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Ahmed Gilani

@ahmed_gilani

Wired for Curiosity, Cloud and Onprem Infrastructure Engineer

Pakistan
English, Urdu
About me
Technically astute and process-oriented IT professional with 4 years of hands-on experience. I am a Cloud and Onprem Infrastructure Engineer experienced in designing and maintaining hybrid cloud and on-premises environments. Proven expertise in VMware Cloud Foundation, Microsoft Azure, disaster recovery, backup and recovery solutions, infrastructure security, and service resilience. Experienced serving as a technical SME for critical infrastructure services, leading cloud modernization projects, driving operational excellence, and supporting highly available multi-region environments.... Read more

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I will configure vmware esxi, vcenter and vmware vsphere infrastructure
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Work experience

Alibaba_Group Holding

Cloud Solutions - Architect

Alibaba Group Holding • Full-time

Nov 2025 - Present • 11 mos

VMware Cloud Foundation Upgrade Led the upgrade of VMware Enterprise 8 (standalone) to VMware Cloud Foundation 9, combining the infrastructure across four regions. This initiative standardized virtualization platforms, improved scalability, and enabled centralized management of multi‑region workloads Patch Automation with WSUS Designed and deployed Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) across multiple regions, automating patch approvals and rollout to streamline routine maintenance. By optimizing the patching process, ticket resolution time for VM updates was cut from 8 hours to just 2 hours, a 75% reduction in engineering effort and a major improvement in operational efficiency PRTG Monitoring Deployment Implemented PRTG monitoring across regional datacenters to proactively track Hosts, VMs, Cloud VMs, SNMPv3 network devices, and hosted websites. Configured alerting thresholds and dashboards, resulting in 99% uptime (excluding maintenance windows) and faster incident response Enterprise Backup & Recovery Deployed Veeam Backup & Replication with Single Sign‑On integration, enabling automated reporting and alerting of backup status. Ensured compliance with enterprise recovery objectives and strengthened business continuity planning