Nikita Wanaskar

Results-driven IT professional with 9+ years of experience in production support, workload automation, and system administration within large-scale banking and financial services environments. Proven leader in incident, change, and problem management — adept at owning critical batch operations end-to-end, driving SLA compliance, and collaborating with global onshore/offshore teams. Currently expanding expertise toward AWS Solutions Architect Associate.

System Administrator - Wipro Ltd.

(2022-07)

Client: S&P; Global | AutoSys, Unix, ServiceNow

• Primary technical owner of AutoSys WA infrastructure for S&P; Global production environment
• Led installation, patching & upgrades of AE, WCC, EEM, and agents with zero unplanned downtime
• Owned incident escalation for high-priority failures — drove RCA and permanent fixes
• Mentored junior engineers and developers on AutoSys best practices and JIL scripting
• Designed complex batch flows using JIL: dependencies, calendars, and conditional triggers
• Managed user accounts, roles, permissions, and security/audit compliance
• Developed DR procedures and backup strategies for job definitions and configurations
• Maintained technical runbooks, SOPs, and configuration documentation

System Analyst - Cognizant Technology Solutions

(2019-12 - 2022-01)

Client: Wellington Management Co. (WMC), USA

• First point of contact for Geneva accounting platform; ensured all batch SLAs met across APAC & US
• Owned major incident bridges end-to-end — coordinated and drove resolution cross-functionally
• Proactively eliminated recurring production defects, reducing repeat incidents significantly
• Monitored and managed batch jobs via IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler in global 24x7 environment
• Managed batch fencing, schedule holds, and CTASK activities during maintenance windows
• Performed Unix file ops (FTP/SFTP), log analysis, and server-side troubleshooting

System Analyst - Cognizant Technology Solutions

(2018-05 - 2019-10)

Client: OFI (Oppenheimer Funds), USA

• Took ownership of batch health monitoring — resolved AutoSys failures and maxruns before SLA breach
• Coordinated cross-timezone during Corporate Actions, Financial Market events, and BCM drills
• Held, restarted, and released AutoSys jobs to ensure online day batch completion deadlines

System Analyst - Cognizant Technology Solutions

(2016-08 - 2018-03)

Client: UBS Investment Bank, USA

• Supported BFSS team ensuring on-time feed delivery and smooth production environment
• Executed start-of-day health checks for applications, trading links, and tools
• Provided enhanced coverage during Power Downs, Infra Weekends, and BCM activities

B.E. - Computer Science (2012 - 2016)