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The Payments Technical Lead - 6 months and extended contract - WORK FROM HOME 10 years of experience in payments domain.1. Payment Application Impact Analysis & Design• Own the technical impact analysis and design for all payment applications impacted by OBP and Core Banking upgrades.• Prepare and maintain HLDs and LLDs for impacted payment systems, integrations, and country specific payment rails.• Translate upgrade driven changes into clear technical designs, impact notes, and implementation guidance.2. Cross Application & Stakeholder Coordination• Work closely with all payment application owners, program leads, and architecture teams to:o Understand upgrade driven changeso Assess functional and technical impact across payment applicationso Estimate the quantum of change across systems and integrations• Act as the single technical coordination point for payment application changes across programs.3. Country Specific Payment Rail Impact Handling• Analyze and design changes across country specific payment rails and clearing systems (e.g., UAEFTS, WPS, ICCS, KNPS, QATCH, RTGS, ACH) resulting from OBP and Core Banking upgrades.• Ensure impacted payment applications comply with local scheme rules, message formats, settlement logic, and regulatory requirements.• Support scheme related certification and readiness activities for impacted systems.4. Integration & Downstream System Alignment• Design and review changes across integrations between:o Payment applicationso OBP and Core Bankingo Channels and digital platformso Gateways and reconciliation systems (Payment Tracker, Sherlock, Bravos, TLM)• Ensure all impacted integrations remain aligned with enterprise architecture, security, performance, and resilience standards.5. Design Support During Build, Testing & Release• Support build teams by clarifying design changes and resolving impact related gaps.• Assist SIT/UAT by:o Analyzing defects related to upgrade driven impactso Identifying root causes across payment applications and interfaces• Validate readiness of impacted payment applications for release and production deployment.6. Technical Governance & Consistency• Ensure design consistency and traceability across all payment applications impacted by the upgrade.• Highlight risks, dependencies, and cross application impacts to program and senior stakeholders.• Ensure alignment with change management, release governance, and BCP/DR requirements.