Senior HotScan Technical Consultant

The Senior Hot Scan Technical Consultant is responsible for leading the implementation, configuration, customization, integration, upgrade, and support of Hot Scan Sanctions Screening solutions within banking and financial services environments. The role ensures the delivery of effective sanctions screening, customer screening, payment screening, and financial crime compliance capabilities while supporting regulatory requirements, operational efficiency, and fraud prevention objectives.

• Lead end-to-end Hot Scan implementation, upgrade, enhancement, and support projects.
• Configure and administer Hot Scan environments across Development, UAT, DR, and Production environments.
• Conduct business and technical workshops to gather requirements and translate compliance requirements into technical solutions.
• Configure sanctions screening modules for customer screening, transaction screening, payment screening, and trade finance screening processes.
• Design and implement screening workflows, matching algorithms, filtering rules, watchlists, and case management processes.
• Develop and maintain Hot Scan customizations, enhancements, and business-specific screening logic.
• Configure advanced matching, scoring, and false-positive reduction strategies to improve screening effectiveness.
• Develop and maintain custom reports, dashboards, operational metrics, and compliance reporting capabilities.
• Lead Hot Scan upgrade and migration activities, including version assessments, compatibility reviews, configuration migration, testing, and production rollout.
• Design and develop integrations between Hot Scan and enterprise banking systems including Core Banking, CIF, Payment Systems, SWIFT, AML platforms, and Case Management solutions.
• Support API development, web services integration, batch interfaces, data mapping, and transformation activities.
• Perform system tuning, optimization, and performance improvements to ensure platform stability and screening efficiency.
• Support SIT, UAT, regression testing, performance testing, deployment activities, and post-go-live stabilization.

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related.
• Oracle Database certifications.
• Oracle SQL or PL/SQL certifications.
• Additional certifications in AML, Financial Crime Compliance, or Sanctions Screening.
• +6 years of IT experience.
• Hands-on Hot Scan implementation, configuration, customization, and support experience.
• Proven experience delivering Hot Scan implementation and upgrade projects.
• Experience working on AML, sanctions screening, and financial crime compliance platforms.

• Hot Scan Architecture and Administration.
• Hot Scan Configuration and Customization.
• Sanctions Screening Solutions.
• Customer Screening and Payment Screening.
• Trade Finance Screening.
• Watchlist Management and List Screening.
• OFAC Screening.
• UN Sanctions Screening.
• PEP Screening.
• Adverse Media Screening Concepts.
• Screening Workflow Configuration.
• Alert Management and Case Management.
• Screening Rule Development and Optimization.
• AML and Financial Crime Compliance.
• KYC and Customer Due Diligence Processes.
• Regulatory Compliance and Sanctions Programs.
• Oracle Database Administration.
• SQL and PL/SQL Development.
• Data Migration and Reconciliation.
• Performance Tuning and Optimization.
• API Development and Web Services Integration.
• Core Banking and Payment Systems Integration.
• SWIFT Integration.
• AML Platform Integration.
• Testing Support (SIT, UAT, Regression, Performance Testing).