Prashant Naik Email & Phone Number

IT Fintech| Banking and Trading Technology | Equities and Listed DerivativesL3 Support, Application Engineer and Automation ProfessionalResults-driven, self-motivated and award-winning professional with 14+ years of experience in Investment Banking Technology. Proven expertise in Trade Execution Systems.Experienced in building, deploying and maintaining application software for business driven requirements, exchange mandatory requirements and overall system stability and performance/application improvements.Throughout my career I have demonstrated a good understanding of Trade Lifecycle for Equities and Listed Derivatives Products, Electronic Trading Application stack, FIX Protocol and overall low latency trading architecture. Proficient in Unix Shell Scripting, Database Management and L3 support for Java and C++ Applications.• Hands-on experience in configuring OMS, EMS, Exchange (Market) Connectivity and Risk Management Systems with proficiency in Unix and Linux Platforms, Shell Scripting, Perl and Python scripts maintenance and database SQL.• In-depth knowledge of Voice Trading, Direct Market Access, Algorithmic Trading flows and Colocation Offering.• Extensive experience in L3 Support for real-time Trading Issues and C++/Java applications. Root cause analysis for issues/queries reported/raised by Trading Desk and External Institutional Clients.• Major Projects - Successfully delivered external driven projects like Encryption/Decryption of Trading Interactive Messages with NSE exchange (2023/2024), NSE SOD Static Data File Format Standardization (2022/2023) and business driven projects like Non-Standard Settlement for Cash Trading for European markets (2014), Migration of EMS Flow from Vendor Application to new In-house Low Latency Application (2017/2018).• RTB changes – Analysis and Technical Implementation of new requirements from business users, exchange mandatory and regulatory changes and new features/improvements in the application.• Proficient in Financial Information Exchange – FIX Protocol (FIX 4.2, 4.4, 5.0).• Automation of manual tasks using Shell Scripting and also writing useful utilities like reconciliation scripts, application health check scripts, log error scanners, latency calculation scripts etc.• Domain - Well acquainted with Capital Markets with experience on Front Office Low Latency Trading Systems – OMS and EMS Systems, High Touch and Low Touch Trading Platforms, FIX Routers, Algo Engine Trading, Trading Limit Check Systems and Market Connectivity Systems.