LEAD SWITCHING SERVICES

About the position

The Postilion team is responsible for:

• Transaction switching to MasterCard, Visa, BankServ third party processors and
  directly to back-end systems.
• Onboarding of new Clients
• Daily Card Transaction Switching Operations
• Strategic alignment and continuous improvement of Card Operations function
• Card production.
• Generation of daily reports to finance.
• Hardware integration.
• Production stability.
• Software testing.
• Certification with VISA, Mastercard, Reserve bank, BankServ.
• Patching and Business enhancement implementations
• Ensure that the Card Payment systems at Direct Transact remains PCI-DSS
  Compliant
  The primary function is to ensure 100% uptime of all Card Systems in the group. The
  secondary role is to develop software to enhance the operations and also adapt software
  for client requirements. The environment it dynamic and changes a lot. After hours
  emergency support for a week a month is required.
  What we are looking for in a candidate:

Skills:

• Minimum of 5 years current working experience in a Postilion role.
• At least 5 years' experience within Issuing and POS Acquiring / TermAPP,
  Application Builder.
• Issuing:
  o Exposure to MasterCard Connect, MFE - Schedular and Client application.
  o Visa Edit Package
• Acquiring:
  o MasterCard, Visa, BankservAfrica and Amex Certification experience.
• Experience with Postilion Interfaces:
  o PostBridge
  o Nixbridge
  o Base24Bankserv
  o BankservRTC
  o VisaBase12
  o VisaSMS
  o MasterCard (Cr/Dr)
  o Amex
  o Active/Active
• Configuration of interchanges.

Experience in the following daily activities:

• Config of source and sink nodes.
• Config. of PostCard.
• Config. of portal.
• Setup of Routes.
• Risk rules setup and ability to track how rules affect transaction flow.
• HSM & Key Management.
• Familiarity with the following: Cryptography.
• Understanding of Thales-HSM.
• Experience with Postilion Office (extract plugins and Normalization.)
• Experience with ATM Driving - ATMAPP / Application Builder (NCR and
  Diebold).
• Experience with 3DSecure / E-Commerce acquiring.
• Extensive experience with MSSQL database engine (must have).
• Experience with ISO8583 protocol.
• Must understand PCI DSS and PCI Pin.
• Basic understanding of computer & system networks (for configurations).
• Extensive experience with development language like; C# / Java / Delphi, or
  Perl (advantageous).
• Experience in Key Block (advantageous).
• The role also offers the opportunity to lead a team of Postilion Developers and
  Support Engineers (optional).

Qualifications:

• B. Tech (Information systems/ Computer Systems) or B.Sc. (Computer Science) or
  B.Eng. (Electronic / Electronic / Computer)
• Matric or equivalent qualification

What the job will entail day to day

• You will lead, manage and work in a team with the following responsibilities:

• Leading and managing by example the day-to-day activities and health of the Team
  and the System.

• Continues improvement of the Team and System
• Strategic alignment with the Group's objectives
• Mentor to junior staff.
• Transaction switching to MasterCard, Visa, BankServ third party processors and
  directly to back-end systems.
• Card production.
• Generation of daily reports to finance.
• Hardware integration.
• Production stability.
• Software testing.
• Certification with VISA, Mastercard, Reserve bank, BankservAfrica.
• Assess, develop, upgrade and document procedures for systems, communications
  environments and application software.
• Consulting with Account managers, Executive Head: Innovation, Architecture &
  Development, Head: Production and fellow colleagues concerning
  maintenance/enhancements and development of the system.
• Consulting with network administration employees to evaluate interface between
  hardware and software.
• Document and direct software testing and validation procedures.
• Modifying existing software to correct errors to adapt it to new hardware or to
  upgrade interfaces and improve performances.
• Research, analyse and evaluate requirements for software applications and
  operating systems.
• Advice on areas that could be improved on and keep up to date with new trends in
  software development and technologies that can be used to benefit the Company.
• Opportunity to lead and manage by example the day-to-day activities and health of
  the Team and the System.

Desired Skills:

• Transaction Switching
• MasterCard
• Visa
• BankServ
• Card Transaction Switching
• Card Production
• Card Operations
• PCI-DSS
• Postilion
• POS Acquiring
• TermAPP
• Application Builder
• Issuing
• Acquiring
• PostBridge
• Nixbridge
• Base24Bankserv
• BankservRTC
• VisaBase12
• VisaSMS
• Amex
• Active/Active
• Configuration
• Interchanges
• ATM Driving - ATMAPP
• NCR
• Diebold
• MS SQL
• ISO8583
• PCI DSS
• PCI Pin
• C#
• Java
• Delphi
• Perl
• Key Block

Desired Work Experience:

• 5 to 10 years

Desired Qualification Level:

• Degree

About The Employer:

Financial Services