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Shivam Gupta

Senior Principal Engineer
Noida,UP

Summary

Dynamic Senior Principal Engineer with extensive experience at T-Systems, leading teams in cloud automation and CI/CD initiatives. Proficient in Terraform and Kubernetes, I successfully transformed monolithic applications into microservices, enhancing deployment efficiency. A collaborative leader, I drive Agile methodologies to optimize team performance and deliver innovative infrastructure solutions.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Principal Engineer

T-Systems
10.2021 - Current
  • Leading and managing a team of eight skilled engineers, driving automation and cloud initiatives.
  • Working with the team in an Agile way, following SCRUM methodologies.
  • Deployed a Node.js-based Digital Assessment application on OCI OKE with a CI/CD pipeline on GitLab.
  • Built an end-to-end OKE cluster setup using Terraform.
  • Configured SSL with Certificate Manager on Kubernetes.
  • Authored Dockerfiles for various applications.
  • Refactored a monolithic Node.js application into microservices.
  • Hosted a Node.js application on OCI Compute through Docker Compose, with a Jenkins-based CI/CD pipeline.
  • Provisioned the necessary infrastructure for enterprise applications in OCI.
  • Deployed a Java-Maven application on OCI OKE with GitLab-based CI/CD integration.
  • Built JavaScript automation projects integrated with GitLab pipelines for tasks like vCD roles/rights drift checks, vROPs adapter patching, plugin/version validation, and pricing policy compliance.
  • Designed and implemented a Terraform-based solution for automatically remediating drifts among vCD roles/rights across multiple environments.

System Integration Senior Specialist

NTT Data
05.2019 - 10.2021
  • Automated day-to-day operational tasks using vRealize Orchestrator (vRO) and vRealize Build Tools, integrating with GitLab, Maven, VS Code, and JavaScript for CI/CD pipelines, and version-controlled automation.
  • Designed and deployed OCI OKE clusters with Terraform and Jenkins/GitLab pipelines, ensuring scalability and resilience for enterprise workloads.
  • Built vRO workflows and custom actions to automate NSX-T, vSphere, and OCI resource provisioning, reducing manual effort, and improving service delivery.
  • Worked across multiple OCI services, including Compute, Block/Object Storage, Networking, and IAM, to deliver secure and efficient infrastructure solutions.
  • Optimized Kubernetes workloads on OKE in collaboration with development teams, improving resource utilization, and application performance.
  • Implemented Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) with Terraform, GitLab, and CI/CD pipelines to standardize provisioning and reduce drift across multi-cloud environments.

Technical Specialist

HCL Technologies
08.2017 - 05.2019
  • Provision and manage virtual machines, storage buckets, and other cloud resources according to project requirements.
  • Create and manage user accounts, permissions, and roles to control access to AWS resources, ensuring security and compliance.
  • Implement IAM policies and controls to manage access to AWS resources, ensuring least privilege access, and adherence to security policies.
  • Created single and multi-machine blueprint to deploy the VM on AWS and on-prem cloud. Written vRO workflows to automate post-provisioning and Day-2 operations on on-prem resources.
  • Built and customized workflows in vRO 6.x and 7.x for automating incident remediation, leveraging PowerShell hosts, and integrating with ServiceNow for ticket lifecycle automation.

Module Lead

Sopra Steria
12.2013 - 08.2017
  • Built and customized workflows in vRO 6.x and 7.x for automating incident remediation, leveraging PowerShell hosts, and integrating with ServiceNow for ticket lifecycle automation.
  • Integrated vRO with Infoblox IPAM using REST APIs to automate IP allocation, DNS registration, and network provisioning during VM deployments.
  • Designed and implemented single-machine and multi-machine blueprints in vRA/vRO to automate consistent VM and application deployments across on-premises and cloud environments.
  • Automated provisioning of EC2 instances and on-prem VMs via vRA/vRO, utilizing a unified vRA Service Catalog form to provide developers with a seamless, self-service experience.
  • Developed end-to-end vRA workflows to orchestrate hybrid deployments, ensuring governance, compliance, and policy enforcement across multi-cloud platforms.

Trainee Service Engineer

Diebold Systems Private
01.2011 - 07.2012
  • Assisted in the daily operations of vSphere environments, handling basic VM lifecycle tasks such as provisioning, cloning, snapshots, and template-based deployments.
  • Monitored ESXi host health and datastore capacity, ensuring smooth operations and timely reporting.
  • Managed user roles and permissions in vCenter to maintain secure access control.
  • Created and maintained SOPs for standard vSphere administrative tasks, contributing to team knowledge sharing, and operational consistency.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science

Institute Of Electronics And Telecommunication Engineers
New Delhi
04.2001 -

Skills

Cloud Platform (OCI, VMware, AWS)

Timeline

Senior Principal Engineer

T-Systems
10.2021 - Current

System Integration Senior Specialist

NTT Data
05.2019 - 10.2021

Technical Specialist

HCL Technologies
08.2017 - 05.2019

Module Lead

Sopra Steria
12.2013 - 08.2017

Trainee Service Engineer

Diebold Systems Private
01.2011 - 07.2012

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science

Institute Of Electronics And Telecommunication Engineers
04.2001 -

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