Ujjwal Gupta

🔧 Dedicated Senior System Engineer with 4+ years at Wipro, specializing in Linux administration, cloud infrastructure, and Ansible automation. Excelled in managing RHEL, Oracle Linux, and SUSE environments at scale, with proven hands-on experience in VMware and Azure cloud. Expert in troubleshooting, compliance, ITSM, and high-availability cluster management, delivering zero-downtime solutions for enterprise systems. Quick learner eager to scale expertise in Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform for innovative teams.

🎯 Core Expertise & Key Achievements (Hands-on from Wipro leadership roles):

Led large-scale OS upgrades from RHEL 7 to 9, OL 7 to 9 and SUSE 12 to 15 on 3500+ servers, minimizing downtime and maintaining 99.9% uptime in production.
Automated patching, VM provisioning, server hardening, and compliance workflows using Ansible Tower/AAP and StackStorm, integrated monitoring/backup agents (UC4, TSM, Splunk, Qualys, MDATP), saving 1000+ man-hours annually through efficient playbooks.
Built and maintained high-availability SUSE/Pacemaker clusters (with Corosync) and SAP HANA servers, executed storage migrations and managed NFS, CIFS, SMTP, and filesystem configurations to support critical applications.
Administered Azure Linux servers for optimal performance, served as primary escalation point for L3 Linux/cloud issues, resolving critical incidents via root cause analysis (RCA) and mentoring juniors on best practices.
Optimized patch cycles, vulnerability remediation, and change management in collaboration with DevOps, DBAs, and Security, utilized ServiceNow and Jira for incident resolution, audits, and compliance, streamlining operations for stability.
📊 Proven Impact & Recognition: Star Performer Award at Wipro for automation excellence, promoted to Senior Engineer for consistent high-value contributions. Leveraged GitHub Copilot and prompt engineering to troubleshoot and resolve complex Linux issues efficiently, with Generative AI fundamentals certification. Certified Red Hat Ansible Engineer (RH294 Ver. 9.0) and Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900), with solid Bash/Python scripting and GitHub/GitLab proficiency.

🌍 Open to remote/global opportunities as Cloud Engineer, Linux System Engineer, Automation Engineer, Technical Support Engineer, or Senior System Administrator. Ready to drive your infrastructure forward, let's connect today! 📧 ujjwalg36@gmail.com | 📱 +91 8960913580 | 🔗 www.linkedin.com/in/ujjwal-gupta-409665167