Oracle Consultant

Client is expanding its Oracle Banking Digital Experience platform across GCC countries and international banking locations and is seeking an experienced OBDX Techno-Functional SME / to support this transformation.The successful candidate will act as the subject-matter expert for the OBDX digital banking channel and its interactions with other bank systems, country-specific applications, infrastructure, networks, and enterprise services.The role will cover technical analysis, functional interpretation, solution design, vendor-build validation, deployment, testing, integration, performance, production support, and continuous platform improvement.Key ResponsibilitiesOBDX Platform OwnershipAct as the technical and techno-functional subject-matter expert for Oracle OBDX.Support OBDX Corporate Banking implementations across GCC and international banking locations.Work closely with GTB Product Owners, Business Analysts, Operations, QA, Architecture, Infrastructure, Security, and Technology teams.Understand the OBDX platform architecture, components, configurations, integrations, and deployment model.Support product design and implementation based on business requirements.Provide technical guidance on OBDX capabilities, limitations, dependencies, and country-specific requirements.Maintain knowledge of product upgrades, patches, technology trends, and platform enhancements.Requirements and Solution AnalysisAnalyze business and technical requirements for digital banking and corporate banking capabilities.Translate business requirements into vendor-specific functional and technical documentation.Review product designs, solution documents, interface specifications, and implementation proposals.Identify gaps, dependencies, technical risks, and impacts on existing applications.Perform end-to-end impact assessments for change requests.Recommend solutions that consider:Business value.Existing applications.Scalability.Stability.Security.Total cost of ownership.Operational supportability.Country and regulatory requirements.Resolve conflicting business and technical requirements.Vendor Build and DeploymentCoordinate with Oracle and implementation vendors.Review and validate vendor builds against approved requirements.Support environment setup, release packaging, configuration, deployment, and validation.Coordinate deployments across development, test, UAT, pre-production, and production environments.Track deployment issues, defects, dependencies, and vendor actions.Support production releases and post-deployment validation.Ensure deployments comply with bank governance, architecture, security, audit, and change-management requirements.Integration and API ManagementAnalyze OBDX integrations with core banking, GTB, payment, authentication, customer, account, transaction, notification, and country-specific systems.Document integration architecture, data flows, interfaces, dependencies, and error scenarios.Support API design, exposure, security, testing, and monitoring.Work with API Connect or equivalent API-management platforms.Understand REST APIs, JSON/XML, synchronous and asynchronous integrations, authentication, authorization, and error handling.Support integration with country applications, networks, and bank infrastructure.Investigate interface failures and coordinate resolution with dependent teams and vendors.Testing and QualitySupport SIT, regression testing, integration testing, performance testing, and UAT.Define testing strategy, scenarios, cases, entry criteria, exit criteria, and readiness requirements.Support functional and technical validation of OBDX features.Coordinate testing across business, Operations, QA, Technology, and vendors.Analyze failed test cases and determine whether issues relate to configuration, code, data, environment, infrastructure, network, or integration.Track defects and coordinate resolution.Validate fixes and support regression testing.Participate in performance tuning and capacity assessments.Production Support and OptimizationAnalyze OBDX and integration-related production issues.Participate in root-cause analysis.Support incident, problem, and change management.Recommend issue prioritization based on business impact, risk, severity, and operational consequences.Monitor platform performance and operational stability.Identify opportunities for process optimization and automation.Support business and Operations according to agreed SLAs.Coordinate with vendors on issue resolution and service improvement.Governance, Security, and RiskEnsure technology initiatives receive required approvals from:Information Security Governance.Technology Architecture.Infrastructure.Change Advisory Boards.Other relevant governance forums.Support hardware sizing, capacity planning, resilience, availability, and performance assessments.Ensure designs and deployments meet audit, security, risk, and compliance requirements.Follow the bank’s operational-risk policy and technology procedures.Maintain system documentation, technical specifications, deployment records, and audit evidence.Stakeholder Management and LeadershipManage stakeholders during business-process reviews, solution workshops, design discussions, and release activities.Communicate technical issues and recommendations clearly to business users and senior technology leaders.Influence decisions by presenting options, impacts, risks, and recommendations.Coordinate cross-border teams and country stakeholders.Support product training for Business and Operations users.Coach team members and support knowledge transfer, backup coverage, and professional development.