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Bhuban Datta

Bhuban Datta

Bengaluru

Summary

Strategic IT Infrastructure & Core Banking Leader with 20+ years' experience in HPE NonStop/Tandem systems and Mission-Critical Payments Platforms powering trillions in transactions. Expertise in Global Infrastructure Management, Core Banking Modernization, Disaster Recovery, Vendor lifecycle Governance, and Compliance Automation under SOX, PCI-DSS standards. At JPMorgan Chase, delivered 99.99% uptime, $10MM+ cost savings, 95%+ compliance across 25 platforms and 60 vendor products. Directed and mentored 40 engineers globally, driving cross-border delivery across India, US & UK teams and engineered AI-driven capacity and risk models to strengthen governance. Recognized as an Expert Engineer (E2) and multiple Impact Award recipient, trusted by C-level leadership as a strategic partner bridging technology, risk, and business priorities.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Vice President - Global Core Banking & Payments Technology Platforms

JPMorgan Chase & Co.
01.2025 - Current
  • Leading global infrastructure engineering for JPMC's Core Banking Platforms (ATMs, Cards, Prepaid, ChasePay, Real-time). Accountable for 25+ Mission-Critical platforms, 60+ vendor products, and a 40+ global engineering team across India, USA & UK.
  • Directed HPE NonStop modernization (NS8/x86 refresh, 25 Platforms), ensuring 99.99%+ availability for six global CPOF Payments Businesses.
  • Led Two Major Internal Audits as Product Owner for platforms hosting Six CPOF businesses - Achieved a Satisfactory rating with zero repeat findings.
  • Building AI-powered Performance & Capacity models to unlock $3-4MM in savings and enable predictive & prescriptive Governance.
  • Streamlined vendor governance with automated 450 controls and telemetry-led drift monitoring across 60 products, reduced 85% operational risk.
  • Established a global Train & Learn framework, strengthening leadership pipeline, resiliency, audit readiness across global engineering teams.
  • Steered cross-functional leaders across Business, Risk, Audit, Finance, Ops & Cybersecurity to align Tech delivery with regulatory and business priorities.

Vice President - Core Banking & Payments IT Infrastructure Engineering

JPMorgan Chase & Co.
01.2020 - 12.2024
  • Led cross-functional engineering teams to modernize JPMC's Core Banking Infrastructure, driven resilience, modernization, and regulatory alignment across mission-critical payment systems. Accountable for 20+ platforms, 50+ vendor tools, and global service delivery.
  • Redesigned platform architecture, delivering $4.5MM Licensing Cost savings while ensuring uninterrupted service for mission-critical systems.
  • Negotiated Multi-Vendor savings with HPE, IBM, and Oracle, securing $1MM efficiencies and future-proofing platform lifecycle.
  • Directed Zero Impact NA DC migration for Mission-Critical Banking Applications- Enhanced performance, Resilience and achieved 99.99% uptime.
  • Drove modernization programs with 20+ SRE Ops & Platform Engineers, improved delivery timelines by 26% and elevated audit readiness.
  • Architected & automated IBM MQ Migration - Reduced outage to 30 mins (from 8Hrs), enhanced operational resiliency, and recognized with JPMC Award.

Assistant Vice President - Core Banking & HPE NonStop Infrastructure Engineering

JPMorgan Chase & Co.
01.2016 - 12.2019
  • Modernized HPE NonStop platform Software stack by standardizing release cycles, improved stability and achieved 85% SLA adherence.
  • Engineered replication uplift via NTI DRNet and GoldenGate, reducing 90% of application outage time and improving business continuity.
  • Led migration of HPE NonStop to NS3 (x86), enabled future scalability and achieved 99.99% compliance with SOX/PCI-DSS Standards.
  • Spearheaded Cross-Tower Train & Learn initiative and mentored 16 SRE Ops - Scaled global SRE capability and reduced critical incidents by 35%.
  • Architected Cyber Recovery process for Four CPOF Payments Application- Cutting recovery time from 42 Hrs to 6 Hrs and achieved 99.99% Audit Compliance.

Senior Associate - HPE NonStop/Tandem Lead Engineer

JPMorgan Chase & Co.
11.2013 - 12.2015
  • Streamlined 37 enterprise vendor tools, 62% coverage of the 6 CPOF Payments Platforms - Eliminated Risks and saved $40K for the firm.
  • Engineered HPE NonStop NS3 Tech Refresh and Vendor product builds - Mitigated risk, retired 12 Legacy platforms for Retail & Merchant Services.
  • Executed Audit ready SRE documentation framework adopted as firm standard, achieved 99.99% SOX compliance in SRE transitions.
  • Strengthened disaster recovery and quarterly release cycles for JPMC Credit and Debit Card Business infrastructure, ensured 99.99% uptime.

Associate Engineer

JPMorgan Chase & Co.
09.2008 - 10.2013
  • Boosted L1/L2 efficiency by automating infra tasks and scripting change processes - Reduced 120 Hrs of manual effort.
  • Led service remediation and process improvements - Standardized 65% of the procedures and reduced incident ticket volume by 43%.
  • Developed strong domain and platform expertise on NTI DRNet, IBM MQ, NDM, ETI-NET, TMF, RDF, QTOS, CONTROL-M, Prognosis 9.1.

