TAT IT Technolgies
Technical Lead – Sanction Screening System Implementation
TAT IT TechnolgiesOman5 days ago
ContractEngineering, Information Technology
We have an urgent requirement for Technical Lead – Sanction Screening System Implementation is required for one of our banking clients in Oman

Strong experience in end-to-end technical implementation, migration and integration of a Sanction Screening vendor solution Must

Middleware / ESB / API gateway Ensure support for ISO 20022, SWIFT MT/MX and local payment formats is MUST

Solid understanding of Name and Transaction Screening is MUST

Role Purpose

The Project Technical Lead will lead the end-to-end technical implementation, migration and integration of a Sanction Screening vendor solution. The role ensures regulatory compliance, system stability, secure integration and business continuity across all customer and payment screening channels.

Key Responsibilities

Project Technical Leadership: Act as the single technical authority for the Sanction Screening project.

Own all technical decisions across design, build, testing and go-live.

Translate business, regulatory and operational requirements to detailed technical solutions

Project Implementation And Delivery

  • Act as the technical owner of the project from design through go-live.
  • Coordinate all technical activities with vendor and system integrator teams
  • Govern system builds and environment setup plans
  • Ensure audit traceability and data integrity
  • Manage Parallel run, final cutover and safe decommissioning of legacy system.
  • System Integration: Lead Integrations with:
  • Payment Platforms (SWIFT, RTGS, ACH, Instant Payments)
  • Enterprise Payment Hub
  • Customer/Business Channels
  • Faud Management Systems
  • Middleware / ESB / API gateway Ensure support for ISO 20022, SWIFT MT/MX and local payment formats
  • Oversee secure real-time and batch data exchange

Compliance, Regulatory & Security Controls

  • Ensure alignment with Central Bank and regulatory requirements
  • International sanctions lists (UN, OFAC, EU, HMT etc.)
  • Compliance with Bank Information security and cyber security policies.
  • Lead and support security reviews and penetration testing and remediation activities.

Testing & Quality Assurance

  • Define Test strategy and test data
  • Define and Govern SIT, UAT, performance, stress and failover testing.
  • End-to-end payment screening scenario testing
  • Integration testing with SWIFT and Other Payment channels
  • Support Security and vulnerability testing
  • Ensure screening accuracy, alert quality and response-time SLAs.
  • Project Documentation and Knowledge transfer: Own and maintain all mandatory project documentations including: HLD, LLD
  • Interface and API specifications
  • Message Mapping and Transformation documents
  • Security and Architecture documents
  • DR & BCP design
  • Test strategy and go live plan
  • Lead structured handover to support teams.

Stakeholder & Vendor Management

  • Act as primary technical interface between IT, compliance, operations and business teams.
  • Act as the technical coordinator with vendor and external system integrators.
  • Manage technical risks, dependencies and escalations.

Qualifications & Experience

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related fields.
  • 10+ years of overall IT experience.
  • 5+ years in Technical Lead/ Project Technical Lead role
  • Proven experience implementing sanction screening / AML systems
  • Strong experience in legacy system replacement and migration projects

Payments & Sanction Screening Domain Knowledge

  • Solid understanding of Name and Transaction Screening
  • Understanding of Sanctions, PEP and other Black Lists used for transaction screening
  • Experience in optimization and fine tuning of Sanction Screening solutions for the efficiency and performance.
  • Experience in integrating sanction screening solution with payment systems and customer/business channels
  • Working knowledge of Domestic Payments (ACH, RTGS) and Instant Payments/Speed Transfers
  • Experience in Cross-border Payments - SWIFT ISO 20022 MX Messages related to CBPR+ and MT messages related to categories such as payments, trade, treasury etc.
  • In-depth knowledge and field level understanding of SWIFT MT and MX message formats.
  • Experience in implementing application security and vulnerability fixes.

Technical Skills

  • High level programming knowledge (java/.net, SQL/PL-SQL, Json, Shell scripting /java scripting).
  • Knowledge of Middleware / ESB platform
  • Sanction Screening Systems
  • API, Micro Services,
  • REST & SOAP APIs
  • Messages Queues (IBM MQ, Kafka)
  • Database: Oracle, MS SQL
  • Linux environments
  • Security: Encryption, Certificates, RBAC, Key Management

Soft Skills & Leadership

  • Strong technical leadership and ownership
  • Excellent communication with business, compliance and regulators.
  • Ability to translate regulatory requirements into technical solutions.
  • Strong problem solving and analytical thinking
  • Ability to work under tight regulatory deadlines
  • Effective vendor and stakeholder management.
  • Strong documentation, reporting and presentation skills.

Skills: screening,sanction,implementation experience

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