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Gaurav Saini

Sr. Manager, Engineering & Automation · Solution Architect · Senior Software Engineer

Toronto, Canadagsaini313@gmail.comlinkedin.com/in/gsaini313gaurav-saini.com

Summary

Computer Science engineer who moves comfortably between strategy and the terminal. I architect resilient, event-driven platforms, still write production code, and lead the engineering and automation behind disaster recovery and business continuity for one of Canada's largest banks.

Experience

Sr. Manager, Engineering & Automation

2025 — Present

Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto, ON

  • Lead design, implementation and optimization of DR and business-continuity automation.
  • Own the end-to-end lifecycle of recovery tooling, including the ServiceNow BCM module.
  • Drive large-scale DR migrations and platform enhancements; manage risk, roadmap and backlog.

Lead DevOps Product Engineer

2022 — 2025

Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto, ON

  • Led core development of VMaaS (VM as a Service) under the TI ART program.
  • Architected microservices and REST APIs on the vRealize suite, deployed via Helios to OpenShift.
  • Built CI/CD pipelines and automated DevOps workflows end-to-end.

Senior Technical Automation Analyst

2018 — 2022

Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto, ON

  • Led a team of 4 developers; owned budget and timelines for automation projects.
  • Translated client requirements into application features and prototypes.
  • Managed the full SDLC — from design to testing, launch and documentation.

Senior Technical Analyst

2016 — 2018

Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto, ON

  • Supported escalations and infrastructure changes in a 24/7/365 environment.
  • Administered SharePoint 2010/2013, RightFax and Skype for Business.
  • Owned incident management and root-cause analysis.

Technical System Analyst

2015 — 2016

Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto, ON

  • Built virtual and physical Windows servers for hosting.
  • Scanned and remediated security non-compliance; managed OS patching.
  • Supported provisioning across DEV and PRODUCTION.

Skills

Architecture & Integration
Solution architecture, Microservices, REST APIs, Kafka, RabbitMQ, API gateways
Engineering
C# / .NET Core, Blazor, React, JavaScript, Python, PHP, HTML / CSS
Cloud & Platform
OpenShift, Kubernetes, Docker, Azure, Helios
Automation & IaC
Infrastructure as Code, Ansible, CI/CD, vRealize Automation, vRealize Orchestrator, Aria Ops
Infrastructure
vSphere, Hyper-V, Nutanix, Citrix, SharePoint, RightFax
Data, Insight & Design
Power BI, Tableau, Grafana, Databases, Figma, Canva, Photoshop

Education

  • B.Tech, Computer Science

    Punjab Technical University, India · 2009 — 2013

  • Computer Systems Technician — Network Systems

    Mohawk College, Hamilton · 2014 — 2015

Certifications

  • Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate · E507-5942
  • Microsoft Certified Professional · E500-8276
  • MCSE — Core Solutions for SharePoint 2013 · G085-5854
  • ITIL Foundation · GR750225355GS
  • Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt
  • Vital Signs — Performance Management on Windows Servers
  • Citrix XenApp & XenDesktop 7.15 Administration