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MANISH BHAMBID

Software Engineer, Cards & Payments
BAHRAIN

Summary

Resourceful Software Engineer with a 5 years background in Cards and payments domain. Talented in scheme certifications and banking host testing. Reliable and hardworking with effective oral and written communication skills.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
7
7
Certifications

Work History

Project Manager

International Payments Services, Bahrain
Seef
09.2023 - Current
  • Managing team of test engineers and preparing project plans.
  • Identified plans and resources required to meet project goals and objectives.
  • Developed and implemented project plans and budgets to ensure successful execution.
  • Tracked project and team member performance closely to quickly intervene in mistakes or delays.
  • Maintained open communication by presenting regular updates on project status to customers.
  • Reported regularly to managers on project budget, progress and technical problems.

Card System Expert

Gallure Ideas
Manama
08.2022 - 08.2023
  • Card system expert consultant to National Bank of Bahrain.
  • Hand on working experience on TSYS prime and CSFI Switchware
  • Managing SoftPOS project with Vendor and different stakeholders.
  • Supporting SoftPOS vendors in testing.
  • Managing HSM keys & performing key exchange with different parties using Thales 10K HSM.
  • Performing NIV offline, online testing with schemes and compliance testings.
  • Managed merchant payments project with core banking TCSbacs.
  • Managing Android A90 (vanstone) and Verifone vx520 machine (Marshal)
  • Worked on POS TMS and Key management system.
  • Identifying and help resolve the issue in reconciliation and settlement


Project Management Officer

International Payment Services, Bahrain
Seef
02.2022 - 08.2022

Responsibilities as Project Management Officer:

  • Salaam Bank Puntland Mastercard and Dara Salaam Bank (Current Project)

1. Drafting project plan

2. Scoping call with Mastercard

3. Submitting forms to KMS team (1029, 1030, X.509)

4. Generating PROC and GSI MTF keys using CSTT tool

5. Generating PKI key file using MRT tool

6. Managing status calls with client, testing and dev team

7. Liaising with Gemalto for card artwork approvals

8. Liaising with FIME for CNS certification

9. Driving the project End to End


  • Salaam African Bank, Djibouti - Visa 3DSS ACS Launch

1. Issuing, Acquiring CIQ, Global PCR CIQ submissions

2. Key Management CIQ submission.

3. Drafting BRD. project plans

4. Issuing online testing with Visa

5. Acquiring online testing with Visa

6. Pilot testing and go live.


  • Sunmi P2 Certification

1. Liaising with POS vendor for POS set up

2. POS configuration using Unipos Configuration Manager /web TMS

3. Performing sanity testing

4. Liaising with client bank to open MTIP project for Mastercard and ADVT/CDET for Visa

5. ADVT self testing

6. MTIP with third party FIME.


  • UPI implementation for Salaam African Bank Djibouti

1. Documentation review and submissions for UPI

2. CPV validation with BCTC for UPI debit and Prepaid cards.

3. Offline testings using UPI simulator

4. Online testing with UPI

5. Pilot validation and go Live.


  • Visa and Mastercard Mandates

1. Analyzing mandate requirements and finalizing the test scope

2. Mandates testing with Visa/ Mastercard

3. End to end regression testing of the host

Software Testing and Operations

International Payments Services, Bahrain
Seef
06.2019 - 02.2022
  • An efficient software professional with 3.1 years of 2019-06 - 2022-02 experience in Software Testing.
  • Experienced testing engineer with End-to-End testing knowledge on SmartVista banking host.
  • Involved in Test planning activities including deriving Test Scope preparation, Test Script preparation from Functional Specification and Business Requirement documents.
  • Identifying the test requirements and best approach based on user requirements with RTM (Requirement Traceability Matrix) for Baseline Documents to ensure the customer needs.
  • Proven ability to support projects under tight deadlines, often with competing priorities and complexities Effective documentation of software issues and enhancements, maintaining accurate test records and assigning tasks to team members ensuring effective utilization.
  • Defect Management experience through Bug Tracking Tools like JIRA & HP ALM Experience in Functional and Regression phases of testing.
  • Executed test scripts, log and retest defects, document and escalate issues to management promptly.

Testing Projects:


Mastercard Implementation project for Salaam African Bank, Djibouti and Somalia

1. NIV offline testing

2. NIV online testing

3. Card personalization Validation (CPV)

4. Mastercard Terminal Integration process (MTIP)

5. MCOM testing

6. AETED & IETED

7. Pilot testing


Visa Implementation Project for Salaam African Bank, Djibouti

1. Online testing with Visa

2. ADVT/CDET using VMCP app and cards

3. Personalization validation testing Education Certifications

4. Visa 3DSS and ACS testing

5. Visa Resolve online testing.

6. Pilot


Operations Support:

1. Mastercard clearing and settlement

2. Visa clearing and settlement

3. Providing reconciliation reports to the client banks and resolving queries

4. Validation Visa and Mastercard reports.

5. Bulk cards processing

6. Resolving client queries on MCOM and SMTM.

7. Providing training to operations team 8. Providing training to client banks

Education

Bachelor of Electronics And Telecommunications Eng -

D. Y Patil's Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology
New Mumbai
05.2014 - 05.2017

Electronics And Telecommunications Engineering -

Institute of Petrochemical Engineering
Lonere
06.2011 - 04.2014

Skills

Mastercard Simulators (MAS, MDFS, MCPS)

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Certification

Certified Cards Payments System Professional

Timeline

Project Manager

International Payments Services, Bahrain
09.2023 - Current

Card System Expert

Gallure Ideas
08.2022 - 08.2023

Project Management Officer

International Payment Services, Bahrain
02.2022 - 08.2022

Software Testing and Operations

International Payments Services, Bahrain
06.2019 - 02.2022

Bachelor of Electronics And Telecommunications Eng -

D. Y Patil's Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology
05.2014 - 05.2017

Electronics And Telecommunications Engineering -

Institute of Petrochemical Engineering
06.2011 - 04.2014

Certified Cards Payments System Professional

ISTQB

Tools and Certification process for Acquirer and Issuer Bank (Certified by FIME)

QTest specialist certified from Tricentis

Agile methodology from BIBF, Bahrain

MS Excel Data cleansing and Data presentation from BIBF

MS Excel Data Analysis and Visualization from BIBF

MANISH BHAMBIDSoftware Engineer, Cards & Payments