Wire Payments IT Engineer: Platform Modernization

Inabia-Software-; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Synovus seeks an IT Engineer to support and enhance its wire payments platforms, focusing on production stability, engineering improvements, and operational excellence. You will partner with Product, Operations, Infrastructure, and vendors on daily support and modernization efforts including ISO 20022 adoption.

The role emphasizes troubleshooting across applications, batch, file transfer, API, and database layers, with hands-on automation and deployment responsibilities to reduce incidents and

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years in engineering wire payment systems.
• Experience with middleware, APIs, observability tools, and scripting/automation.
• Experience with file-based integrations (SFTP, PGP, batch schedules) and API-based integrations (REST/SOAP).

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues across applications, batch, file transfer, API, database, and infrastructure layers.
• Perform root cause analysis (RCA) and implement remediation to reduce repeat incidents.
• Build enhancements, fixes, and automation to improve performance and reduce operational toil.
• Support integrations/connectivity with internal systems and external networks/vendors via APIs, SFTP, and batch processing.
• Maintain interfaces between payments applications and upstream/downstream systems (core, digital channels, fraud/AML, GL, data platforms).
• Execute release, deployment, and configuration changes per SDLC and change management.
• Support system, integration, and UAT testing, including data setup, validation, and defect resolution.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and operational procedures.
• Support platform modernization efforts (ISO 20022 adoption, cloud migration, microservices, API modernization).
• Support audit requests and remediate findings/vulnerabilities within SLA.

Skills

Wire payments

Middleware APIs

Scripting & automation

File-based & API integrations

SQL querying

Tools

SQL Server

SFTP with key/cert mgmt

REST/SOAP

JSON/XML

APM/log dashboards

Control-M/ batch scheduling

Git & CI/CD

Job description

Synovus seeks an IT Engineer to support and enhance its wire payments platforms, focusing on production stability, engineering improvements, and operational excellence. You will partner with Product, Operations, Infrastructure, and vendors on daily support and modernization efforts including ISO 20022 adoption.

The role emphasizes troubleshooting across applications, batch, file transfer, API, and database layers, with hands-on automation and deployment responsibilities to reduce incidents and