PPPritesh Patil
@priteshpatil
Senior Infrastructure & Automation Engineer with expertise in cloud automation.
IndiaWhat I'm looking for
I am a Senior Infrastructure & Automation Engineer with 7 years of experience at leading companies like General Mills, Cisco, and VMware. My expertise lies in Infrastructure-as-Code, cloud automation, and self-service platform design. I have a proven track record of building scalable, automated systems for SDN, NetOps, and cloud-native platforms, which has significantly improved operational efficiency.
Throughout my career, I have successfully led initiatives that enhanced CI/CD pipelines, automated resource provisioning, and improved infrastructure compliance. My certifications in AWS, Terraform, and CCNA, along with a Master’s in Telecommunications from UC Boulder, equip me with the skills necessary to tackle complex automation challenges. I am passionate about designing resilient infrastructure and collaborating with teams to drive innovation.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Sr Infrastructure Engineer – Ops and Automation
General Mills, Inc.
Feb 2023 - Present (2 years 4 months)
Built CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, leading to faster deployments and fewer errors, and packaged Python utilities as reusable internal SDKs. Led app modernization efforts, migrating on-prem servers to GKE and deploying scalable infrastructure using Terraform for GCP VPCs. Drove DevOps adoption, boosting IaC coverage and automating config delivery for 600+ Aruba switches using Ansible/Python
Sr Infrastructure Engineer – Ops and Automation
General Mills, Inc.
Feb 2023 - Present (2 years 4 months)
Built CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, leading to faster deployments and fewer errors, and packaged Python utilities as reusable internal SDKs. Led app modernization to GKE and Terraform deployments for GCP VPCs, enabling scalable infrastructure provisioning. Drove DevOps adoption, boosting IaC coverage and automating config delivery for 600+ Aruba switches using Ansible/Python.
Software Engineer (Co-op)
Cisco Systems
Aug 2022 - Feb 2023 (6 months)
Developed Flask-based NAT APIs to automate internal NAT provisioning across 50+ environments, including end-to-end testing and release lifecycle. Built CI/CD pipelines and automated AWS resource provisioning using Terraform for AWS CodeBuild/Deploy. Supported the NAT platform as part of an SRE rotation, enhancing monitoring and automating SLVM image builds with Ansible.
Member of Technical Staff - NSX Projects
VMware Inc.
Sep 2020 - Aug 2022 (1 year 11 months)
Automated test validation for SDN-based NSX stack with 100% coverage in VMware Cloud, leading API and Traceflow testing for Day 0–N features. Contributed to CI/CD automation for test deployments using Jenkins pipelines and supported Jenkins server operations. Implemented deployment automation code for pre-validation tasks, enhancing observability and root cause analysis.
Software Engineer (Co-op)
Cisco Systems
Aug 2022 - Present (2 years 10 months)
Built Flask-based NAT APIs to automate internal NAT provisioning across 50+ environments, including end-to-end testing and release lifecycle. Developed CI/CD pipelines and automated AWS resource provisioning using Terraform for AWS CodeBuild/Deploy. Supported the NAT platform as part of SRE rotation and automated SLVM image builds with Ansible.
Member of Technical Staff - NSX Projects
VMware Inc.
Sep 2020 - Present (4 years 9 months)
Automated test validation for SDN-based NSX stack with 100% coverage in VMware Cloud, leading API and Traceflow testing for Day 0–N features. Contributed to CI/CD automation for test deployments using Jenkins pipelines and supported Jenkins server operations. Implemented deployment automation code for pre-validation tasks, accelerating integration testing and enhancing observability.
SD-WAN Product Development Intern
VMware Inc.
May 2019 - Aug 2019 (3 months)
Developed a Network Orchestrator config backup automation tool, significantly reducing setup time. Built an edge device performance dashboard on AWS Cloud, which decreased manual analysis time by 80%.
SD-WAN Product Development Intern
VMware Inc.
May 2019 - Present (6 years 1 month)
Developed a Network Orchestrator configuration backup automation tool, significantly reducing setup time. Built an edge device performance dashboard on AWS Cloud, which reduced manual analysis by 80%.
System Engineer
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
Nov 2016 - Present (8 years 7 months)
Developed and maintained BANCS teller services within a UNIX environment. Led backend development and provided production support for critical customer issues.
System Engineer
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
Nov 2016 - Mar 2018 (1 year 4 months)
Developed and maintained BANCS teller services within a UNIX environment. Led backend development and provided production support for critical customer issues.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
UBUniversity of Colorado Boulder
Master of Science, Telecommunications
Pursued a Master of Science in Telecommunications. Focused on advanced topics in network design, signal processing, and communication systems.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Availability
Location
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