Sankaranarayan Balakrishnan
Chennai
Summary
Proficient 14 years of work experience in the IT industry and around 12 years of experience in Temenos Globus/T24 banking product and its peripheries.
Experienced in Retail, Corporate & Private Banking Domains of the Product.
Played key roles in various aspects of T24 Implementations, Upgrades, Interface Integrations, Configurations as well Local Customizations.
Experienced in Islamic Banking sections within T24.
Performed T24 upgrade in around 5 clients.
Played key roles in Production Support for various banks.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
T24 Lead Consultant
TTF Technologies
01.2018 - 06.2023
- Involved in setup of SWAP product for the client to enable IRS deal processing.
- Setup the Import LC product for the trade finance department.
- Participated in resolution of client issues with Islamic Lending Products and also provided solutions for seamless functioning of the same with local customizations.
- Participated in setup of own book securities trading for the client and provided required customizations.
- Performed the IFRS9 report extraction from Transact for regulatory compliance.
- Resolved issues for the client with WebSphere performance setup as well as TCIB authentication.
- Involved in performance assessment and identification of bottlenecks for the clients BAU activities at WAS, Application as well as DB level.
- Involved in identification and resolution of the issues the client was facing with the COB execution and performance via TAFJ servlet.
- Involved in developing solutions for the CB UAE requirement of CDS POS transactions and PCI-DSS compliance.
- Involved in analyzing and resolution of historical mismatches for the client
- Provided client with SOP and best practices to avoid GL mismatch recurrence in the future.
- Lead the team and also designed a local solution to convert the existing SWIFT MTXXX messages to the ISO20022 message format.
- Lead the team and prepare the solution for interface integrations with T24.
- Involved in the upgrade activities for TAFC to TAFJ platform transformation.
- Lead the team for T24 Upgrades as well as migration of ATM framework from Gpack to Core.
- Involved in T24 upgrade from server preparation, hardening for the entire cycle upto Post Live support and client training.
- Lead the team for FLS Support for clients as well as developing APIs for interface integrations using Temenos Webservices.
- Involving in requirement gathering and designing BPM frontend and supporting for T24 integrations for a seamless banking experience.
- Involving in middleware component development for Fiorano & Webmethods.
- Lead the team for the development of Appian application to process Retail & Corporate customer onboarding, lending & trade finance operations
- Involved in performing system health check and assessment at various levels and provide client with a detailed report on the recommendations and quick win solutions.
- Involved in local customizations with clients for regulatory, compliance and user experience.
- Performed T24 upgrade from R13 to R19 release
- Performed swift configurations in T24 as part of the annual releases
Senior Product Analyst
Standard Chartered Scope International
11.2012 - 12.2014
- Involved in region specific wealth management development over the existing Private Banking Infrastructure.
- Dealt with portfolio handling, securities trading and its integration with other in house interface systems.
- Developed and participated in handling of own book trading as well customer trading on Private Banking securities.
- Involved in Private Banking Securities customization for the APAC region.
- Participated in the Production Support activities for a smooth BAU.
- Key member of the system performance enhancement team at application and interface levels.
- Lead the team for the Configuration & Change Management for the SIT, UAT & Live environments.
- Experience in defining release management process
- Responsible for maintaining T24 master environments
- Responsible for maintaining source code repositories
Senior Software Engineer
Wipro Technologies
01.2012 - 10.2012
- Involved in Proof of Concept development of T24 as a service with Temenos support.
- Key member of the team to devise an architecture to deploy T24 as SaaS.
- Prepared run books and user guides for the Application Service Model with support from Temenos.
- Been onsite and performed Installation & Configuration of T24.
- Worked on T24 customizations (Enquiries/Versions/Help text menus) and defined menu structures, and User Access Security for the client
Associate Consultant
Capgemini India Pvt Ltd
11.2008 - 12.2011
- Involved in Post Production Support for the T24 reimplementation projects at APAC and Europe Regions.
- Involved in identification and resolution of the GL mismatches fro the BAU system on a day to day basis.
- Key member of the jBase Administration team for the Prod and Non-Prod environments.
- Key member in identification and resolution of the system performance (Online / COB) for production systems.
- Member of the team involved in the jBase to Oracle conversion of database and also involved in retrofit of the local developments for the project.
- Participated in the re implementation of T24 R08 from Globus G12 & G13 for the client sites.
- Provide COB support for Production as well as Non - Prod environments during the project.
- Identification, analysis and resolution of the COB related issues.
- Co-ordination of issues with Temenos and liasoning for the same.
- Lead the Integration and Release/Environment management team.
- Creation and Management of T24 environments
- Responsible for managing source control versioning for all local developments with the client using Change Control tool.
- Responsible for maintaining master environments for all projects
- Involved in T24 Upgrades from R05 till R09.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Instrumentation
Anna University
Coimbatore06.2008
Skills
- O/s - AIX, RHEL, Windows Servers & Clienteles
- Platforms - Universe, TAFC & TAFJ
- Databases - JBase , Oracle, SQL Server
- Messaging tools - IBM MQ
- Middleware - Fiorano, Webmethods
- Web application servers - TCServer, TOCF, Jboss, Web-sphere
- Disaster Recovery Procedures
- Performance Improvements
Certification
TLC Innovator - Achieved during work stint in TTF Technologies in 2022.
TCCP Level 1 – Technical Certification during tenure with Wipro Technologies in 2012.
Timeline
T24 Lead Consultant
TTF Technologies
01.2018 - 06.2023
Senior Product Analyst
Standard Chartered Scope International
11.2012 - 12.2014
Senior Software Engineer
Wipro Technologies
01.2012 - 10.2012
Associate Consultant
Capgemini India Pvt Ltd
11.2008 - 12.2011
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Instrumentation
Anna University
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