Technical Application Specialist

End DateTuesday 30 December 2025We Support Flexible Working – Click here for more information on flexible working options Flexible Working Options Hybrid WorkingJob Description Summary An experienced specialist capable of handling complex projects and mentoring junior team membersJob Description ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITYWe're looking for a Technical Application Specialist to join our International & CHAPS lab.We're responsible for over 4bn UK electronic Payments including Faster Payments, Cheque Clearing, BACS, Cash distribution and more. Our team works in close collaboration with industry groups and regulators to protect the UK, the Bank and our Customers. We sit in the Payments Services Platform which provides compliant, efficient and innovative payments capabilities for the Group to enable customers to move money confidently, quickly and securely. We are a supportive and diverse community where we're passionate about collaboration and growing together. We're responsible for over 4bn UK electronic Payments including Faster Payments, Cheque Clearing, BACS, Cash distribution and more. Our team works in close collaboration with industry groups and regulators to protect the UK, the Bank and our Customers. We sit in the Payments Services Platform which provides compliant, efficient and innovative payments capabilities for the Group to enable customers to move money confidently, quickly and securely. We are a supportive and diverse community where we're passionate about collaboration and growing together.In the Technical Application Specialist Interface mapper, you will deliver the highest quality customer driven system within the Interface mapping team.Specifically, you'll focus on the following:• TAS Interface Mapping Specialist - Responsible for the requirements & data analysis, process design and data mapping for a medium sized product and/or project to realise customer value through excellence and execution. Includes using TAS skills to support the Product Owner or Project Manager to identify and understand the business need, analyse and prioritise the requirements and data impacts, through to assessing, designing, testing and implementing agreed solutions.• The TAS will support the development and maintenance of the data related artefacts for programmes in accordance to standards and promoting reuse.• We need a TAS to work in our Interface mapping team, supporting the transition to ISO20022 messaging and the interface definition and data mapping between applications and data stores in our ecosystem.• Skilled with Business and Data Analysis• Ownership of the delivery of your work.•Leverage modern technologies to unlock agility in how we meet future needs efficiently, delivering compelling customer and business propositionsWHAT YOU'LL NEED• Strong Systems Analyst background and experience of agile development practices with a history of technical leadership.•Experience across the Payments domain, industry and technology ecosystem.•Experience on Finastra GPP FNDT formats across Payments, Accounting, Sanction Screening, Data Interfaces.• Experience in Data mapping tools like Trace Transformer, Altova XML Spy for mapping data across two messages/interfaces and have understanding on the JSON, API, XML & XSD standards.•Ability to build agile ways of working within the team to meet changing requirements by developing standard models which can be used iteratively.•Experience in providing guidance, technical and people leadership across component team.•Experience in inspiring delivery whilst encouraging simplicity and developing confidence & trust•Ability to address risks across our current service through investing in our assets and security capabilities.And the following would be useful•Strong working knowledge of Payments Systems such as CBPR+,Target2, CHAPS, Faster Payments, SEPA.•Good understanding of middleware and integration technologies