Application Solution Engineer - FIS

• Full-time

About the Position

The Application Solution Engineer is responsible for end-to-end process design alignment within SGS for our Corp IT applications. Serving as the top-level techno-functional expert by helping the business on high-level specifications creation and anticipating problems of systems functionality, providing guidance and advisory regarding business requirements mappings.

The ASE plays a key role in ensuring standardized fit-for-purpose solutions within SGS for our Corp IT applications. Overseeing that the software development activities are carried out in accordance with SGS and best practice market standards. Executes the review of the application development activities and ensures that the related deliverables follow the appropriate quality, architecture, and security rules and guidelines, overseeing the overall quality and fitness of the final products.

Responsibilities

• Provide Global Solution Design leadership in the assigned processes.
• Review techno-functional documents, frameworks, and strategies to meet the business and application requirements.
• Review data models and processes, working proactively with the rest of the teams, in order to optimize architecture and to evaluate the performance and reliability of designs.
• Collaborate with requirements creation, use cases, and models that map business strategy and needs.
• Consult with Global Process Owners, Business leaders, and IT business representatives to ensure understanding of requirements and their alignment to the future strategic direction of the business/function.
• Proactively collaborates with implementation teams in coordination with other architects on the setup of processes to fulfill the agreed requirements.
• Know in detail the reference standards & best practices defined by Enterprise Architecture and Security SGS departments, to ensure technical design quality and vulnerability compliance.
• Validate and enrich technical impact assessments.
• Ensure Technical coordination for deployment activities.
• Develop and/or validate technical design for all application development activities.
• Ensures developments meet both the technical requirements as well as the operations requirements (such as security, availability, maintainability, and performance), for custom developed applications as well as standard package-based solutions and legacy applications.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and/or master’s with relevant IT or Computer science background.
• Relevant experience managing requirements through the entire delivery and operational life cycle.
• Must have 5+ years of extensive knowledge of Oracle eBusiness Suite (on-prem) development tools and technical stack are a must (Oracle PL/SQL, APEX, Oracle Forms, Oracle Reports, Oracle BI Publisher, Oracle Applications Framework, Web ADI, Open Interfaces, Oracle XML Gateway, Integrated SOA Gateway, and Oracle Workflow).
• Experience in Oracle eBusiness Suite Financials modules and Supply Chain & Manufacturing is a plus.
• Experience in Oracle ERP Cloud rollout, integrations, and extensions is certainly an added value.

Required Skills

• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Able to build trust, respect, and confidentiality.
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proactive, able to take decisions and act independently.
• Ability and willingness to continuously learn and acquire new skills and competencies.
• Defining, controlling, and improving software life cycle processes.
• Risk management, quality, security, privacy, and safety.
• Broad multi-technology knowledge.
• Experience with the tool set of development methodologies (Agile, DevOps, Lean).
• System and software life cycle engineering.

We Offer

• Opportunity to work with a global leader in inspection, verification, testing, and certification.
• Collaborative and inclusive work environment.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunities for professional growth and development.

About the Company

SGS is the world’s leading Testing, Inspection, and Certification company. We operate a network of over 2,500 laboratories and business facilities across 115 countries, supported by a team of over 100,000 dedicated professionals. With more than 145 years of service excellence, we combine the precision and accuracy that define Swiss companies to help organizations achieve the highest standards of quality, compliance, and sustainability.

Our brand promise – “when you need to be sure” – underscores our commitment to trust, integrity, and reliability, enabling businesses to thrive with confidence. We proudly deliver our expert services through the SGS name and a portfolio of trusted specialized brands, including Applied Technical Services, Brightsight, Bluesign, and Nutrasource.

Join Us: At SGS, we are dedicated to fostering an open, friendly, and supportive culture that thrives on teamwork. We value diversity and provide endless opportunities to learn, grow your expertise, and fulfill your potential.