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Rahul Uphade

@rahuluphade

Senior Windows Engineer and SRE, building highly available virtualization and automation to improve reliability and compliance.

India

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a role where I can own Windows/SRE reliability for high-availability infrastructure, automate operations with PowerShell and CI/CD, and drive RCA-driven improvements—while maintaining strong security and compliance with minimal disruption.

I’m a Senior Windows Engineer and SRE with 7+ years of experience managing high-availability enterprise infrastructure. I architect and optimize virtualization environments (VMware, Hyper-V) and failover clustering to support 99.9% uptime.

I strengthen Windows Server ecosystems through advanced administration of Active Directory, Group Policy (GPO), DNS, and DHCP, while focusing on stability and regulatory compliance (VAPT/PCI DSS). I also automate and execute enterprise patching and hardening using BigFix, ManageEngine, and WSUS, plus proactive troubleshooting to resolve EOL/EOS migration needs.

As an SRE-minded operator, I reduce operational toil with PowerShell automation and SRE practices, tracking SLIs/SLOs in Splunk and performing deep-dive log analysis for RCA. I’ve delivered measurable wins by automating connectivity checks, scheduled-task reporting/management, SSL certificate audits, SMB global mapping deployment and verification, and server configuration inventory—streamlining monitoring and improving compliance visibility.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Windows Engineer (SRE)

Current

FIS Solutions (India) Pvt Ltd

Sep 2022 - Present (3 years 11 months)

Architect and manage enterprise virtualization environments (VMware vSphere/vCenter, Hyper-V, and failover clusters) and administer Windows Server core services. Automate patching/hardening and reliability monitoring, coordinating incident response using ITIL processes.

VSphere Hyper V Hyper V Failover Cluster Capacity Planning Windows Server Active Directory DNS DHCP PowerShell ManageEngine WSUS Log Analysis ServiceNow Jira ITIL Splunk

Windows Engineer (SRE)

ESDS Software Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Apr 2019 - Sep 2022 (3 years 5 months)

Supported high-availability Windows Server infrastructure across banking/government/PSU environments, including Hyper-V and VMware virtualization. Administered AD, GPO, DNS, DHCP, IIS and security/patching, and delivered backup/DR and reliability monitoring with PowerShell automation.