Technical Business Analyst

Salt; Dubai; On-site; AED 223,000 - 357,000; Full time

Job summary

Salt is seeking an experienced Cards System Analyst in Dubai to bridge business stakeholders and technical teams for card-related systems.

You will support requirements, design, integrations, testing, and delivery while ensuring security, compliance and PCI DSS alignment. Strong domain knowledge and hands-on experience with WAY4/First Vision are highly valued.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with Credit Card or Debit Card systems.
• Good understanding of the card transaction lifecycle (issuance, auth, clearing, settlement).
• Experience with card scheme integrations and digital/customer servicing workflows.
• Hands-on with card management systems such as WAY4 or First Vision or similar.
• Strong SQL and data analysis skills (Oracle and/or SQL Server).
• Experience with Jira, Confluence and Postman.
• Experience with Oracle WebLogic/WebSphere.
• Exposure to AWS and/or Azure (cloud-hosted and hybrid).
• Agile environment experience; strong stakeholder and vendor management.

Responsibilities

• Gather, analyze, document and validate business and functional requirements.
• Prepare functional specifications, system flows, interface definitions and data mappings.
• Perform impact analysis for system changes and enhancements.
• Coordinate with development, infrastructure, architecture, security and operations teams.
• Support SIT, UAT and regression testing and defect resolution.
• Work with external vendors and third-party system providers.
• Prepare solution and architecture documentation.
• Ensure PCI DSS and security compliance across solutions.

Skills

Card domain knowledge

SQL data analysis

Jira/Confluence

Postman

Oracle/SQL Server

Cloud exposure (AWS/Azure)

Tools

WAY4

First Vision

Oracle WebLogic/WebSphere

Job description

We're looking for an experienced Cards System Analyst with strong Credit Card/Debit Card domain knowledge to join our team.This role will act as the bridge between business stakeholders and technical teams, supporting requirements, solution design, integrations, testing, and delivery for card-related systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Gather, analyze, document and validate business and functional requirements
• Prepare functional specifications, system flows, interface definitions and data mappings
• Perform impact analysis for system changes and enhancements
• Work closely with development, infrastructure, architecture, security and operations teams
• Support SIT, UAT and regression testing and coordinate defect resolution
• Work with external vendors and third-party system providers
• Prepare solution and architecture documentation
• Ensure solutions align with security, compliance and audit requirements, including PCI DSS

Requirements

• Strong experience with Credit Card or Debit Card systems
• Good understanding of the card transaction lifecycle, including card issuance, authorization, clearing and settlement
• Experience with card scheme integrations, card controls and digital/customer servicing workflows
• Hands-on experience with card management systems such as WAY4, First Vision, or similar platforms
• Strong SQL and data analysis skills using Oracle and/or Microsoft SQL Server
• Experience with Jira, Confluence and Postman
• Experience with Oracle WebLogic/WebSphere
• Exposure to AWS and/or Azure, including cloud-hosted applications and hybrid environments
• Experience working in Agile environmentsStrong stakeholder and vendor management skills

Technical Exposure

• PL/SQL | SQL Server | Oracle | WebLogic | WebSphere | AWS | Azure | Jira | Confluence | Postman

Ideal Background

We're particularly interested in candidates who have worked on banking/card platforms and have hands-on experience with WAY4, First Vision, or similar card management systems.