support troubleshooting.

Write Shell or Python scripts for monitoring, maintenance and operational automation.

Identify opportunities to reduce manual tasks and recurring production issues.

Incident Management & Release Support

Coordinate with business users, vendors and technical teams to resolve production incidents, including high-severity issues.

Participate in root cause analysis and help implement permanent fixes and preventive measures.

Assist with application deployments through CI/CD pipelines, following release management procedures.

Maintain support documentation and contribute to continuous improvements in production reliability.

Requirements

6 months–2 years of relevant hands-on experience

in application support, production support or a related technical role. Relevant internship experience may be considered.

Working knowledge of

Linux

, including commands, processes, file systems and troubleshooting.

Ability to write

SQL queries

to investigate issues and validate data.

Practical knowledge of

Shell/Bash scripting

; Python scripting is an advantage.

Exposure to application logging and monitoring, preferably using

Elasticsearch

.

Basic understanding of

CI/CD pipelines, deployments and release procedures

.

Good analytical, communication and problem-solving skills.

Willingness to learn, take ownership of issues and collaborate across teams.

Preferred Experience

Hands-on work or internship experience supporting

front-office or back-office banking applications

.

Understanding of

VaR (Value at Risk), market risk and risk reporting

.

Exposure to

MariaDB, MongoDB and OpenShift

.

Candidates should highlight practical support and troubleshooting experience gained through employment or internships.

Employment Arrangement

You will be employed by

NTT Singapore Pte. Ltd. on a 12-month contract

and deployed to a leading bank in Singapore, working with the client’s business and technology teams.

Interested candidates are kindly requested to email their CV with their experience to

[email protected]

We look forward to your application!

NTT Singapore Pte Ltd (NTTS)

is the regional headquarters of NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) for Asia Pacific Region.

Established in 1997, NTT Singapore has more than 10 years of expertise in providing information and communications technology (ICT) solutions worldwide.

NTT Singapore offers diverse high-quality connectivity, data centre solutions, security services, IT management services, voice and conferencing solutions and solution integration services to its enterprise customers.

NTT Communications is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT Corp.), one of the world’s largest providers of telecommunications services.

In 2013, NTT Corp. is ranked no.1 in telecom industry in the Fortune Global 500* list with operating revenues of more than $133,077 million. It is positioned 32nd among the top 500 corporations worldwide.

NTT Com's extensive global infrastructure includes Arcstar secure private networks, which cover 196 countries/regions and a tier-1 IP backbone network connected with major ISPs worldwide, as well as secure data centers at over 150 locations worldwide.