Ajay Balakrishna

Bringing more than 13 years of extensive IT experience, I currently serve as the Lead Technical Architect at SysEnact Consulting Pvt Ltd, a premier technology consulting firm renowned for crafting customized solutions for the banking sector. My specialization lies in the intricate realm of Temenos core banking technologies.

Certified as a cloud professional in AWS and Azure, I play a pivotal role in aiding enterprises in the meticulous design, seamless implementation, and optimal enhancement of their cloud and hybrid architectures. My approach revolves around incorporating best practices and innovative solutions to ensure businesses thrive in an ever-evolving technological landscape.

Key Strengths:

- Proficient in the thorough testing and configuration of production environments to accommodate newly introduced functionalities and features in every project release.
- Specialized in Temenos Transact Application Framework for Java (TAFJ), TAFC and T24 Architecture, adept at configuring TOCF(EE), Browser, TCIB and API's.

- Experienced in T24 Upgrade (TAFJ to TAFJ and TAFC to TAFJ), database migration from postgresql to oracle.
- Expert in Temenos core banking data migration.
- Experienced in live performance fine-tuning across T24 Application layer, Database Layers (Oracle and MSSQL etc), and Presentation layers.
- Skilled in COB performance tuning and effective error handling.
- Experienced in establishing, maintaining, upgrading, and securing production environments.
- Expertise in testing and configuring production environments for new functionalities/features released in each project build.
- Capable of analyzing client issues and delivering timely fixes within stipulated time frames.

Title: Technical Architect

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Colombo, SriLanka, 10/2019, PRESENT, DFCC BANK, Lead for Data Migration Activity, System Design & Architecture., Setting up of production environments, maintaining, upgrading and backup strategy., Configuration of FCM and tuning., Integrating TCIB, Digital and Data warehouse with T24 transact., Designing Multi-Tier architecture for T24 transact, Digital and FCM., Data migration approach and module wise strategy document specific to client and for Temenos Partnership., Designing end to end communications using ESB for all Satellite systems., Analyze client issues and provide fixes within the stipulated time., COB Performance tuning & error handling Bangalore, 02/2019, 10/2019, SAMLINK, Hands-on AWS Architecting enterprise level large scale T24 multi-tier solutions that require complex Architectural decisions., Hands-on experience on implementing Cloud Solutions using various AWS Services including EC2, VPC, S3, EFS Lambda, Directory Services, Cloud Formation, Elastic Beanstalk, RDS, Load Balancer, Auto Scaling etc., Identifying appropriate use of AWS Architectural best practices., Designing and deploying scalable, highly available, Secured and fault tolerant systems on AWS for T24, Designing Multi-Tier architecture for T24 on AWS., Approach document preparation as client specific., Designing end to end communications using ESB for all Satellite systems., IRIS configuration using Restful Services Chennai, 01/2018, 02/2019, STANDARD CHARTERED, DM Approach Strategy and process flow., DM module wise strategy., Mapping of fields with client system., Approach document preparation as client specific., TCIB, TAP and TTI layer configuration for B2F and F2B flow., Analysing T24 load dependency., Planning cutover window., Planning loading procedure., TAFJ performance tuning for DM loading., Auto Comparison report generation using DM.COMPARE tool., Generating reconciliation report as per client requirement., Team Management. Cairo, Egypt, 04/2016, 01/2017, CIB, Citi portfolio migration activity., Scoping the project or initiative across multiple phases., Identifying the impact of the initiative on the business lines and support departments, Identifying and engaging the key stakeholders globally, Liaising with the various business units and support departments to determine priorities, Allocating resources & driving the completion of tasks, Monitoring, tracking and reporting project progress to the stakeholders, ETL tool development., Strategy for Migration process., Loading Activity., Migrating data from jBASE 5.0.23 to Oracle using conversion programs, Resolving issues on database conversion from jBASE to Oracle, Supporting the issues raised during Compatibility and Stress test, Performance tuning on accessing data from oracle database, COB fine tuning after conversion of database from jBASE to Oracle, Responsible for complete upgrade cycle from R09 to R13 Cambodia, 01/2015, 02/2016, ESUN, Implementation to replace TIFA legacy system to T24 R13 core banking system., Involved in Hardware sizing., Architecture Design., Patching/Updates management., Complete Data Migration Activity., System Tuning and COB tuning Johannesburg, South Africa, 05/2012, 08/2012, NATIONAL YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, Upgrading existing T24 environment to new hardware., Tuning T24 Environment., COB Tuning., TCServer Configuration., Core Updates and Patches. Manila, Philippines, 11/2012, 10/2014, PBCOM, GM AND EWB, Architecture Design., Ensure that a detail project plan is in place and kept up to date., Oversee plan execution in cooperation with all key stakeholders., T24 Data Migration (ETL design)., Organize and run the weekly Data Migration review meetings ensuring the participation of all stakeholders., Coordinate and execute Data Mapping sessions with the involvement of all stakeholders, Configuring T24 interfaces with tocfee on Jboss and Subsidiaries, Monitor the loading exercises and the loading issues resolution in a timely manner, Prepare a DM dashboard that will clearly depict the progress in all areas of the project, Monitor the project risks and issues timely resolution, Environment Management., Interface setup., Core banking system tuning with MSSQL Database, Riverbed load balancer setup., COB tuning., Integration Framework Setup., DR Architecture Design., Backup and recovery strategy., Core Updates and Patch. Port Louis, Mauritius, 08/2009, 02/2012, MAURITIUS COMMERCIAL BANK, Creating, Configuring and Managing Temenos T24 Environments., T24 Production Support and on-call assistance., Configuring T24 interfaces with tocfee on Jboss for MCB and Subsidiaries., Deploying and Managing web applications on Jboss and Apache Tomcat., DR coordination for Unix Applications, Install, Patch and maintain Oracle Databases (12c,11g,10g)., Tune Oracle instance components., Design and implement a backup & recovery system using RMAN, Database Health Check monitoring., Maintenance and Administration of Oracle E-Business Suite Infrastructure., Maintenance and Administration of OAM Components., Cloning Oracle EBS to create DEV environments from PROD., Unix Scripting