Rushikesh Patel

I’m an Azure Cloud Engineer with hands-on experience provisioning, securing, and maintaining enterprise Azure infrastructure across development, test, staging, and production. I focus on building scalable, reliable, and cost-efficient cloud operations using Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD automation, and Azure security controls.

At Sanofi (Canada), I’ve managed and maintained Azure resources—virtual machines, storage, and databases—to support workloads across the full SDLC with 99.9% uptime. I also supported end-to-end migration of legacy on-premise applications to Azure, working through discovery, deployment, and post-migration validation.

I write and extend YAML CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps from team templates and standard patterns, tailoring releases to each application to automate build and deployment and cut manual deployment effort by up to 80%. I validate applications after migration and set up monitoring with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Application Insights, resolving incidents within a 4-hour SLA.

I manage user access across Azure resources using Azure Active Directory (Entra ID) and RBAC under least-privilege principles, and I secure data using Key Vault and encryption. I automate routine administration with PowerShell and Azure CLI, maintain backup/recovery and high-availability configurations, and ensure disaster recovery processes are validated.