Gulshan Arora
About Gulshan Arora
Gulshan Arora is a Senior DevOps Engineer at TomTom with extensive experience in IT infrastructure management, specializing in Linux/Unix systems and automation using Unix Bash Shell Script and Python.
Title
Gulshan Arora holds the position of Senior DevOps Engineer at TomTom since 2017. His role involves advanced responsibilities in DevOps methodologies, focusing on integrating and automating IT operations, particularly within cloud environments.
Company Experience
Gulshan Arora currently works at TomTom in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. Before joining TomTom, he worked as a Senior Software Engineer at HSBC in London from 2016 to 2017. He also worked as a System Engineer at Cybage in Pune, Maharashtra, India from 2014 to 2016. Additionally, he held the position of Associate - IT at ZS Associates in Evanston, Illinois, United States from 2013 to 2014 and served as a Junior System Administrator at Sulekha.com in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India from 2012 to 2013.
Education and Expertise
Gulshan Arora completed his Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics, Engineering, Communications from Dr. D.Y. Patil Pratishthan's Padmashree Dr. D.Y.Patil Institute of Engineering and Technology. He has over three years of experience in IT Infrastructure Management with a specialization in Linux/Unix based operating systems. His technical skills include Unix Bash Shell Scripting, Python automation, configuration-management tools like Puppet, Foreman, and Hiera, along with exposure to big data technologies such as Hadoop and MapReduce.
Technical Skills and Tools
Gulshan Arora is proficient in cloud-based environments like AWS and databases such as MySQL. He has hands-on experience with version control systems, including Git, CVS, and SVN. Additionally, he is skilled in Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) tools like Jenkins and Maven. His system administration expertise covers patch deployment, new server build and configuration, and data backup processes using ufsdump on tape drives.
Professional Responsibilities
In his professional capacity, Gulshan Arora coordinates with data-center support vendors in case of hardware failures and communicates with various business groups regarding projects and tasks. His responsibilities encompass automating administrative tasks, managing and provisioning IT infrastructure, and ensuring the seamless operation of systems within the organization.