Gaurav Patel
Allentown
Summary
Dynamic Sr Cloud Integrator Engineer with PPL Corporations, specializing in Azure migrations and CI/CD pipeline management. Achieved a 25% reduction in infrastructure costs through optimized cloud solutions. Proficient in DevOps and problem-solving, delivering enhanced system performance and operational efficiency across diverse environments.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Sr Cloud Integrator Engineer and Sr System Engineer(Windows)
PPL Corporations
Allentown
09.2018 - 04.2025
- Providing Project and BAU support services in azure cloud.
- Migrated on-premises applications to Azure, resulting in a 25% decrease in infrastructure costs.
- Optimized Azure virtual machines and storage accounts, leading to a 20% reduction in operational costs.
- Implemented automated deployment scripts using Azure DevOps, reducing deployment time by 35% and minimizing human errors.
- Configured and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, achieving a 40% faster software release cycle.
- Designed and deployed virtual networks and subnets, increasing network performance by 30%.
- Configured Azure Virtual Machines and Storage, enhancing system performance and reliability by reducing latency by 20ms.
- Conduct root cause analysis and manage the escalation process for server-related issues.
- Managing various services like Aks, vNet, Blob, AAD, Virtual Machines, Key Vault, NSG, ASG, SG, ARM, bicep, DevOps, APIM, WAF, Storage, file sync, Host Agents, runbook, IOT, Cognitive services, webapp, logic app, function app etc.
- Providing Azure IAAS, Paas support to data bricks, Kofax. GISAPP, Infor, HCM and AVD environment.
- Build and deploy and CIS benchmarking Windows and Linux images in Cloud.
- Building and resign DR for Paas and IAAS Servers
- Manage the provisioning, configuration, administration, and daily maintenance of all server systems
Senior Windows/Linux/Unix Engineer
PPL Corporations
Allentown
12.2009 - 08.2018
- Linux and HP-UX System administrator with strong hands-on experience with Installation, Configuration, Administrator and support of RHEL5.x/6x/7x/8x, hp-ux11.11/11.23/11.31i and VMware Esx 4.0/5/6.
- Strong hand experience with windows Server 2008/12/16/22
- Experience in deploying various Red Hat Enterprise Linux and HP-UX both Physical and Virtual on HP/Cisco/Dell hardware running ESXi.
- Experience in RHEL Provisioning Upgrades, Patching configuration and Performance Tuning in Linux and VMware environments.
- Hands on experience of converting machine from physical machines to virtual (P2V) and Virtual to Virtual (V2V) by using VMware Converter.
- Experience in managing and configuring multipath based solutions and experienced in working with Storage Administrators to configure SAN based Luns in Enterprise Linux and HP-UX.
- Strong background in a disciplined software development life cycle (SDLC) process and has excellent problem-solving skills.
- Set up and configured Red Hat Satellite and Kickstart Servers for Red Hat Enterprise Linux installs and RHN Push Updates.
- Experience in Multipathing ASM configuration for Oracle database on Linux servers using high-performance Dell EMC XtremIO block storage.
- Maintained user account management, configured servers to register with RHNSAT, monitored servers, workload assessment service console monitoring.
- Maintain a disaster recovery plan by documenting current system configuration, identifying, analyzing and evaluating critical data/hardware issues and documentation.
- Responsible for optimizing system performance which includes input/output, disk storage, CPU usage, memory allocation, network traffic, uptime and maintenance cost by monitoring current performance, analyzing possible problems/solutions and performing indicated modifications.
- Provided 24/7 on call support for 600+ Linux/Unix machines
Unix System Administrator
IBM Research Center
Hopewell Junction
05.2008 - 11.2009
- Administer Unix systems to ensure stability and performance across research projects.
- Monitor system activities and troubleshoot issues to maintain operational efficiency.
- Collaborate with teams to deploy software updates and manage system configurations.
- Implement backup and recovery solutions to safeguard critical research data.
- Document system processes and create user guides for team members.
- Assist in developing security protocols to protect sensitive research information.
- Coordinated with other teams while troubleshooting complex technical issues.
- Created user accounts, assigned privileges and monitored usage of resources on the system.
- Configured network services such as DNS, NFS, SSH, FTP for providing access to the server from remote locations.
- Analyzed log files periodically for any suspicious activities or errors which may affect the functioning of the system.
- Installed, tested and patched operating systems, applications and security patches as needed.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical and Electronic
Leeds Metropolitan University
Leeds, U.KDiploma - Computer Engineering
MSBTE
Mumbai, IndiaSkills
- DevOps
- IT Security
- Azure
- Risk Mitigation
- Customer Support
- Migrations
- Linux & Unix
- Windows
- Cloud
- Operations Systems
- Tools
- Protocols
- Networks
- Azure services
- System performance optimization
- Automated deployments
- CI/CD pipeline management
- Virtual machine configuration
- Problem solving
- Project management
- Data backup solutions
- Task prioritization
- Design troubleshooting
- Azure DevOps
Certification
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)
• Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400)
• Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals (AI-900)
• RHCE: RedHat Participate
• MCSE: Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (2003)
• MCSE: Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (2003)
• CCNA: Cisco Certified Network Associate
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)
• Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400)
• Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals (AI-900)
• RHCE: RedHat Participate
• MCSE: Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (2003)
• MCSE: Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (2003)
• CCNA: Cisco Certified Network Associate
Technical Knowledge
Azure, AWS, Windows 7, Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2022, Linux RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu, HP-UX, Solaris, Git, SVN, JIRA, Azure Console, Amazon AWS Console, VMware ESXi, CI/CD, Terraform, Microsoft VM Manager, Docker, Kubernetes, TCP/IP, FTP, SSH, SFTP, SCP, SSL, ARP, DHCP, TFTP, RARP, NIS, NFS, DNS, Firewalls
Timeline
Sr Cloud Integrator Engineer and Sr System Engineer(Windows)
PPL Corporations
09.2018 - 04.2025
Senior Windows/Linux/Unix Engineer
PPL Corporations
12.2009 - 08.2018
Unix System Administrator
IBM Research Center
05.2008 - 11.2009
Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical and Electronic
Leeds Metropolitan University
Diploma - Computer Engineering
MSBTE