Shiraz Ahmad, IT Manager

Shiraz Ahmad

IT Manager

Habib Bank Limited

Location
Pakistan - Karachi
Education
Master's degree, Computer Science
Experience
19 years, 1 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :19 years, 1 Months

IT Manager at Habib Bank Limited
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • My current job since June 2016

1) Manage and building team.
2) CTL and eStatement Software product development and maintenance.
3) Management reporting.
4) Software Delivery.
5) Vendor engagement and management.
6) Software operational support.
7) Issues escalation.
8) Adhac report development.
9) DevOps Evangelist and trainer.
10) Maintain IT portfolio on Jira and Azure DevOps.
11) Maintain and escalate IT portfolio to team leads and Sr. management.
12) Conduct Azure requirement health audits to maintain quality.
13. Create dashboard on Jira for projects status monitoring and escalation.

Sr. Business System Analyst / Sr. Software Engineer at Meezan Bank Limited
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • May 2009 to June 2017

1) Developed and maintaining modules of Corporate / Consumer banking products, Car Ijarah (Car Financing), Musawamah Financing (Laptop & Generator Financing), MIS reports and utilities.
2) Conducted joint sessions with module users for requirement gathering and specification, analysis and design of business problem.
3) Performed project management tasks including project planning, Scope Statement Development Instructions, WBS and reporting.
4) Responsible for database designing and schema implementation.
5) Defined coding conventions and participate in coding as well.
6) Product Software Integration and maintenance.

Software Engineer at Samba Bank Limited
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • October 2007 to March 2009

1) Worked on SAMBA Pakistan system Integration projects.
2) Developing and maintaining modules of General banking / Human Resources, MIS reports and
utilities to enhance the productivity of business requirement.
3) Developed utility for Swift Message 940-950 to create file containing Account Statement data
according to the standards and file format for the module Advances.
4) Conducted joint sessions with module users for requirement specification, analysis and design of
business problem.
5) Responsible for database designing and schema implementation.
6) Defined coding conventions and participate in coding as well.

Software Engineer at Codebase Technologies
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • October 2005 to October 2007

1) Conducted joint sessions with client for requirement
specification, analysis and design of business problem
2) Performed project management tasks including project
planning and reporting.
3) Responsible for database designing, schema
implementation and stored procedure (sp) writing.
4) Participate in programming, define coding conventions by
using tools VB 6.0, COM+ and crystal reports.
5) Involved in software testing, software audits and quality
assurance.

Programmer at b2b solutions
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • February 2005 to August 2005

1) Responsible for coding and database designing and implementation.
2) Involved in systems testing and maintenance of the project.
3) Involved in QA of the system.

Education

Master's degree, Computer Science
  • at University Of Karachi
  • December 2004
Master's degree, Computer Science
  • at University Of Karachi
  • December 2003

Specialties & Skills

Project Management
Business Analysis
Application Design
Visual Web Developer
Asp.net
SQL Server
Project Management
MS Project
Team Lead
System/Business Analyst
Crystal Reports/ Business Objects
Azure DevOps
Power BI

Languages

English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Cerified Scrum Master (Training)
Training Institute:
simplilearn
Date Attended:
August 2021
Duration:
3 hours
CBAP-IIBA (Training)
Training Institute:
IIBA
Date Attended:
May 2011
PMP-PMI (Training)
Training Institute:
SSUET
Date Attended:
March 2010
Duration:
33 hours

Hobbies

  • Listening Music, Cricket, Watching Movies, Progessional Training/Updates, Chill out with friends
    Best bowler in organized inter department cricket match by meezan bank.