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Nikhil Joshi

Assistant Vice President
Pune

Summary

Production Support Manager with 17+ years of experience in BFSI technology environments, including over 10 years at AVP level in Tier-1 banking. Proven ability to lead incident command, manage stakeholder escalation up to CIO/MD level, and drive operational excellence across payment and data platforms. Strong expertise in service governance, risk & control frameworks, SLA management, and regulatory-compliant production operations. Experienced in leading global teams and delivering automation-led efficiency improvements.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience
3
3
Certifications

Work History

Assistant Vice President

Deutsche Bank, DBOI
01.2014 - Current
  • Led production support operations for 8 mission-critical platforms across payments, liquidity, and core banking domains.
  • Acted as the primary escalation point for major incidents, coordinating recovery across infrastructure, application, and business teams.
  • Managed stakeholder communication at the CIO/MD level, ensuring clear and timely updates during high-impact incidents.
  • Led the recovery of a €30M payment outage, ensuring resolution within regulatory cutoff timelines.
  • Directed structured triage, stabilization, and recovery processes for critical incidents.
  • Delivered 30+ automation initiatives, reducing manual effort by over 60 hours per month.
  • Improved monitoring effectiveness and reduced alert noise by approximately 40%.
  • Led continuous improvement programs to enhance platform stability and operational efficiency.
  • Supported over 200 annual production changes, improving safer change KPIs, and reducing failures by approximately 15%.
  • Strengthened risk and control frameworks, ensuring audit readiness and compliance.
  • Participated in problem management processes to drive long-term issue resolution.
  • Led BCM lifecycle activities, including DR tests, work-transfer exercises, and call-tree validation.
  • Ensured that runbooks, KEDB, and documentation are up to date and audit-compliant.
  • Collaborated with business, infrastructure, development, and risk teams to ensure seamless operations.
  • Mentored approximately 12 engineers, improving onboarding efficiency and knowledge retention.
  • Promoted a culture of operational excellence and proactive problem-solving.

Senior Associate

ANZ Bank
12.2008 - 01.2014
  • Delivered production support for core banking systems across APAC.
  • Managed escalations and ensured SLA compliance for business-critical services.

Senior Developer

C-Edge Technologies
09.2006 - 12.2008

Developed and supported SBI remittance modules ensuring stable production delivery.

Education

M.C.A - Computer Information Systems

Mumbai University
Mumbai
04.2001 -

B.Com - Accounting And Finance

Mumbai University
Mumbai
04.2001 -

Skills

Production Governance & Service Management Incident / Problem / Change Management (ITIL), CAB, SLA/OLA Ownership, Service KPIs

Major Incident & Escalation Management Sev-1 Command, Executive Communication, Stakeholder Management

Operational Excellence & Transformation Automation Initiatives, Monitoring Optimization, Toil Reduction, Cost Optimization

Risk, Control & Compliance Audit Readiness, Regulatory Compliance, Risk Mitigation, Control Frameworks

Business Continuity & Resilience BCM, DR Testing, Work Transfer, Call Tree Validation

Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement CIO/MD Communication, Cross-functional Collaboration, Team Mentoring

Certification

GCP Associate Cloud Engineer

Timeline

Assistant Vice President

Deutsche Bank, DBOI
01.2014 - Current

Senior Associate

ANZ Bank
12.2008 - 01.2014

Senior Developer

C-Edge Technologies
09.2006 - 12.2008

M.C.A - Computer Information Systems

Mumbai University
04.2001 -

B.Com - Accounting And Finance

Mumbai University
04.2001 -
Nikhil JoshiAssistant Vice President