T24/Transact Migration Engineer (TAFC - TAFJ)

My client a leading finance house, are looking for a T24 (Oracle & TAF) Migration Engineer to join them - for this role you will have the below:

Minimum Criteria
• Experience in Temenos T24 / Transact, with exposure to recent releases (R21+ preferred, R24+ highly desirable)
• Proven experience in TAFC to TAFJ migration programmes including:
o Impact assessment
o Gap analysis
o Code conversion / remediation
• Strong experience in T24 database migration, particularly:
o jBASE to Oracle conversion / migration approaches
o Data validation and reconciliation across environments
• Hands-on experience with TAFJ architecture and Java-based runtime stack
• Strong technical understanding of:
o COB processing
o Local developments (L3 code)
o Existing T24 data structures and file architecture
• Experience troubleshooting across infrastructure and middleware layers such as:
o JBoss / application servers
o IBM MQ / integration layers
o TAFJ runtime & Java components
• Ability to analyse and support:
o Environment setup, deployments and configuration
o Performance and stability issues across TAFC / TAFJ environments
• Experience supporting upgrade activity (R21 → R26 or similar) including:
o Code retrofits
o Configuration alignment
o Regression testing

Core Technical Skills
• TAFC and TAFJ frameworks (strong emphasis on TAFJ)
• Oracle database
• T24 architecture and upgrade lifecycle
• COB processing and batch job troubleshooting
• Local development:
o Version routines
o Enquiries
o Templates
• Integration:
o MQ / file-based / API interfaces
• Deployment & runtime:
o JBoss / Java stack

Key Responsibilities
• Lead and support TAFC → TAFJ migration activities, including:
o Impact assessments
o Gap analysis
o Code remediation / conversion
o TAFJ validation
• Support Oracle migration activities, including:
o L3 Performance tunning
o Data validation and reconciliation
o Environment configuration alignment
• Perform environment build, configuration and deployment support
• Analyse and resolve technical issues across environments (DEV/UAT/PROD)
• Support:
o SIT / UAT execution and defect resolution
o System integration with upstream/downstream systems
• Contribute to:
o Interface mapping discussions
o Technical design for customisation (L3 developments)
• Maintain clear documentation in:
o Confluence / SharePoint
• Participate actively in:
o Agile ceremonies
o Sprint delivery and backlog refinement

Desirable Criteria
• Exposure to large-scale T24 upgrade / migration programmes
• Experience working in Agile / Scrum delivery models
• Knowledge of:
o CI/CD practices
o DevOps tooling
• Familiarity with:
o Enterprise hosting environments
o High availability and resilience patterns
• Basic exposure to:
o Payment flows / SWIFT

** SC Clearance would be highly advantageous