Platform Engineer (Volpay)
Summary
Maintain and troubleshoot a Docker-based VolPay payment platform, resolving SWIFT/ISO 20022 issues, managing containers via Ansible Tower, and ensuring 24/7 payment processing uptime.
Responsibilities:
Application Support & Production Operations
- Provide functional and technical support for the VolPay platform.
- Investigate and resolve production incidents and service disruptions.
- Ensure compliance with service level agreements (SLAs).
- Communicate effectively with stakeholders throughout incident management activities.
- Participate in on-call support rotations.
- Monitor recurring issues and drive permanent corrective actions.
- Manage Docker container operations, including start, stop, restart, and configuration through Ansible Tower.
- Manage Docker upgrades, deployments, and version tracking.
Payments & SWIFT Expertise
- Support and monitor international payment processing activities.
- Analyze and troubleshoot SWIFT messaging and payment flows, including: MT103, MT202, MT940, MT950, ISO 20022 messages (pacs, camt, pain)
- Work closely with the Service Bureau team on incident resolution and system enhancements.
- Investigate payment failures, rejections, duplicates, delays, and reconciliation issues.
Technical Administration & Troubleshooting
- Perform advanced troubleshooting on Unix/Linux environments.
- Analyze and resolve issues involving: IBM MQ / MQ Series, PostgreSQL databases, MongoDB databases, Batch processing, File transfers and system integrations
- Develop and maintain scripts to automate operational tasks and investigations.
- Implement and maintain Splunk monitoring alerts toproactively detect application, infrastructure, and payment-processing issues.
Change & Release Management
- Participate in application releases and deployments.
- Prepare and execute implementation and rollback plans.
- Perform post-deployment validation and production checks.
- Contribute to CAB activities and ITIL change management processes.
Continuous Improvement
- Identify automation opportunities and operational efficiencies.
- Reduce recurring incidents through proactive improvements.
- Enhance monitoring, alerting, and reporting capabilities.
- Maintain comprehensive technical and operational documentation.
Deployment & RUN Operations
- Execute Volpay deployment
- Manage Docker container lifecycle (start/stop/restart) via Ansible Tower.
- Management of Dockers.
- Develop new Ansible templates
- Administer and monitor supporting infrastructure: Kafka, Zookeeper, MongoDB
- Maintain and improve deployment scripts and procedures (Docker-based)
Requirements:
- Minimum 5 years of experience in banking application support.
- Significant experience supporting VolPay or a similar payment platform.
- Experience within an international banking or financial services environment is highly preferred.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Autonomous and accountable.
- Customer and service-oriented mindset.
- Excellent communication skills with both technical and business stakeholders.
- Team player with the ability to work in a multicultural environment.
- Ability to remain effective under pressure in mission-critical environments
Technical Skills:
Payments (Mandatory)
- Strong expertise in VolPay or similar payment applications, with hands-on experience managing Docker-based deployments and operations.
- In-depth knowledge of international payment processing
- Solid understanding of SWIFT messaging standards
- Good knowledge of ISO 20022
Systems & Middleware
- Strong Unix/Linux administration and troubleshooting skills.
- Docker management.
- Shell scripting (Bash, Korn Shell)
- IBM MQ / MQ Series
- APIs and integration technologies
Databases
- MongoDB
- Advanced SQL skills
Production Support
- Application monitoring and alerting tools
- Incident and problem management
- Log analysis and troubleshooting
- Batch scheduling and processing
Location: Singapore
We regret to inform that only shortlisted applications will be contacted.
EA Licence No: 99C4599
EA Personnel Reg No: R1104662
EA Personnel Name: Celine Tan Si Ling