Honda is looking for a Senior Technical Specialist / Engineer to support compliance systems within the Automotive OEM and Finance sectors. The role is central to designing, developing, and maintaining robust trade compliance solutions that align with evolving regulatory standards and enterprise operational goals. The specialist will bridge legacy systems with modern development frameworks while supporting complex compliance and financial operations.
Requirements
- Strong expertise in .NET development, DB2, SQL, and software integration within enterprise systems.
- Extensive Trade Compliance Systems Expertise: Deep experience working with trade compliance platforms, databases, and enterprise-level systems, particularly within complex OEM and Finance legacy environments.
- Application Landscape Versatility: Proficient in managing and transitioning across on-premises, cloud-based, and legacy systems, ensuring smooth adoption of modern compliance technologies.
- Experience with legacy mainframe technologies, including COBOL and JCL, is a significant plus.
- SAP Proficiency: Skilled in SAP environments, with hands-on experience supporting trade compliance initiatives and system migration projects a plus.
- SAP GTS Knowledge: Familiar with SAP Global Trade Services (GTS), especially in the context of transforming and optimizing trade compliance functions a plus.
- Ability to prioritize workload, work independently and within team, train junior staff.
Responsibilities
- Lead full-stack software development initiatives, primarily using .NET, DB2, and SQL Server, to enhance and maintain trade compliance and financial systems.
- Analyze existing platforms, including legacy environments using COBOL and JCL, to support data migration, system integration, and modernization roadmaps.
- Translate complex business and regulatory requirements into secure, high-performance software solutions integrated with broader OEM and financial operations.
- Architect and implement compliance systems that interface with enterprise tools and support real-time regulatory data processing.
- Provide hands-on technical leadership throughout the software development lifecycle—including design, development, testing, deployment, and support.
- Contribute to system architecture design, codebase modernization, and the adoption of development best practices and DevOps / Agile methodologies.
- Lead comprehensive assessments of existing legacy trade compliance platforms to uncover system gaps, inefficiencies, and compliance risks.
Other
- A Bachelor’s degree in computer science / IT or equivalent years of relevant experience
- 7 or more years in IT Solution Design & Delivery: Demonstrated success in designing and implementing IT solutions, with a strong focus on modernizing legacy systems to streamline and strengthen compliance operations.
- Manufacturing Sector Business Analysis: Strong foundation in business analysis within manufacturing, enabling effective alignment of compliance system modernization with operational goals.
- Requirements Definition & SME Leadership: Proven ability to serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME), translating business needs into actionable requirements that support the successful transition to SAP GTS.
- Strong communication skills (verbal and written) with the ability to convey technical information to a non-technical audience.
