Application Development and Management (ADM) of CORE Retail Banking Platform

Program Briefing

Program: ADMS of HOGAN

ClientABSA (Amalgamated Banks of South Africa), Johannesburg, South Africa

Industry: Banking and Financial Services (BFS); CORE Retail Banking and Electronic Cards business

Business Model: Time and Material (T&M); Offshore / GCC (Calcutta) / Onsite (Johannesburg)

Employer: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Calcutta

Location: Calcutta, Johannesburg

Role: Senior Developer

Program Description

  • Multiyear engagement of Application Development and Management of HOGAN – CORE, Retail Banking and Electronic Cards (debit, credit and charge) Business platform (applications suite).
  • Its comprised of technological framework and business modules based on the framework.
  • Development, enhancement, maintenance and production support of day-to-day retail banking and cards operations.

Architecture / Technology

HOGAN was originally developed by HOGAN Incorporation (Dallas, Texas, USA). At present it is owned by DXC Technologies. It was built on IBM Mainframe, MVS, Hierarchical database IMS and COBOL. Its comprised of two parts; technological framework and business modules based on the technological framework.

Role: Senior Developer

  • Led KT (Knowledge Transfer) phase for 6 months in Johannesburg, SA. Performed system study of technological (framework) and functional modules of the HOGAN platform.
  • Led and hands-on development, enhancement and production support of applications suite in offshore (Calcutta).