Payment Systems Engineer - ACI MTS

DescriptionKforce's client, a large financial services organization in Birmingham, AL, is looking for an experienced Software Engineer III to support critical money transfer and payment processing platforms. Summary:This is a highly specialized role for someone who already has hands-on experience with ACI MTS and UPF in an AIX/UNIX/Linux environment. The Engineer will support the platforms themselves as well as the in-house application layers built around them, with a strong focus on code releases, platform support, and maintaining compliance. This position works a hybrid schedule requiring three days onsite per week. The preference is for candidates located in Birmingham, Atlanta, or Charlotte.What You'll Do:* Support and maintain ACI MTS (Money Transfer System) and UPF (Universal Payment Framework) platforms* Manage and coordinate application and platform code releases across lower environments and through the release process* Execute approximately 4-6 major releases per year, ensuring changes are properly propagated through the required environments* Support multiple servers and application components running in AIX, UNIX, and Linux environments* Maintain and support in-house transformation/application layers surrounding the vendor-provided platforms* Troubleshoot platform and application issues and collaborate with operations teams supporting wire-transfer customers* Address vulnerabilities and remediation activities to keep systems secure and compliant* Work closely with business analysts, other engineers, and managed-service resources supporting day-to-day platform operations* Contribute technical knowledge to an experienced team while continuing to learn and share knowledge with teammatesRequirements* 5+ years of relevant experience with ACI MTS and AIX/UNIX environments* Hands-on experience supporting ACI MTS and UPF platforms* Strong experience working in AIX, UNIX, and/or Linux environments* Experience managing and supporting software/code releases across multiple environments* Ability to troubleshoot and support complex, multi-server application environments* Experience working with operations/support teams in a production technology environment* Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively on an experienced technical team* Visa sponsorship is not available for this positionPreferred Qualifications:* Experience with COBOL programming* Experience with Perl scripting* Experience with vulnerability remediation and technology compliance* Experience supporting payment processing, money movement, wire transfer, or other financial transaction platformsJob TypeContractCompensation55 - $65