Avinash Gadge

Senior Cloud Infrastructure Architect with 19+ years of enterprise IT experience and deep specialisation in Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Expert in GCP Landing Zone design, Shared VPC, Cloud Run, BigQuery, Load Balancer, IAM governance, and Terraform IaC at enterprise scale. Proven track record of delivering $2M+ annual cloud cost savings through FinOps governance, leading 150+ zero-downtime cloud migrations, and implementing SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 compliant security frameworks.

Skilled at engaging executive leadership, driving multi-year cloud transformation strategy, and mentoring high-performing infrastructure engineering teams.

Azure

Administrator certified (AZ-104) with working knowledge of AWS.

Senior Cloud Infrastructure Architect & Technical Consultant - General Mills India - Mumbai

(2009-02 - 2025-09)

Fortune 500 Global Consumer Goods Company | GCP, Azure, Multi-Cloud

• Cloud Infrastructure & FinOps (2020 – 2025)
• Designed and implemented enterprise-scale GCP Landing Zone including Shared VPC, hierarchical IAM, Palo Alto hybrid security, and Cloud Load Balancer — supporting 500+ cloud resources across multi-stage environments with 99.9% availability.
• Led FinOps governance programme delivering $2M+ annual cloud cost savings through GCP BigQuery billing analytics, rightsizing automation, Committed Use Discounts, and budget forecasting frameworks.
• Championed Terraform IaC adoption across 500+ GCP projects — automating infrastructure provisioning, enforcing governance standards, and significantly reducing manual operations.
• Executed zero-downtime migration of 150+ on-premises applications to GCP, achieving 40% improvement in application performance post-migration.
• Implemented security and compliance frameworks enabling SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certification across cloud infrastructure.
• Rightsized GCP infrastructure against NFR requirements — peak API workloads, latency SLAs, and security posture — in collaboration with development and product teams.
• Reduced incident workload by 95% through predictive alerting, Cloud Monitoring optimisation, and autoremediation scripts.
• Partnered with global IS leadership on cloud strategy, vendor evaluation, and multi-year cloud modernisation programmes.
• Received Global Distinction Award and Excellence in IS Award for measurable cloud cost reduction and platform resilience outcomes.
• Enterprise Infrastructure & Automation (2017 – 2020)
• Managed infrastructure supporting 10,000+ global users, ensuring high performance and reliability across platforms.
• Delivered automation solutions using RPA (Automation Anywhere), BMC Remedy, and Tableau — significantly reducing manual operations and improving operational efficiency.
• Oversaw compute, network, and storage for enterprise workloads improving stability and reducing recurring incidents.
• Microsoft Infrastructure & Virtualisation (2009 – 2017)
• Administered VMware vSphere environments supporting 500+ virtual desktops and enterprise systems.
• Executed zero-downtime Windows Server migration (2003 to 2012) for 200+ servers.
• Reduced recurring incidents by 60% through proactive monitoring and PowerShell automation.
• Implemented NetBackup deduplication and completed 100+ P2V migrations.

System Engineer – Infrastructure & Support - CMS Computers Ltd & Zenith Computers Ltd - Mumbai

(2005 - 2009)

• Supported Bank of America trading operations ensuring 99.99% uptime across enterprise hardware, networks, and servers.
• Managed enterprise infrastructure with rapid incident resolution across compute, network, and storage platforms.

Bachelor of Arts - Economics - S.K. Somaiya Degree College, University of Mumbai (2004)