Nikhilanand Vithalkar
Stockholm County,AB
Summary
Engineering Leader and Database & Cloud Solutions Architect with 20+ years of experience designing, optimizing, and delivering enterprise-scale systems across fintech, telecom, and retail domains. Proven ability to lead customer-facing engagements, design scalable database architectures, and modernize legacy workloads across cloud and hybrid environments.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate
Work History
Sr Load & Performance Engineer/Team Lead
Derivco Sports AB
04.2022 - 08.2025
- Built scalable performance testing and observability frameworks using Gatling, Azure DevOps, AKS, supporting 35,000+ concurrent users.
- Optimized PostgreSQL data models and queries achieving single digit ms p99 latency.
- Designed NFR-driven SLA framework for cross-product performance alignment.
- Led/Mentored a team of 2–3 Performance Engineers.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to integrate performance enhancements into product releases.
- Analyzed system performance metrics to identify bottlenecks and propose solutions.
Technical Engineer/Scrum Master
H&M
08.2018 - 04.2022
- Designed observability solutions using Splunk Cloud/Enterprise.
- Led ServiceNow–Splunk integration enabling faster incident correlation.
- Enforced monitoring standards and supported service onboarding.
- Acted as a Scrum Master and Team Lead, mentoring engineers.
Principal Performance Architect/Deputy General Manager
Reliance Payment Sol. Ltd/Avexshaa Tech. Pvt. Ltd.
01.2015 - 07.2018
- Scaled payment platform to 1M+ onboardings/day and 10M+ transactions/day.
- Implemented DB partitioning achieving sub-ms OLTP latency.
- Built ELK-based observability improving bug triage by ~90%.
- Established & Led Performance Engineering practice (8–10 engineers).
- Managed 100+ server environments across diverse stacks.
Delivery Manager
Tieto Tech. Pvt. Ltd.
04.2014 - 01.2015
- Led 45-member offshore delivery team for ComHem (Tele2) with consistent CSAT >8.
- Negotiated delivery contract/framework aligned with Agile/DevOps.
- Conducted stakeholder 1:1 sessions to drive continuous improvement.
- Led and coached Team Leads and a team of 10 Oracle DBAs, overseeing hiring, mentoring, 1:1s, career growth planning, and performance reviews.
Onsite Team Lead
Tieto Tech. Pvt. Ltd.
08.2012 - 03.2014
- Onsite owner for mission critical systems like Oracle SOA, OSM, and all Oracle Databases.
- Primary liaison across customer business, architecture, and engineering.
- Owned uptime, performance, incident/problem management.
- Led production upgrades across all platforms.
- Represented Production Support in Architecture Boards.
- Managed and mentored 10 Oracle DBAs.
Oracle DBA/Team Lead
Tieto Tech. Pvt. Ltd.
10.2009 - 07.2012
- Built Oracle DBA team (4) from ground up.
- Implemented OEM monitoring by reducing resolution time by 80%.
- Improved OSM peak-load performance via Range-Hash partitioning.
- SME for Oracle 9i→11g upgrade.
Oracle DBA
Tieto Tech. Pvt. Ltd.
01.2008 - 09.2009
- Automated environment provisioning reducing setup time by 90%.
- Single Point Of Contact for Dev infrastructure: DBs, App Servers, backups, performance.
Oracle Developer/Team Lead
Wipro Infotech/MindSource/Prothought
06.2004 - 01.2008
- Built annual closing module for Reserve Bank of India (5 days → 45 min).
- Authored 1600-page SRS enabling migration to Java.
- Developed modules with Oracle Forms, Reports, PL/SQL, SQL* Loader.
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Electrical Engineering
SRKNEC
NagpurSkills
- Database & Development: Oracle, PostgreSQL, PL/SQL, SQL, Data Modelling, Oracle Forms & Reports
- Cloud & DevOps: AWS (training), OCI, Azure, CI/CD (Azure DevOps, OCI DevOps), Terraform
- Infrastructure & Containers: Docker, Kubernetes (AKS, OKE)
- Performance Engineering: NFR design, load testing (Gatling), JVM tuning, distributed system scaling
- Monitoring & Observability: Grafana, Prometheus, Splunk, Azure AppInsights, OEM
- Operating Systems: Linux, Solaris, AIX, Windows
- Leadership & Delivery: Stakeholder management, Architecture Boards, Agile/Scrum, team mentorship
- Automation: Bash scripting, Python, environment provisioning, self-service infra workflows
- Performance testing
Certification
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (In Progress)
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Architect Associate
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure DevOps Professional
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Foundations
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Swedish
Elementary
Hindi
Native or Bilingual
Marathi
Native or Bilingual
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
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Timeline
Sr Load & Performance Engineer/Team Lead
Derivco Sports AB
04.2022 - 08.2025
Technical Engineer/Scrum Master
H&M
08.2018 - 04.2022
Principal Performance Architect/Deputy General Manager
Reliance Payment Sol. Ltd/Avexshaa Tech. Pvt. Ltd.
01.2015 - 07.2018
Delivery Manager
Tieto Tech. Pvt. Ltd.
04.2014 - 01.2015
Onsite Team Lead
Tieto Tech. Pvt. Ltd.
08.2012 - 03.2014
Oracle DBA/Team Lead
Tieto Tech. Pvt. Ltd.
10.2009 - 07.2012
Oracle DBA
Tieto Tech. Pvt. Ltd.
01.2008 - 09.2009
Oracle Developer/Team Lead
Wipro Infotech/MindSource/Prothought
06.2004 - 01.2008
Bachelor of Technology - Electrical Engineering
SRKNEC