An extraordinarily talented group of individuals work together every day to drive TNS' success, from both professional and personal perspectives. Come join the excellence!
Overview
SUMMARY OF ROLE
This role will involve participation at all stages of the project lifecycle, including contribution to pre‑sales and bids, requirements analysis, solution design and systems architecture, documentation, testing, implementation, and post‑implementation support.
Responsibilities
Principal Responsibilities
- Provide effort and cost estimates for new project work.
- Liaise with customers and internal teams to define and document system requirements.
- Liaise with vendors and third parties to define and document system requirements.
- Analyse and design technical solutions to meet user requirements and resolve issues.
- Conduct impact analysis and produce technical designs for changes relating to card scheme mandates (including but not limited to LINK, Visa, MasterCard, Union Pay International, DFS/Diners, American Express, JCB).
- Produce test documentation for new software releases, including test plans, test conditions, and test scripts, in line with TNS Test Methodology and procedures.
- Produce operational procedures for project-related and support-related changes.
- Produce implementation instructions and release control documentation.
- Act as a technical interface to the TNS Test Team, driving issue resolution with all required internal and external parties. Support technical setup of test tools and simulators where required.
- Support and perform software implementation tasks.
- Fully document solutions and provide technical handover to relevant TNS teams, including Development, Support, and Operations.
- Ensure technical standards are upheld throughout the project lifecycle in alignment with TNS development and technical standards.
- Ensure technical solutions meet all required compliance and security mandates, including PCI‑DSS.
- Take technical ownership of end‑to‑end solutions.
- Provide peer review and technical support to other TNS Development team members.
Qualifications
ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- Ensure that the Company’s overall Quality Objectives are met in the execution of job responsibilities.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of development processes and procedures.
- Comply with the current TNS Information Security Policy.
- Maintain confidentiality when handling customer information and payment data.
- Understand and adhere to contractual requirements to ensure the integrity of data and the availability of services at all times.
- Understand and apply the appropriate departmental standards.
- Report progress to management.
- Provide handover of work to other TNS Development team members as required.
- Perform other duties as may be required.
CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS
Personal Skills
- Technical leadership
- Applications analysis
- Logical approach to problem solving
- Consistent attention to detail
- Structured analytical approach
- High level of accuracy
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Strong time management skills
- Professional approach to client and supplier management
- Ability to multitask
- Flexibility
Desired Technical Skills
- Databases (SQL desirable)
- Good understanding of one or more operating systems, ideally Windows and Linux
- Understanding of payment systems and protocols (e.g., ISO 8583)
Desired Knowledge / Experience
- Previous use of an industry-strength payment application (e.g., Postilion, Tango, Authentic)
- Knowledge of payment schemes (e.g., LINK, Visa, MasterCard, UnionPay, Diners, JCB, American Express)
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications
- Understanding of PCI DSS requirements
- Experience in system analysis and design
- Experience with testing
Additional Useful Knowledge / Experience
- IBM Mainframe (including COBOL programming)
- Visual Basic programming
- Java programming
- Scripting languages
- FileXpress / SFTP
If you are passionate about technology, love personal growth and opportunity, come see what TNS is all about!
TNS is an equal opportunity employer. TNS evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.
