Alin Ciubotaru
AVP Senior System Analyst
Abu Dhabi
Summary
Experienced Senior System Analyst | Software Engineer with a proven track record in leveraging technical and business expertise in the financial and brokerage domains for successful outcomes. Skilled at analyzing complex systems and identifying improvement opportunities, consistently delivering innovative solutions that enhance operational efficiency and drive business growth. Demonstrated leadership in leading cross-functional teams for the development and implementation of cutting-edge software applications. Committed to delivering high-quality results, excelling in fast-paced environments while managing multiple projects simultaneously.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
6
6
Certifications
6
6
Languages
Work History
AVP Senior Brokerage System Analyst
Al Ramz PJSC
07.2022 - Current
- Prioritized and planned the systems backlog and development, leading to timely and impactful product releases that met market demands and organization's strategic objectives
- Achieved best-in-class operational support, ensuring the stability and high availability of production trading platforms
- Provided technical support and maintained relationships with various vendors and exchanges, ensuring smooth trading activities, connectivity, and resolving technical issues promptly
- Collaborated with vendors and support teams to resolve problems, address design issues, and implement system upgrades
- Created test scenarios and conducted comprehensive testing and validation of changes and bug fixes, ensuring smooth transitions to production
- Owned and improved the production deployment and configuration process
- Addressed the audit requirements and the vulnerabilities and penetrations assessments/VAPT recommendations on the managed systems
- Authored comprehensive documentation, providing valuable references for users and support teams
- Designed workflows, written BRDs for a new in-house Web & Mobile trading app
- Managed systems: Quod (Institutional Equities), FIT Premium (Retail & Market Making), Web & Mobile in-house trading app (Retail), Wasata (Finance & Operations), OATS (Risk & Compliance), Power BI, ADX and DFM Equator and X-Stream, Bloomberg, Refinitiv, Treasury Software
Senior System Analyst
BCR
02.2020 - 04.2022
- Collaborated with external providers to analyze the feasibility of business change requests, resulting in successful implementation of impactful solutions
- Proactively identified business needs and opportunities, leading to the proposal and implementation of effective solutions that enhanced brokerage platforms
- Developed and executed strategies for the migration, consolidation, and upgrade of trading system components, resulting in improved system performance and operational efficiency
- Translated business needs into comprehensive functional and technical solutions, ensuring alignment between business objectives and technical deliverables
- Successfully planned and managed FAT/UAT activities, ensuring thorough testing and validation of trading systems to minimize disruptions and maximize system reliability
- Led planning, definition, and execution of releases, ensuring timely and successful completion while minimizing downtime and impact on operations
- Effectively troubleshooted production incidents and outages, swiftly resolving issues caused by internal system components, exchanges, market data feeds, or network outages to minimize downtime and financial impact
- Documented and contributed to technical analysis and architecture, providing valuable insights for future reference and decision-making
- Facilitated productive discussions and decision-making between business and technical teams, as well as external providers, ensuring effective collaboration and alignment throughout projects
Senior Software Engineer
Deutsche Bank
12.2017 - 10.2019
- As a Senior Software Engineer based in Frankfurt am Main I had mainly operated in the Kondor+ area, developing reports and interfaces with other systems, building the release packages, preparing and conducting UATs, offering 3rd level support for releases and day-to-day issues
- A continuous project I was involved with was a major upgrade of Kondor+ version, in parallel with the migration of everything related to Kondor+ realm from Unix to Linux
- Worked with a broad range of technologies, including (but not limited to) Perl, T-SQL, Unix, Linux, Tibco EMS, IBM MQ, Apache Subversion, TortoiseSVN, Bitbucket, TortoiseGit, Jenkins, Docker, ServiceNow, Atlassian JIRA and Confluence
Technical Analyst
Deutsche Bank
09.2015 - 11.2017
- As a Technical Analyst within Treasury division I had the opportunity to be involved in projects for the development of software infrastructure and interfaces for Kondor+
- Responsible for developing interfaces for Kondor+, integrating them into the central repository, building the software packages and releasing them on the application servers, UATs and DEVs
- In charge with planning, scheduling and initiating the Kondor+ and Tibco EMS related Change Requests
- Accountable for the integrity and update of Kondor+ UAT and DEV systems
- Acting as a 3rd level support for Kondor+
- Working on a daily basis with the interfaces and the Tibco EMS Middleware
- Working on a daily basis with tools like ServiceNow, Atlassian JIRA and Confluence, continuously contributing to the Kondor+ service knowledge management system
Senior Presales Consultant
Misys
09.2013 - 08.2015
- Working as a Senior Presales Consultant in Capital Markets software, i.e
- Misys FusionCapital Kondor Front2Back (including KSP, K+TP), served to consolidate my knowledge of Treasury Trading, Risk Management, Compliance and Back Office operations
- Installing, upgrading and migrating on many occasions the latest version of FusionCapital Kondor
- Responsible for documenting RFIs / RFPs and integrating multiple solutions like MGR (former KGR), Summit, MLS, MarkitWire and other third party software to build client-facing PoCs
- Create and maintain central environments - worked with a broad range of technologies, including (but not limited to) RHEL 6.x, Solaris X86, Windows Server 2012 R2, VMware, AWS, Oracle VirtualBox, SAP Sybase, Microsoft SQL Server 2012
- Involved in Product Life-cycle and in Go-To-Market campaigns
Application Administrator
BCR
10.2010 - 09.2013
- Responsible for installation, configuration and troubleshooting on server level for Risk, Treasury, Front and Back Office applications and their suite of interfaces, such as Kondor, KTP, IRC, RET-AD, Tibco BusinessWorks, Clavis, Equitas, XRHMA
- Working on a daily basis on clustered Solaris, Windows Server 2003 and 2008 R2
Online Banking helpdesk and developer
UniCredit Bank Romania
10.2006 - 10.2010
- Responsible for enhancing bank's online payment platforms
- Acting as a 3rd level support for HelpDesk department
- On-site Multicash installation/configuration for companies that were using the bank's solutions
Public Relation Representative
Vodafone
09.2005 - 09.2006
Education
Bachelor - Communication and Data Transmission
Politehnica University of Bucharest
Bucharest, Romania 01.2003 - 1 2009
Skills
Software Testing
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Certification
AGILE Project Management Practitioner, APMG International
Timeline
AVP Senior Brokerage System Analyst
Al Ramz PJSC
07.2022 - Current
Senior System Analyst
BCR
02.2020 - 04.2022
Senior Software Engineer
Deutsche Bank
12.2017 - 10.2019
Technical Analyst
Deutsche Bank
09.2015 - 11.2017
Senior Presales Consultant
Misys
09.2013 - 08.2015
Application Administrator
BCR
10.2010 - 09.2013
Online Banking helpdesk and developer
UniCredit Bank Romania
10.2006 - 10.2010
Public Relation Representative
Vodafone
09.2005 - 09.2006
Bachelor - Communication and Data Transmission
Politehnica University of Bucharest
01.2003 - 1 2009
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