GAUTAM RAJ
Bangalore
Summary
IT professional with 18+ years of experience, including 8 years in cloud infrastructure support and 6+ years in DevOps engineering, specializing in CI/CD automation, cloud migrations, infrastructure as code (IaC), and container orchestration. Adept at designing, deploying, and managing highly scalable, secure, and cost-optimized cloud environments on Azure and AWS. Led large-scale cloud migration projects, successfully transitioning 270+ applications from on-premise to Azure, improving performance, scalability, and operational efficiency. Proficient in CI/CD pipeline development using Jenkins, Azure DevOps, and GitLab, as well as managing containerized workloads with Kubernetes (AKS & EKS) and Docker. Expertise in automating infrastructure provisioning and configuration management using Terraform, Ansible and ARM Templates.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Cloud and DevOps Lead
Wipro Technologies
Bangalore
06.2015 - 03.2025
- Company Overview: (6+ years of DevOps experience, working with CI/CD, Kubernetes, IaC, automation, and cloud migrations in Azure & AWS environments)
- Designed and managed CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Azure DevOps, and GitLab, automating build, test, and deployment processes for microservices-based applications.
- Deployed, managed, and optimized containerized applications on Kubernetes (AKS & EKS), ensuring high availability, security, and scalability.
- Automated cloud infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and Ansible, reducing manual configurations and improving consistency across environments.
- Managed Azure cloud infrastructure, including Azure Virtual Machines, AKS, Storage Accounts, Load Balancers, Networking (VNet, NSG, VPN), and IAM roles.
- Implemented Azure governance policies, security best practices, and cost optimization strategies to enhance cloud efficiency.
- Developed automation scripts using Python and Bash, to streamline DevOps workflows, cloud provisioning, and system administration.
- Integrated monitoring and logging solutions using Prometheus, Grafana, and Azure Monitor, ensuring proactive issue resolution and system health tracking.
- Established DevSecOps practices by integrating security scanning, vulnerability assessments, and compliance checks within CI/CD pipelines.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams, including developers, security, and cloud architects, to design scalable and resilient cloud architectures.
- (6+ years of DevOps experience, working with CI/CD, Kubernetes, IaC, automation, and cloud migrations in Azure & AWS environments)
Senior Backup & Storage Administrator
Hibu India Pvt. Ltd.
Bangalore
06.2013 - 06.2015
- Company Overview: IT services company providing solutions and business services
- Successfully Transitioned TSM Operations from Onshore to Offshore.
- Received Multiple Client Appreciations.
- Developed Capabilities at offshore location for Storage Capacity monitoring and planning.
- Assisted DBA's in Key Restore Activities Involving DB2, Exchange, Oracle, SQL, Teradata.
- Assisted Teradata team in some Critical Backup/Restore operations.
- Working with Architecture team to Stream line TSM Environment and Fix Long Pending Issues and Work on Projects.
- Created Shell Scripts to Monitor Multiple Scratch Parameters, Missed/Failed backups.
- Part of Highest Escalation level in India for all issues.
- Configured NDMP Backups [Filer to server & Filer to Library].
- IT services company providing solutions and business services
Associate Consultant
HCL Comnet
Bangalore
11.2011 - 06.2013
- Company Overview: IT services company providing solutions and business services
- Delivered cloud solutions for clients, focusing on AWS infrastructure setup and management.
- Provided consultation for Linux-based systems, ensuring compliance with security standards.
- Helped team of 12 lead consultants optimize efficiency of current systems by conducting training sessions.
- IT services company providing solutions and business services
Senior Consultant
Capgemini Pvt. Ltd.
Bangalore
03.2011 - 07.2011
- LVM / VxVM /filesystem Administration.
- Patch implementation & maintenance.
- Hardware knowledge for Intel based HP/Dell/Sun servers.
- Service Management - NIS / NIS+ / DNS / NFS / Samba / Apache/Send Mail.
- SUDO installation, Security administration and system hardening.
- Monitor Resource Utilization and server health status.
- Perform a trend analysis of CPU/Memory/Disk utilization for critical platforms/servers.
- Overview of Shell scripting.
- Administration and maintenance of Linux/ ESX Environments.
Senior Specialist
DCM Data System
10.2008 - 02.2011
- Planned & Implemented TSM backup infrastructure [3 TSM servers and 500 Clients].
- Worked with IBM on POC for CDP & Lanfree.
- Planned & Deployed IBM Tivoli Monitoring & with DR capabilities.
- Worked with Third Party vendor on a SAN remote replication testing.
- Planned & Automated TSM alerting & Reporting Mechanism.
- Improved Scheduler Success Performance by 90%.
Senior System Administrator
RCS Technology
Chennai
04.2007 - 10.2008
- Company Overview: IT services and solutions provider
- Maintained Linux and Unix-based environments, ensuring reliability and performance.
- Supported large-scale deployments, adhering to client requirements.
- IT services and solutions provider
Data Centre Administrator
CMS Computers
Delhi
04.2005 - 12.2005
- Monitored and maintained critical data centre infrastructure, ensuring maximum uptime.
- Supported hardware and network configurations for smooth operations.
- Collected and reported technical metrics to identify improvement opportunities.
- Regularly referenced reports or system operations, task lists, problems and resolution updates.
- Clearly discussed expectations and solutions with customers and team members.
Education
MCA - MCA
Chhattisgarh University
MBA -
Dr. C.V. Raman University
Skills
- Websites
- Portfolios
- Profiles
- Version control systems
- Security best practices
- Continuous integration
- Scripting languages
- Continuous deployment
- Terraform
- Configuration management
- Linux administration
- Ansible
- Azure
- AWS
- Kubernetes
- Infrastructure as code
- Automation scripting
- Cloud migrations
- CI/CD pipelines
- Container orchestration
- Project management
- Cost optimization
Certification
- Azure Cloud Engineer
- AWS Cloud Engineer
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 01/11/79
- Gender: Male
- Nationality: Indian
- Marital Status: Married
Timeline
Cloud and DevOps Lead
Wipro Technologies
06.2015 - 03.2025
Senior Backup & Storage Administrator
Hibu India Pvt. Ltd.
06.2013 - 06.2015
Associate Consultant
HCL Comnet
11.2011 - 06.2013
Senior Consultant
Capgemini Pvt. Ltd.
03.2011 - 07.2011
Senior Specialist
DCM Data System
10.2008 - 02.2011
Senior System Administrator
RCS Technology
04.2007 - 10.2008
Data Centre Administrator
CMS Computers
04.2005 - 12.2005
MCA - MCA
Chhattisgarh University
MBA -
Dr. C.V. Raman University
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