High-availability cloud platforms
Designed and operated Apache CloudStack environments across KVM, XenServer and Hyper-V, supporting a reported 500+ virtual machines and production availability objectives.
TECHNICAL LEADERSHIP · CLOUD & INFRASTRUCTURE
OPEN TO PROFESSIONAL DISCUSSIONS
Krishan Gulia
Cloud infrastructure, enterprise Linux and datacenter operations.
Infrastructure leader with experience across private cloud, multi-hypervisor platforms, Linux operations, resilience engineering and service delivery. Focused on reliable systems, practical automation and operational ownership.
CAREER AT A GLANCERESUME-REPORTED EXPERIENCE
16+Years in IT
10+Years in Linux administration
8+Years in OpenStack
20+Enterprise customers
800+VMs across environments
99.9%+Reported uptime target / outcome
Metrics are summarized from the supplied resume. Definitions, ownership and measurement periods can differ by role and environment.
SELECTED ENGINEERING WORKComplex infrastructure.
Complex infrastructure.
Clear operational outcomes.
Selected examples from professional experience, presented as concise capability summaries rather than client-confidential case studies.
Repeatable provisioning
Standardized VM templates and automated Linux provisioning using Ansible and scripts. The resume reports 50+ VM deployments per month and a 70% reduction in provisioning time.
Infrastructure migration & lifecycle
Led on-premises-to-cloud and P2V migration work involving 200+ servers, alongside Linux distribution upgrades and infrastructure lifecycle planning.
Monitoring & incident response
Implemented centralized Zabbix monitoring across infrastructure and telephony. The resume reports a 40% improvement in incident detection time.
Backup, recovery & database availability
Worked with Ceph, LINSTOR, SAN, Veeam and Acronis backup/DR approaches, plus a three-node MariaDB Galera cluster with SSL replication and automated failover.
Large-scale voice infrastructure
Supported Asterisk and Genesys telephony environments described in the resume as reaching 20,000+ SIP channels and thousands of concurrent agents.
TECHNICAL CAPABILITYA broad infrastructure view,
A broad infrastructure view,
from platform to operations.
Core platforms and disciplines listed in the supplied resume. Terraform is identified as a learning area, not represented as production expertise.
01
Cloud & platforms
OpenStack · Apache CloudStack · AWS · Azure · Oracle Cloud Infrastructure · OpenNebula
02
Linux & hypervisors
RHEL · Rocky Linux · AlmaLinux · Ubuntu · Oracle Linux · SUSE · KVM · VMware · XCP-ng · XenServer · Proxmox · Hyper-V · oVirt
03
Storage & resilience
Ceph · LINSTOR · GlusterFS · MinIO · SAN/NAS · NFS · iSCSI · Fibre Channel · multipath · Veeam · Acronis · backup/DR
04
Automation & IaC
Ansible · Bash/Shell · Python · Docker · Podman · Kubernetes · Terraform (learning)
05
Security & networking
SELinux · firewalld · FortiGate · Check Point · OPNsense · Wazuh · EDR · VLAN/VXLAN · Open vSwitch · VPN
06
Leadership & service delivery
Team mentoring · customer escalations · SLA governance · incident/change/problem management · RCA · capacity planning · HLD/LLD · SOPs
CAREER JOURNEYExperience built across
Experience built across
systems, services and scale.
A condensed timeline of roles and responsibilities based on the supplied resume.
Datacenter Operations Manager
MGRM Digital Cloud Services
Cloud and datacenter operations, CloudStack/OpenStack, virtualization, storage, security, DR architecture and team leadership.
Linux Administrator (L3) — Managed Services
Oculus IT
Linux and cloud L3 support, education customer environments, OpenStack/CloudStack operations and infrastructure lifecycle management.
Senior Network Administrator — Telecom Infrastructure
Home Credit India
Enterprise telephony, network infrastructure, cloud migration and large-scale Asterisk/Genesys operations.
Assistant Manager — IT Operations
RV Solutions Pvt Ltd
IT operations, backup, virtualization, email, ITSM and an initial OpenStack private-cloud environment.
IT Operations & Support Roles
Clove Dental · Dr. Batra’s Positive Health Clinic · Redington India
Multi-site IT support, server and network administration, endpoint security and enterprise hardware support.
CREDENTIALS & CONTINUOUS LEARNINGFoundations that support
Foundations that support
hands-on engineering.
RHCE
Red Hat Certified Engineer — RHEL 7 (2017)
RHCSA
Red Hat Certified System Administrator — RHEL 7 (2017)
RHCVA
Red Hat Certified Virtualization Administrator (2017)
MCP
Microsoft Certified Professional (2003)
B.Sc.
Hardware & Network Engineering — Kurukshetra University
Terraform & Kubernetes
Terraform is listed as a learning area in the resume; CKA preparation is also noted.
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