Syed Shujaat Akbar, TECHNICAL CONSULTANT

Syed Shujaat Akbar

TECHNICAL CONSULTANT

Habib Bank Limited

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
Experience
7 years, 9 Months

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Total years of experience :7 years, 9 Months

TECHNICAL CONSULTANT at Habib Bank Limited
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • My current job since February 2022

CORE BANKING SYSTEMS (EQUATION AND TRANSACT)
FEB 2022 - PRESENT
Responsible for Core banking systems development and support applications.
1. Involve in all SDLC phases, from requirement gathering to deployment.
2. Provide technical support and consultancy to IT Ops and Business analyst team for ongoing support to 1700+ branches in 20 countries related to all core banking applications.
3. Deliver high-level support for troubleshooting and critical problems, identify root cause, and implement solutions to get them back on track, involves resetting configurations, applying updates, and providing workarounds.
4. Manage and create documentation for knowledge base solutions and procedures.
5. Provide technical support to middleware, SQA, Business and other stakeholder related to APIs using postman, JMeter, SOAP UI and by debugging the source code.
6. Responsible to extract data using SQL statements as per requirements.
7. Write store procedures for generating report according to requirements and for keeping logs.
8. Help teams to prepare the following documents: BRD (Business requirement document), EA (Enterprise Architect), FS (Functional specification), (impact analysis (IA), Solution design document (SDD), Object Transmitted Form (OTF), Behavior driven document (BDD), run book, Enterprise Architect Diagrams (EAD), Data Flow Diagrams (DFD), Process Flow Diagrams (PFD) etc.
9. Execute SIT using Postman, SOAP UI, JMeter for back-end, front end, load testing.
10. Participate in Business Process Re-engineering (BPRE) and review BRDs, FSDs of Transact and Equation for implementation purposes of both core banking technologies.
11. Involved in co-existence processes of Equation and transact and implement it to communicate both core banking technologies for specific teller transactions end to end process.
12. Build APIs i.e. (SOAP and RESTful) and deploy on IBM WebSphere for integration of CBS and other multiple systems.

QUALITY ASSURANCE AND APPLICATION SUPPORT ENGINEER (TRANSACT) at Meezan Bank Ltd
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • April 2019 to February 2022

Take active role in every phase of SDLC from requirement gathering to deployment.
1. Review and responsible for change request of core banking systems.
2. Involved in all business requirements phases, review and verify BRDs, finalize FSDs and evaluate their impact on the system.
3. Provide comprehensive support to a network of over 1, 000 branches and stakeholders, including project assistance, core banking system application support, and integrated API management through ITSM.
4. Perform root cause analysis (RCA) for APIs using Postman across multiple servers.
5. Deploy, re-deploy APIs on multiple servers to analyze the APIs behavior and guide concern stakeholders accordingly.
6. Offer advanced troubleshooting support for critical issues, identify the root cause and implement solutions to get them back on track, tasks involve resetting configurations, applying updates, and providing workarounds.
7. Manage and create documentation and knowledge base for solutions and procedures.
8. Offer technical support to middleware, business, and stakeholders, specializing in API troubleshooting using tools such as Postman, JMeter, SOAP UI and Manual Testing and troubleshooting.
9. Responsible to extract data using SQL statements considering business requirements.
10. Escalating complex issues which require deeper intervention by communicating the issue, user impact, and any troubleshooting steps taken.
11. Involved in QA, UAT and implementation of new versions, test the functionality, and identify any potential issues before deployment.
12. Analyze large datasets using Power Query and IBM Cognos to produce diverse reports for regulatory authorities.

TECHNICAL SUPPORT ENGINEER at HTAL PVT. LIMITED.
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • December 2017 to April 2019

Oversee and maintain the entire software and hardware network infrastructure.
1. Provide technical support related to ERP and guide all stakeholders.
2. Create users and assign rights according to their roles.
3. Address technical and security issues related to Networking, Bandwidth, Routers, Bridges, Switches, Microsoft Outlook, Printers, Scanners, CPU, and CCTV cameras.
4. Conduct monthly IT audits and develop corresponding action plans.

SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSURANCE AND SUPPORT ENGINEER at NETSOLS TECHNOLOGIES
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • August 2016 to November 2017

Responsible for STLC from requirement gathering to post deployment and support.
1. Design and implemented a QA automation tool tailored for telephony environments.
2. Develop a Web-based portal for automation, using C# for the backend, HTML and JavaScript for front end.
3. Implemented automated web operations leveraging the Selenium library.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
  • at University of Karachi
  • December 2017

Specialties & Skills

Warehousing
Supply Chain
Networking Concepts
Customer Service
Communications
Logistics
APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE (API)
SQL (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE)
MIDDLEWARE
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
TROUBLESHOOTING (PROBLEM SOLVING)
FRONT END (SOFTWARE ENGINEERING)
DEBUGGING
INTEGRATION
BIG DATA
BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS
Customer Handling
Application support
Software development
Supply chain
Technical Analysis
Functional Consultant
Software quality assurance
Problem solving
Core banking systems
Temenos Transact
Equation core banking system
API MANAGEMENT

Languages

English
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

Compliance Risk Management (Certificate)
Sanctions (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2022
Whistle blowing program (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2022
Code of Ethics & Business conduct (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2022
Anti-Bribery and Corruption (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2022
Anti-Money Laundering Professional Certification (AMLP) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2022
User Interface Customization (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2024
User Profiles - Security Management System (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2024
Customized Screens Layouts in AA (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2024
Activity API AA (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2024
Local Reference Fields for AA (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2024
Java Extensibility and OFS (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2024
Core Parameters and Tables - Temenos Transact (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2024
Release Methodology - Temenos Transact (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2024
Application Structure -Temenos Transact (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2024
Core Banking Architecture - Temenos Transact (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2024
GIAC Information Security Fundamentals (GISF) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2022
Cyber Security (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2022

Hobbies

  • Horseback Riding
  • Swimming , Gymming