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 — PresentRoyal 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 — 2025Royal 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 — 2022Royal 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 — 2018Royal 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 — 2016Royal 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