What are the responsibilities and job description for the Technical Lead (Decision Management Platform) position at CYNET SYSTEMS?
Pay Range: $55.00hr - $60.00hr
Job Overview:
Our client is seeking an experienced Technical Lead to direct the design, development, deployment, and support of their Decision Management Platform (DMP) and FlexTP transaction processing ecosystem. The successful candidate will provide technical leadership across high-volume, real-time transaction processing systems, driving architecture decisions, engineering excellence, operational stability, and delivery execution across globally distributed teams. This role requires expertise in enterprise Java applications, distributed systems, CI/CD, cloud-native deployments, database technologies, production support, and agile delivery practices. Experience with payment authorization, fraud detection, transaction routing, or mission-critical financial platforms is highly desirable.
Preferred Experience:
- Payments, Financial Services, Fraud Detection, or Card Processing domain experience.
- Experience with large-scale transaction processing environments handling millions of transactions.
- Knowledge of AI/ML-based fraud detection systems and decisioning platforms.
- Experience leading globally distributed engineering teams.
Leadership Expectations:
- Lead a team of 6-7 engineers and provide technical direction.
- Champion best practices in software engineering, testing, security vulnerability remediation, and DevOps.
- Conduct architecture reviews, design reviews, and code reviews.
- Identify risks and drive mitigation strategies.
- Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Build strong partnerships with product, business, operations, and platform teams.
- Drive technical decision-making for large-scale enterprise initiatives.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the architecture, design, and development of scalable solutions within the Decision Management Platform and transaction processing ecosystems.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to software engineers and quality engineers.
- Drive modernization initiatives involving microservices, APIs, cloud-native applications, and distributed systems.
- Own end-to-end delivery from requirements analysis through development, testing, deployment, and production support.
- Review application architecture, design patterns, and code quality to ensure adherence to engineering standards.
- Manage application deployments across DEV, STAGE, ITF, PEAT, MTF, and Production environments.
- Lead troubleshooting efforts for critical production incidents and performance issues.
- Drive observability, monitoring, and operational excellence using enterprise monitoring platforms.
- Guide release planning, deployment automation, environment management, and configuration governance.
Required Technical Skills & Tools Knowledge:
Programming & Development:
- In-depth knowledge of Java programming language (JDK8 onwards).
- Production issue resolution experience.
- Security vulnerability remediation experience (Checkmarx, XX Duck, Infrastructure vulnerability fixes).
- Application production support using batch jobs, shell scripting, and Unix commands.
- Oracle Database and SQL programming.
- REST APIs and gRPC Services.
- Microservices Architecture and Kafka middleware.
- Knowledge of certificates (.JKS, .P12, Encryption, Public Key, Private Key), MTLS, and TLS 1.3.
DevOps & CI/CD Tools:
- Jenkins Jobs, PCF (Pivotal Cloud Foundry), Maven, Git, Bitbucket/Stash, JFrog Artifactory, Docker, and SonarQube.
- XLR (Release Automation) knowledge is desirable.
- Cloud & Infrastructure: HashiCorp Vault, CyberArk, and Chef Habitat.
Monitoring & Observability:
- Client .
Benefits:
Our Benefits Include:
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Disability Insurance (Short-Term and Long-Term)
- Life and AD&D Insurance
- Paid Sick Leave (where required by applicable state or local law)
- Supplemental Insurance Plans
- Identity Theft Protection
- Pet Insurance
- Employee Wellness Programs
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Career Growth and Professional Development Opportunities
Disclaimer: Benefits eligibility, accrual rates, and usage limits may vary based on employment status, length of service, and work location. Paid Sick Leave is provided in strict accordance with applicable state and municipal mandates. Cynet Systems Inc. reserves the right to modify, amend, or terminate any benefit plans at any time in accordance with applicable laws.
About Cynet Systems
Founded in 2010 and headquartered in the Washington, DC metro area, Cynet Systems Inc. is a leading technology staffing and workforce solutions company serving Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and enterprise organizations across the United States and Canada. We deliver agile, scalable talent solutions across IT, engineering, life sciences, clinical, and professional staffing, powered by a high-performing recruitment engine operating across North America and Asia.
As a nationally and locally certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE), Cynet Systems is committed to helping organizations build high-performing teams while empowering professionals to grow rewarding careers. Our organization is certified to ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 27001, and SOC 2 Type II standards, reflecting our commitment to quality, security, operational excellence, and customer success.
Salary : $55 - $60