Balakrishna Sundara

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About Balakrishna Sundara

IT consultant, specializing in the Credit Cards and NPP Payments with a strong track record in analysis, solution design and diverse project delivery. Tech-savvy professional known for rapid learning and effective independent operation.Core Competencies• Business Analysis & Solution Design: Adept at conducting workshops and analysis to capture business requirements, processes, impact/risk assessments, solution designs and user stories.• Digital & Technical Proficiency: Possesses a strong technical foundation in digital technologies. Experience in web portals, APIs, Message Queues, integration in both on-premises and cloud environments (AWS). Hands-on knowledge in SQL and API testing tools.• Cards & Payments Expertise: Extensive knowledge and experience with credit cards including MasterCard, Visa and Eftpos schemes. Worked on NPP Australia’s real-time bank payments (PayID/Osko) in recent years, including the latest features like PayTo (MPS), International Payments (IPS) and Confirmation of Payee (CoP).• Project Delivery: Experience in delivering a variety of large-scale projects including transformation, innovation, integration, migration, regulatory compliance and new card product launch, in both traditional waterfall and dynamic agile environments, across diverse organizations and geographies.• Strategic Leadership: Proven ability to lead and mentor teams. Domain and Technology Expertise• Payments: NPP Australia’s fast real-time payments - ISO20022 (PACS, PAIN, CAMT & ADMI messages), PayID, PayTo, IPS and CoP. BECS direct entry payments (Direct Debit & Direct Credit).• Credit Cards: Mastercard, Visa, EFTPOS, ISO8583/AS2805, VisionPLUS card management system.• Technologies: REST APIs (JSON based, Swaggers, Java Microservices, AWS, PostMan, Stoplight), SOAP APIs (XML based, WSDL/XSD, SoapUI), MQ (IIB, AWS SNS/SQS), Web Applications (Adobe AEM, Angular, HTML/CSS/JS), SQL, Linux, Mainframe z/OS (COBOL, JCL, CICS), Jira, Confluence, Github.