Lead Software Engineer; ACI MTS Product Consultant

Position: Lead Software Engineer(ACI MTS Payments Product Consultant)
Immediate need for a talented Lead Software Engineer(ACI MTS Payments Product Consultant). This is a 12+ Months contract opportunity with long-term potential and is in Charlotte NC (Onsite). Please review the job description below and contact me ASAP if you are interested. Job Diva
-12918 Pay Range: $55 - $65/hr . Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work location).

Key Responsibilities :
Lead the design and development of high‐quality software solutions aligned with enterprise architecture, non‐functional requirements, and modern engineering best practices. Collaborate closely with architects, senior engineers, and product partners to support modernization initiatives, including cloud readiness, API design, data strategy, and application migration. Serve as a technical lead during cross‐team initiatives—providing guidance on design, integration, performance, and deployment. Troubleshoot complex technical issues, identify root causes, and help drive resolution of development, build, or deployment blockers.

Participate actively in coding, peer reviews, design discussions, and technical decision‐making. Ensure solutions meet security, scalability, performance, and reliability standards. Contribute to automation initiatives, CI/CD improvements, Dev Ops practices, and test automation. Support testing phases such as system testing, UAT, and performance validation. Key Requirements and Technology

Experience:

Key skills:
Java, Spring, Kafka, ACI Payments Stack. 6+ years of software engineering experience (or equivalent via work experience, training, military, or education). 6+ years of hands‐on development experience in a technical engineering role. 3+ years in ACI payments application suite, ACI MTS, UPF & APSF Experience in providing technical leadership or mentoring within a team

Experience with payments systems such as ACH and/or Wires. Hands-on experience with ACI UPF (Universal Payments Framework) including:
Endpoint, Gateway, and Bank Adapter configurations Message routing rules and processing rule setup Cartridge deployment and lifecycle management UPF Control Center operations (monitoring, auditing, alerting) Security configurations, including SBP (Security Best Practices), crypto policies, and keystore/trust store management

Experience with UPF 5.x message flows, logging, troubleshooting, and ISO 20022 message orchestration

Experience with ACSF/APSF configurations, Web Sphere deployments, and automation (Jython/Python, Unix shell scripting).

Experience with ACI MTS, including Entia setup, routing rules, remote records, and line configurations. Strong understanding of global payment rails (FED, CHIPS, CHAPS, TARGET, SWIFT). Exposure to ISO 20022 implementations. Solid experience with Microservices, J2EE, middleware, transaction management, security, connection pooling, messaging, and performance tuning. Experience conducting NFR testing including RTO/RPO validation. Experience collaborating across distributed/virtual teams. Strong analytical and problem‐solving skills, with high attention to detail.

4+ years with JMS, 4+ years with Kafka/Confluent, and 3+ years with Oracle.

Experience with secure Dev Ops, cloud deployment automation, and test automation. Our client is a leading IT industry , and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions. If you are interested in this position, please apply online for immediate consideration . Pyramid Consulting, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, colour, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

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