
ussama shafiq
@ussamashafiq
Application Support Engineer at SS&C Primatics supporting loan accounting for 10+ banking clients.
What I'm looking for
At SS&C Primatics, I support the EVOLV cloud-based loan accounting platform for banking clients. I handle L2 escalations, monthly loan accounting executions, and production incidents across Loan Accounting, MSTR, Alfresco, and ETL modules.
I monitor production environments with Splunk and investigate data and API issues using SQL, Oracle, and MySQL. I also administer MicroStrategy and support CI/CD deployments on Kubernetes and Docker.
At Paysys Labs (Private) Limited, I worked on payment and core banking implementations, including RAAST. I configured and validated REST and ISO 8583 message flows and conducted load testing with Apache JMeter.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Senior System Engineer
SS&C Primatics Financial
Jun 2021 - Present (5 years 5 months)
Production Support & System Operations
1. Serve as L2 escalation point — resolve critical tickets escalated by L1 team across Loan Accounting, MSTR, Alfresco, and ETL modules for global banking clients.
1. Manage end-to-end monthly executions of Loan Accounting system including month-end close, posting-date runs, and reconciliation for 10+ enterprise clients.
1. Monitor production environments usi
L2 escalation engineer for SS&C Primatics EVOLV — a cloud-based loan accounting
platform serving global financial institutions including banks across the US, UK,
and Middle East.
── Production Support & Incident Management ──
- Serve as primary L2 escalation point — resolve critical tickets escalated by
L1 team across Loan Accounting, MSTR, Alfresco, and ETL modules
- Manage monthly loan acco
Implementation and QA Engineer
Paysys Labs (Private) Limited
May 2019 - May 2021 (2 years)
Delivered end-to-end implementation, QA, and production support for
digital payment and core banking projects across Pakistan and the Middle East.
── RAAST Instant Payment System (State Bank of Pakistan) ──
- Implemented Pakistan's national instant payment infrastructure on middleware
payment switch between State Bank and host banks
- Configured and validated REST + ISO 8583 message flows for
Quality Assurance Engineer
Paysys Labs (Private) Limited
Jan 2019 - Jan 2021 (2 years)
RAAST Instant Payment System (State Bank of Pakistan)
1. Implemented RAAST bulk payment system handling 10,000+ concurrent transaction validations between State Bank and host banks via middleware payment switch.
1. Configured and validated REST and ISO 8583 message flows on the payment switch; coordinated with SBP and host bank teams for end-to-end integration.
1. Conducted stress testing of 10,00
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
NED University of Engineering and Technology
Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
2019 - 2019
Government Superior Science College, Karachi
Pre-Engineering Intermediate
2015 - 2015
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
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