I'm open to web operations, WordPress and cloud platform roles. The fastest way to reach me is email.

Phone Number

+91 97642 65386

Email

rahul.shirode123@gmail.com

Address

411 021, Pune, MH, India

Rahul Shirode
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Hey, I’m Rahul Shirode

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Senior {Web Operations} Engineer_

<p>12+ years on WordPress, WP Engine, AWS and CI/CD... I keep enterprise websites running, migrating and shipping for teams in the UK and USA.</p>

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+

Years Experience

+

Production Sites Managed

Weeks to Migrate 40+ Sites

Payment Gateways Integrated

Cooperation

Trusted by teams in the
UK, USA and India_

Rahul Shirode
[phone] +91 97642 65386 [email] rahul.shirode123@gmail.com [based in] Pune, India
Milestones

  • May 2026:

    AWS Cloud Quest: Generative AI Practitioner

  • 2026:

    Custom ACF theme for the American Arbitration Association

  • Oct 2024:

    AWS Cloud Quest: Cloud Practitioner

  • May 2022:

    40+ BRE Group sites moved from IIS to WP Engine

  • Oct 2013:

    Started building WordPress and Joomla sites
What I do

Keeping websites fast, secure
and always shipping

WordPress Development

Custom themes built from Figma designs, ACF flexible layouts, and plugin customization across Elementor, WPBakery and Divi.

Website Migrations

Moving sites between hosts with planned DNS cutovers, SSL setup and minimal downtime, including WordPress Multisite and Moodle.

Release Management

Weekly core, plugin and theme updates that move through DEV, STAGE and PROD with testing before every go-live.

Support & Maintenance

Fixing production issues within SLAs through Azure DevOps and Jira, diagnosing servers with SSH, logs and hosting tools.

E-commerce & Payments

WooCommerce stores and payment integrations with PayPal, Stripe, Razorpay, CCAvenue and Cybersource.

Cloud & Hosting

WP Engine, SiteGround and Hostinger hosting, plus growing hands-on AWS work with EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, Route 53 and CloudWatch.

Looking for someone to run, migrate or rebuild your WordPress platform?
Let's talk. Reach out!

Experience

+12 years of building and running
websites that matter

Senior Software Engineer

Zensar Technologies · Pune · Jan 2022 – Jul 2026

  • Senior engineer on enterprise WordPress accounts, including BRE Group (UK) and the American Arbitration Association (USA).
  • Owned releases, migrations and production support, working directly with client teams in the UK and USA.
WordPressWP EngineDNSSSLGit

Education

  • Degree:

    MET’s IOE, Nashik (Pune University)

    B.E. Computers

Certifications

  • May 2026:

    AWS Cloud Quest

    Generative AI Practitioner (training badge)

  • Oct 2024:

    AWS Cloud Quest

    Cloud Practitioner (training badge)

  • Now:

    Hands-on AWS & DevOps

    EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, Route 53, CloudWatch, Docker, Jenkins

Projects

Selected Work

40+ sitesmigrated in 10 weeks

Moving 40+ websites from IIS to WP Engine

Led the migration of WordPress Multisite, standalone sites, online stores and Moodle apps from on-premise IIS to the cloud with minimal downtime, with DNS cutovers, .pfx SSL setup and UAT before every go-live.

  • Project Info

  • Client

    BRE Group, UK

  • Timeline

    10 weeks (Mar – May 2022)

  • Role

    Team lead

  • Technologies

    WP Engine, WordPress Multisite, Moodle, DNS, SSL

ACFflexible, reusable page layouts

Custom WordPress theme from Figma designs

A component-based theme on Advanced Custom Fields so editors can build pages from reusable layouts, tuned for fast page loads and accessibility.

  • Project Info

  • Client

    American Arbitration Association, USA

  • Timeline

    2026

  • Role

    Developer

  • Technologies

    WordPress, ACF, PHP, JavaScript, Figma, Bitbucket

Events + Storebuilt on WordPress

BRE Academy platform

Reusable page templates, an events feature and a WooCommerce store, plus reworked navigation for the BRE Academy learning platform.

  • Project Info

  • Client

    BRE Group, UK

  • Timeline

    2022 – 2026

  • Role

    Team lead & developer

  • Technologies

    WordPress, WooCommerce, PHP, JavaScript

Skills

My Toolkit

  • CMS:

    WordPress (custom themes, ACF, plugins, Elementor, WPBakery, Divi), Joomla, Moodle

  • Front-End:

    HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap, JavaScript

  • Back-End:

    PHP, MySQL, phpMyAdmin

  • Hosting & Ops:

    WP Engine, SiteGround, Hostinger, DNS, SSL, Linux, Windows Server, SSH, FTP

  • Delivery:

    Git, GitHub, Bitbucket, CI/CD, Azure DevOps, Jira, Monday.com, Slack, MS Teams

  • Cloud & DevOps:

    AWS (EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, Route 53, CloudWatch), Docker, Jenkins
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I'm open to web operations, WordPress and cloud platform roles. The fastest way to reach me is email.

Phone Number
+91 97642 65386
Email
rahul.shirode123@gmail.com
Address
411 021, Pune, MH, India