AirPlus International
Cloud transformation in payments
Phased replacement of mainframe-based payment functions with cloud microservices.
Responsibilities & contribution
Responsibilities covered ABE, 3PP, UATP and AirPlus Intelligence during their respective assignment periods.
- Clarify technical requirements with stakeholders, translate them into user stories and agree the specifications with the teams.
- Address impediments, facilitate Scrum events and contribute to PI Planning.
- Support delivery and ongoing operations, manage incidents with ServiceNow and address security vulnerabilities continuously.
Results
- ABE, 3PP and UATP: Phased cloud migration completed; production mainframe operations within the described scope replaced by mid-2026.
- AirPlus Intelligence: Prototype completed and initial services enabled for selected customers; responsibility subsequently handed over.
ABE – AIDA Backend
Processing requests from CRM and the portal, passing them to downstream systems, and managing the status of virtual and physical cards.
3PP – Third Party Processing
Information exchange between AirPlus and external card and processing partners.
UATP
Phased replacement of mainframe-based communication with the UATP card system using microservices.
AirPlus Intelligence
New BI-based information services: capture existing functions, integrate data sources and develop additional offerings through to a prototype and initial customer enablement.
Used in the project
- Planning & collaboration
- Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Teams, Miro, TeamRetro
- Development & operations
- Jenkins, ServiceNow, Grafana, NeuVector
- Cloud & data
- Microsoft Azure, Kubernetes, Kafka, SQL
TeamRetro used extensively for retrospectives; CVEs reported by NeuVector incorporated into vulnerability remediation.