Technical Lead – Enterprise Payments & SWIFT- technical implementation

TAT IT Technolgies; Oman; On-site; OMR 24,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

TAT IT Technologies is seeking a Project Technical Lead for Enterprise Payments & SWIFT to drive end-to-end technical implementation of an Enterprise Payment Hub for a banking client in Oman.

You will coordinate with vendors, SI partners, and internal teams to ensure compliant, secure, and high-availability payment processing across ACH, RTGS, and cross-border networks, including SWIFT CBPR+ and ISO 20022.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related fields.
• 8-10 years of overall IT experience.
• 6+ years in hands-on technical experience in payments Systems (Domestic and Cross Border – SWIFT, RTGS, ACH)
• 3-5 years as Technical Lead in banking payments systems projects.
• Proven delivery of at least one full Enterprise Payment Hub or SWIFT/ISO 20022 implementation in Technical Lead role with hands-on experience.

Responsibilities

• Act as the single technical authority for the EPH project.
• Own all technical executions across design, build, configurations, testing and go-live.
• Translate business, regulatory and operational requirements to detailed technical solutions.
• Lead and execute technical delivery for ACH, RTGS, GCC RTGS, Instant Payments integrations.
• Lead and execute technical delivery for SWIFT CBPR+, SWIFT GO, SWIFT API Integrations.
• Define and validate ISO 20022 Message Structure and MT/MT transformations.
• Ensure Central Bank and SWIFT compliance for all payment flows.
• Lead real-time and batch integration between EPH and Core Banking through ESB.

Skills

End-to-end payments

SWIFT CBPR+

ISO 20022

ACH

RTGS

Instant Payments

GCC RTGS

SWIFT API Integrations

ESB/Middleware

Core Banking integration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/IT

5+ years IT experience

3-5 years as Technical Lead

Tools

IBM MQ

Kafka

Oracle

MS SQL

Linux

OpenShift

Job description

We have an urgent requirement for Technical Lead – Enterprise Payments & SWIFT- technical implementation of an Enterprise Payment Hub (EPH) is required for one of our banking client in Oman
Hands on technical experience and functional knowledge in Enterprise Payment Hub Platform.--Must
Strong experience end-to-end experience in ACH, RTGS, GCC RTGS, Instant Payments, SWIFT CBPR+, SWIFT GO, ISO 20022, MT/MX transformations.is THE Must
Strong experience real-time and batch integrations with Core Banking via ESB/middleware is MUST
Strong experience at least one full-scale Enterprise Payment Hub or SWIFT/ISO 20022 implementation is MUST
Domain Knowledge: Domestic clearing and settlement /Cross-border correspondent banking Payment validation and orchestrations Account posting and reconciliation Regulatory compliance for local & international payments---Must
Strong Banking Domain is MUST

Role Purpose

The Project Technical Lead will be responsible for leading the end-to-end technical implementation of an Enterprise Payment Hub (EPH) vendor solution across the bank. This role ensures seamless integration with Core Banking Systems, customer/business channels, middleware, external clearing networks and SWIFT while ensuring regulatory compliance, high availability, security and performance. The role act as a primary technical authority between the bank, system integrator, vendor and internal stakeholders throughout the program lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities:1

. Project Technical Leadership

• Act as the single technical authority for the EPH project.
• Own all technical executions across design, build, configurations, testing and go-live.
• Translate business, regulatory and operational requirements to detailed technical solutions
• Serve as technical escalation point during the full project life cycle.Domestic and Cross-Border Payments Enablement:
• Lead and execute technical delivery for ACH, RTGS, GCC RTGS, Instant Payments integrations.
• Lead and execute technical delivery for SWIFT CBPR+, SWIFT GO, SWIFT API Integrations
• Define and validate ISO 20022 Message Structure and MT/MT transformations
• Ensure Central Bank and SWIFT compliance for all payment flows.Integrations with Core Banking via Middleware:
• Lead real-time and batch integration between EPH and Core Banking through ESB.
• Ensure Exception handling and automated reconciliation between integrated systems.Integration with Customer & Business Channels:
• Lead EPH integration through ESB with:o Mobile & Internet Banking o Branch / Teller Systemso Corporate and Business Banking platformso Host to Host and Swift API integrations o Instant/speed transfer integrationso Integration with AML, Sanction Screening, Fraud Management SystemsSecurity, Compliance & Audit Readiness:
• Ensure full project compliance with Central Bank regulations, SWIFT CBPR+, ISO 20022
• Compliance with Bank Information security and cyber security policies.
• Lead and support security reviews and penetration testing and remediation activities.
• Support audit / regulatory inspection remediation activitiesTesting, Cutover and Go-Live:
• Define Test strategy and test data
• Perform hands on deployments & configurations in UAT
• Define and Govern SIT, UAT, performance, stress and failover testing.
• End-to-end payment scenario testing
• Integration testing with clearing networks and SWIFT
• Data migration and reconciliation validation
• Define, cutover, rollback and deployment plans
• Lead parallel runs, production deployment.Project Documentation and Knowledge transfer:
• Own and maintain all mandatory project documentations including:o HLD, LLD o Interface and API specifications o Message Mapping and Transformation documents o Security and Architecture documentso DR & BCP design o Test strategy and go live plano Lead structured handover to support teams.Vendor & System Integrator Governance:
• Provide hands-on technical oversight of vendors and system integrators.
• Review and approve technical designs, build deliverables, test results and security artifacts.
• Ensure delivery quality, regulatory compliance and architectural alignment. Qualifications & Experience:
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related fields.
• 8 -10 years of overall IT experience.
• 6+ years in hands on technical experience in payments Systems (Domestic and Cross Border – SWIFT, RTGS, ACH)
• 3-5 year as Technical Lead in banking payments systems projects
• Proven delivery of at least one full Enterprise Payment Hub or SWIFT/ISO 20022 implementation in Technical Lead role with hands on experience. Technical & Functional Skills:
• Hands on technical experience and functional knowledge in Enterprise Payment Hub Platform.
• SWIFT CBPR+, ISO 20022.
• Domestic Payments (ACH, RTGS), Instant Payments/Speed Transfers
• Knowledge of Core Banking Integration (real-time & batch) and Middleware (ESB)
• API, Micro Services,
• Messages Queues (IBM MQ, Kafka)
• Database: Oracle, MS SQL
• Linux environments, OpenShift Platform
• Security: Encryption, Certificates, RBAC, Key Management Domain Knowledge:
• Domestic clearing and settlement
• Cross-border correspondent banking
• Payment validation and orchestrations
• Account posting and reconciliation
• Regulatory compliance for local & international payments Skills: swift,enterprise,payments