SWIFT Messaging & Platform Engineer (Python Automation)

Mizuho; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Mizuho Pune seeks a highly motivated SWIFT Messaging & Platform Engineer with 5–10 years in financial messaging systems, SWIFT infrastructure, and production support. The role emphasizes SWIFT product expertise, troubleshooting, Python automation, and support for mission-critical banking apps.

OpenShift/AKS experience is desirable. Responsibilities include production support, onboarding, platform upgrades, and automation development.

Qualifications

• 5–10 years of experience in financial messaging, SWIFT infrastructure, or payment systems.
• Hands-on Python scripting and automation experience.
• Strong Linux/Unix administration and shell scripting skills.
• Good knowledge of IBM MQ, middleware, and integration concepts.
• Familiarity with incident, change, and problem management processes.

Responsibilities

• Support, maintain, and troubleshoot SWIFT infrastructure and related components.
• Analyze and resolve SWIFT message processing issues and routing problems.
• Onboard applications to the SWIFT ecosystem.
• Perform platform upgrades, security patching, and SR implementations.
• Configure message flows, routing and connectivity.
• Provide L2/L3 support for payment and messaging platforms.
• Participate in incident, problem, change, and release management.
• Support disaster recovery and platform resiliency testing.
• Create and maintain runbooks and post-incident reports.
• Develop automation scripts using Python or Shell.
• Automate monitoring and platform administration tasks.
• Support CI/CD and DevOps for middleware and messaging platforms.
• Collaborate with vendor and application teams to resolve issues.

Skills

SWIFT messaging

Python scripting

Linux/Unix

IBM MQ

Automation

Incident management

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

ServiceNow

BMC Remedy

Job description

At Mizuho, we provide the stability of an international industry leader with the career trajectory of a growing business. Our steady, strategic growth gives our people at all levels rewarding degrees of responsibility and richer work experience than a boutique firm or an established giant could offer alone.

It’s the local expertise of our employees that makes our global network so powerful. By collaborating with colleagues and clients who share the same ambition and drive, you can amplify your sphere of influence and base of knowledge as part of one of the largest banks in the world.

Role Overview:

We are seeking a highly motivated SWIFT Messaging & Platform Engineer with 5–10 years of experience in financial messaging systems, SWIFT infrastructure, and production support.

The ideal candidate should have strong expertise in SWIFT products, troubleshooting complex messaging issues, automation using Python, and supporting mission-critical banking applications.

Experience with container platforms such as OpenShift or Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is desirable.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support, maintain, and troubleshoot SWIFT infrastructure including AWP, SAA, SAG, SNL, HSM, and related components.
• Analyze and resolve SWIFT message processing issues, delivery failures, NACKs, formatting errors, and routing problems.
• Support onboarding of applications and business systems to the SWIFT ecosystem.
• Perform platform upgrades, security patching, and annual SWIFT Standard Release (SR) implementations.
• Configure and maintain message flows, routing rules, security configurations, and connectivity components.

Production Support & Operations

• Provide L2/L3 support for critical payment and messaging platforms.
• Participate in incident, problem, change, and release management activities.
• Support disaster recovery exercises, platform resiliency testing, and infrastructure upgrades.
• Create and maintain operational documentation, runbooks, and post-incident reports.
• Work closely with business, operations, infrastructure, and vendor teams to resolve production issues.
• Develop automation scripts and operational tools using Python, Shell scripting, or similar technologies.
• Automate routine monitoring, health checks, file processing, report generation, and platform administration tasks.
• Improve operational efficiency through scripting, observability, and self-healing capabilities.
• Support CI/CD and DevOps initiatives for middleware and messaging platforms.

Messaging & Integration

• Configure and support messaging middleware such as IBM MQ or equivalent technologies.
• Manage MQ queues, channels, connectivity, high-availability configurations, and message routing.
• Collaborate with application teams to troubleshoot integration and connectivity issues.

Required Skills;

• 5–10 years of experience in financial messaging, SWIFT infrastructure, or payment systems.
• Strong knowledge of SWIFT products such as AMH, SAA, SAG, SNL, and HSM.
• Hands‑on experience with Python scripting and automation.
• Experience with Linux/Unix administration and Shell scripting.
• Good understanding of IBM MQ, messaging middleware, and integration concepts.
• Experience with incident, change, and problem management processes.
• Familiarity with JIRA, Confluence, ServiceNow, BMC Remedy, or similar tools.
• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills.

Good to Have:

• Experience with OpenShift and/or Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
• Knowledge of cloud platforms such as Azure.
• Understanding of payments and messaging standards (SWIFT MT, ISO 20022).
• Exposure to DevOps tools, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code.
• Experience in banking or financial services environments.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field.
• SWIFT certifications or relevant financial messaging certifications are a plus.

What Success Looks Like:

• Efficiently manage and support mission-critical SWIFT platforms.
• Automate manual operational activities through scripting.
• Reduce incident resolution times and improve platform stability.
• Contribute to modernization efforts involving cloud, containers, and DevOps practices.

Company Overview:

Mizuho Pune is an integral part of Mizuho Financial Group, one of the world’s leading financial institutions with a strong global presence across the Americas, EMEA, and Asia. Based in India, Mizuho Pune supports Mizuho’s international businesses by delivering high-quality, scalable, and resilient services across multiple functions.

Mizuho Pune plays a critical role in driving operational excellence, standardization, and innovation for Mizuho Americas. By combining deep domain expertise with strong process, technology, and analytical capabilities, it partners closely with regional and global teams to support corporate and investment banking, capital markets, and corporate services functions, while adhering to the highest standards of risk management, regulatory compliance, and control.

Mizuho Pune offers competitive compensation and benefits package aligned with industry standards and local market practices.

Mizuho Pune is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace.

Employment is subject to applicable background verification checks in accordance with Indian laws and company policies.