Mihir Savla

Systems Engineer | Infrastructure & DevOps Specialist

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Professional Summary

Systems Engineer with 3+ years of experience managing large-scale Linux environments, optimizing uptime, and automating infrastructure operations. Skilled in designing resilient Nginx and MySQL setups, hardware/software RAID using RAID controllers, and full-stack performance tuning (kernel, networking, filesystem). Adept at debugging PHP-based applications, implementing proactive monitoring with Grafana/Prometheus, and building automation workflows with Bash and Ansible. Passionate about open-source technologies, operational excellence, and improving developer productivity across distributed environments.

Professional Experience

Systems Engineer
Redswitches
09/2025 – Present
  • Managed 200+ Linux servers (RHEL, Ubuntu, AlmaLinux) across multiple global data centers, achieving 99.9% uptime.
  • Designed and maintained hardware/software RAID arrays via RAID controllers to ensure fault tolerance and data integrity.
  • Configured and tuned Nginx reverse proxies and load balancers for high-traffic workloads, improving request handling efficiency.
  • Automated patch management and monitoring workflows using Ansible and Bash, reducing manual effort by 40%.
  • Led root cause analysis (RCA) on system outages and implemented preventive measures.
  • Integrated Grafana + Prometheus dashboards for observability and capacity planning.
  • Partnered with DevOps teams to streamline deployments and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
Product Support Associate
Newfold Digital
05/2023 – 08/2025
  • Supported enterprise VPS environments (WHM/cPanel), troubleshooting PHP, Apache, MySQL, DNS, SSL, and email delivery issues.
  • Tuned MySQL and Apache configurations to resolve performance bottlenecks.
  • Hardened Linux servers via CSF, iptables, and proactive patching.
  • Assisted in automated backup and recovery processes ensuring zero data loss across VPS clusters.

Education

Bachelor of Science - B.Sc Information Technology
Jai Hind College
CGPA: 7.5

Technical Skills

Operating Systems

RHEL Ubuntu AlmaLinux CentOS Rocky Linux

Web Services

Nginx Apache MySQL/MariaDB PHP DNS SSL/TLS

Networking & OS

TCP/IP Firewalls Systemd Kernel Tuning Memory Management

Automation & CI/CD

Ansible Bash Python Jenkins GitHub Actions

Monitoring

Grafana Prometheus Datadog Splunk

Infrastructure

RAID Load Balancing cPanel/WHM Git

Certifications

CWSA-1

Certified Web Services Administrator – System Administrator I

CWSA-2

Certified Web Services Administrator – System Administrator II

Oracle Cloud

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2025 Foundations Associate (1Z0-1085-25)

Learning Projects

Monitoring Stack (Grafana + Prometheus)

Installed and configured Prometheus to collect system metrics. Created Grafana dashboards for CPU, memory, and Apache monitoring with alerts.

Portfolio Website Deployment

Designed and deployed portfolio website (mihirsavla.com) on VPS. Automated SSL renewals and DNS configuration.

Automation with Bash & Ansible

Wrote Bash scripts for disk usage monitoring + automated email alerts. Built an Ansible playbook to automate Apache (httpd) service management on WHM VPS.

Contact Information

Email

savla.mihir10472@gmail.com
Phone

+91 8850470935
LinkedIn

mihir-savla
Location

Mumbai, India