Sr. Technical Associate HPE NonStop / BASE24 Engineer

Financial Software & Systems
03.2006 - 08.2008
  • Managed HPE NonStop systems and BASE24 applications, supporting major Card switch migrations for Canara Bank retail banking.

Network Support Engineer

Zee Network
08.2005 - 02.2006
  • Supported L1/L2 broadband network operations, gaining foundational experience in IT infrastructure, monitoring, and incident management.

Education

MBA - Information technology

Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology
01.2013

B.Sc. - Computer Science

Bengaluru University
01.2004

Skills

  • HPE NonStop / Tandem Systems (NS8, x86)
  • Tech Refresh
  • ColdLoad
  • System Upgrades
  • Disaster Recovery
  • Cyber Recovery
  • Middleware Integration
  • Data Center Migration
  • Repaves
  • IBM WebSphere MQ
  • Connect: Direct (NDM)
  • IPSEC
  • GoldenGate
  • NTI DRNet
  • RDF Replication
  • BMC Control-M
  • Backup & Recovery
  • Data Domain
  • ETI-NET
  • IR Prognosis
  • XYPRO Security
  • SSH/SSL Certificate Management
  • Observability & Monitoring Tools
  • IT Infrastructure Management
  • Cost Optimization
  • IT Transformation
  • Modernization
  • Governance
  • Security
  • Vendor Lifecycle Management
  • Global Core Banking
  • Payments Infrastructure
  • Business Continuity
  • High Availability
  • Performance Engineering
  • Capacity Engineering
  • Risk
  • Compliance
  • Global IT Leadership
  • Team Management
  • Operational Excellence
  • IT Service Delivery
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Financial Governance
  • Budget Optimization
  • Business Resilience
  • Strategic Roadmap Planning
  • Inclusive Leadership
  • DEI Advocacy
  • Talent Uplift
  • Capability Uplift
  • Succession Planning

Certification

  • Global Senior Leadership (CTO Specialization), IIM Visakhapatnam, 2026
  • TOGAF 10, 2025
  • AI Prompt Engineering, 2025
  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, 2021

Accomplishments

  • Compliance Automation & Vendor Governance, Ideated and Innovated the Automated Vendor Governance through Software Discovery Tool - 600+ hrs saved annually, $3MM Cost Savings, eliminated repeat audit findings, and lifted compliance scores to 95%.
  • Platform Modernization & Licensing Optimization, Led Mission-Critical NS8/x86 Refresh across 25 platforms, retired legacy stacks, delivered $850K Cost savings in Licensing and sustained 99.99% uptime.
  • SRE Enablement & Team Uplift, Scaled SRE practices across 280+ critical workloads, mentored 40 engineers, and received JPMC India Technology Award for advancing SRE enablement & operational excellence.
  • Expert Engineer (E2) Alumni at JPMorgan Chase, Selected from 60,000+ global technologists (Top 100) for JPMC's elite 10-month leadership program (2024), spanning international modules on innovation, modernization, and enterprise engineering.

Social Impact And Leadership

  • CSR Mentorship Program Lead, Mentored 70+ underprivileged students (NGO) on communication, career readiness, and public speaking. Improved interview success outcomes through structured guidance and feedback.
  • DEI Allyship Lead - Men as Allies, Led Men as Allies, DE&I and WOTM program, scaled 26% YoY growth in ally participation through roadshows and campaigns. Earned leadership recognition for advancing inclusion at firm-wide DEI events.
  • Environmental CSR Events Lead - Seed Ball Campaigns, Led large-scale ecological restoration drives, engaging 600+ employees across multiple locations. Advanced sustainability initiatives through seed-ball making and plantation campaigns.

Personal Information

Title: Senior Vice President - Global Core Banking & Payments Platforms

Awards

  • JPMC Annual Award - Risk & Compliance, 2024, Secured IPSEC tunnel for 7,000+ Data-in-Transit connections across 6 Payments Platforms - Lifted PCI-DSS and SOX Regulatory Compliance scores.
  • JPMC Technology Award - Cost Efficiency, 2022, Achieved $4.5MM in Cost savings through IT Modernization, Automation and Licensing Optimization.
  • JPMC Impact Award - Operational Excellence, 2021, Architected IBM MQ migration for 6 CPOF Apps, modernized 300+ applications with Zero disruption and Zero SLA missed.
  • JPMC DEI & CSR Leadership Award, 2019, Recognized for mentoring 70+ underprivileged students as part of NGO-led CSR initiatives, advancing diversity and inclusion at scale.

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Timeline

Senior Vice President - Global Core Banking & Payments Technology Platforms - JPMorgan Chase & Co.
01.2025 - Current
Vice President - Core Banking & Payments IT Infrastructure Engineering - JPMorgan Chase & Co.
01.2020 - 12.2024
Assistant Vice President - Core Banking & HPE NonStop Infrastructure Engineering - JPMorgan Chase & Co.
01.2016 - 12.2019
Senior Associate - HPE NonStop/Tandem Lead Engineer - JPMorgan Chase & Co.
11.2013 - 12.2015
Associate Engineer - JPMorgan Chase & Co.
09.2008 - 10.2013
Sr. Technical Associate HPE NonStop / BASE24 Engineer - Financial Software & Systems
03.2006 - 08.2008
Network Support Engineer - Zee Network
08.2005 - 02.2006
Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology - MBA, Information technology
Bengaluru University - B.Sc., Computer Science
Bhuban Datta