Nishant Chandel

About Nishant Chandel

I am a technology leader with 13+ years of experience driving enterprise-scale payment, banking, and data platform modernization within Tier-1 financial institutions. I specialize in leading mission-critical ACH, Commercial Card, and capital markets systems that process high-volume financial transactions under strict availability, security, and regulatory requirements.Currently serving in a technical lead role, I provide strategic direction across mainframe modernization, cloud integration, and DevOps transformation initiatives. I have led end-to-end platform enhancements on z/OS, optimized large-scale ACH processing frameworks, and delivered zero-downtime production releases through disciplined governance and operational excellence.I also bring experience supporting large-scale financial institution merger and acquisition initiatives, leading complex technology integration, platform consolidation, and data migration efforts across banking systems. My work has focused on ensuring seamless transaction processing continuity, regulatory compliance, and operational stability during post-merger system integrations and payment platform alignment.My leadership spans hybrid architectures that integrate core banking platforms with AWS and Snowflake, enterprise data pipelines using DataStage and DBT, and CI/CD automation with Jenkins and Terraform. I partner closely with business, risk, compliance, and product stakeholders to align technology strategy with regulatory mandates and long-term business outcomes.Known for building high-performing teams and modern engineering cultures, I mentor senior engineers, establish engineering best practices, and drive execution across large Agile programs. I am passionate about leveraging technology to strengthen financial operations, improve resiliency, and deliver measurable business value at scale.

Experience

1. Technical Lead

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   Oct 2024 — Present · Cincinnati, OH, US

   Performed in-depth technical analysis of legacy mainframe applications to identify core business functionality, system dependencies, and modernization opportunities. • Leveraged IBM ADDI (watsonx) for automated application discovery, advanced code analysis, data flow mapping, and business rule extraction to accelerate assessment efforts. • Participated in client technical discovery sessions to understand system architecture, operational pain points, and long-term transformation objectives. • Documented findings and contributed to modernization assessment reports, recommending application simplification, performance optimization, and cloud migration strategies. • Collaborated with enterprise architects and engineering teams to align assessment outcomes with future-state cloud and AI integration roadmaps. • Led end-to-end design, enhancement, and modernization of ACH payment processing on the PEP+ platform, ensuring scalability, compliance, and high availability within a mission-critical banking environment.

Education

• Shri Vaishnav Institute of Technology and Science, Indore

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electronics and communication engineering

  2008 — 2012