Associate Manager, IT Technical Specialist

KPMG in Singapore is part of a global organization of independent professional services firms providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services. We operate in 143 countries and territories with more than 273,000 partners and employees working in member firms around the world. Each KPMG firm is a legally distinct and separate entity and describes itself as such. KPMG International Limited is a private English company limited by guarantee. KPMG International Limited and its related entities do not provide services to clients.

The Enterprise Application & Engineering team within KPMG Information Technology Services is dedicated to creating and delivering value to our business by leveraging on IT technology. The team is responsible for delivering customer-focused solutions and high quality IT services internally to enable our business.

The IT Technical Specialist oversees a team of personnel focused on technical issues, including software development, product releases, and system improvement tasks.

In addition to assisting with hiring, training technical staff, and delegating work assignments, the technical specialist may also collaborate with colleagues to identify and repair technical issues. They often evaluate their team's work processes and best practices and implement changes to streamline operations.

The role involves:

• Assist the IT Project Manager in the negotiation of customer demands and specifications as regards to effort and cost estimates/calculations
• Produce detailed work plan for sprint development cycles
• Lead and supervise work executed by local and off-shore resources, ensure smooth workflow in delivery of codes from development to production
• Track development milestones closely and re-prioritize deliverables
• Remain knowledgeable of new technologies and carry out research and experimentation to best achieve good system designs
• Translate business and functional requirements into technical specifications
• Produce, review, and ensure quality in technical deliverables (including documentation)
• Work closely with developers, testers, and business users to develop and improve operations processes and procedures
• Maintain technical standards and ensure adherence to best practices, frameworks, software coding standards/guidelines
• Provide recommendations to achieve better system performance and efficiency
• Track, verify, and report on costs incurred for development
• Carry out other technical related duties that may be required
• Report to the IT Project Director

Competencies

• Very strong development experience within Microsoft ecosystem (.Net, SQL, Azure)
• Competent in front-end and server-side technologies like JavaScript, CSS, HTML5, React, Angular, ASP.Net MVC, .Net Core, Web API, Windows Services
• Able to architect solutions
• Good knowledge in agile methodology
• Experience in managing off-shore/remote development teams
• Quick and very competent in producing and managing technical specifications
• Familiarity or Experience in DevOps processes

The ideal candidate should possess:

• Possess a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
• Minimum of 5 years of technical work experience in azure cloud web applications development
• Excellent verbal/written communication, collaboration, analytical and presentation skills
• Having AI experience, Microsoft Azure Certification and/or ITIL will be strong advantage

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted by KPMG Talent Acquisition team, personal data collected will be used for recruitment purposes only.

At KPMG in Singapore we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We believe that diversity of thought, background and experience strengthens relationships and delivers meaningful benefits to our people, our clients and communities. As an equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of age, race, gender identity or expression, colour, marital status, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or other non-merit factors. We celebrate the different talents that our people bring and support every staff member in their journey to achieve personal and professional growth. One of the ways we do this is through Take Charge: Flexi-work, our flexible working framework which enables agile and innovative teams to help deliver our business goals.