NIHAR SAMANTARAY
nihar@nihars.com | nih.ar | linkedin.com/in/niharsamantaray
Finacle Techno-Functional Lead with 8+ years of experience in delivering scalable banking solutions across multiple geographies. Expertise in retail loans, system design, DevOps practices, and performance optimization. Experienced in leading teams, architecting solutions, and improving system reliability in production environments.
Skills
Banking & Domain
- Retail Loans, Core Banking, Financial Accounting
- Finacle 10x/11x (Menus, APIs, Customization, EOD/BOD)
Technical
- PL/SQL, RDBMS
- Shell Scripting, Python
- API Development, XSD/WSDL
- Linux / Unix Systems
DevOps & Infra
- Deployment automation and environment management
- Monitoring: Kibana, Grafana
- Nginx, JBoss
- Log analysis & performance tuning
Tools
- Git, SVN, Jira
- Putty, MobaXterm
- Excel VBScript automation
Work Experience
Technical Lead - Aziro Technologies
Bhubaneswar, India | Aug 2024 - Present
- Leading development of loan modules and coordinating delivery across team members.
- Managing a small team, handling task planning, reviews, and technical guidance.
- Designing solution flows from business requirements to implementation.
- Contributing to DevOps practices, deployments, and production stability.
- Built monitoring dashboards using Kibana and Grafana to improve system visibility and issue tracking.
- Worked on improving performance, stability, and observability of applications.
Technical Analyst - EdgeVerve (Infosys Product Subsidiary)
Dubai, UAE | Feb 2022 - Jul 2024
- Owned end-to-end lifecycle of retail loan implementations including requirement analysis, development, and production support.
- Designed and implemented solutions aligning business needs with system capabilities.
- Developed APIs, batch jobs, procedures, and reports across multiple modules.
- Worked on performance improvements and optimization of batch and database operations.
- Delivered enhancements across loans, APIs, statements, and reporting systems.
- Supported post-go-live activities and handled production issues.
Senior Systems Engineer - EdgeVerve
Windhoek, Namibia | Feb 2019 - Feb 2022
- Contributed to modernization of payment systems including migration to PAIN-based processing.
- Developed Finacle modules, APIs, and reporting solutions.
- Improved system throughput significantly through performance tuning and query optimization.
- Standardized API validation and integration approaches across systems.
- Built automation tools to streamline operations and reduce manual effort.
Systems Engineer - EdgeVerve
Bangalore, India | Dec 2016 - Jan 2019
- Developed Finacle frontend menus and reporting interfaces.
- Built command-line tools for operational automation (user management, patch deployment, service control).
- Automated log tracing and debugging workflows.
- Supported infrastructure setup, patching, and application server configuration.
Systems Engineer - Infosys
Mysore, India | Jun 2016 - Nov 2016
- Trained in object-oriented programming, data structures, and UX fundamentals.
- Developed a prototype eCommerce application.
Technical & Functional Expertise
- Strong experience in PL/SQL programming, procedures, and query optimization.
- Hands-on experience in Finacle customization, APIs, and batch processing.
- Exposure to DevOps practices including deployment and monitoring.
- Proficient in Linux systems, debugging, and troubleshooting.
- Experience in automation scripting and internal tool development.
- Functional understanding of loans and payment systems.
Education & Projects
- B.Tech in Computer Science Engineering (2012–2016) — BPUT
Projects
- Python-based CLI tool to consume currency feeds and visualize trends.
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