Hello!
I am Rahul Kumar.

Software Engineer at Microsoft Azure

About Me





I am Rahul Kumar. Currently working as a Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft Azure (ExpressRoute), where I design scalable and resilient systems for enterprise connectivity.

I bring 10 years of experience in software engineering, with a strong focus on distributed systems and cloud infrastructure.

I earned my Master’s in Computer Science from The Ohio State University in 2019.

Outside of work, I enjoy exploring new technologies, reading nonfiction, staying active, and playing chess.

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My Skills

Languages

  • C, C++, C#, Java, Golang
  • Python, PHP
  • HTML, CSS, JS, jquery

Software & Tools

  • Linux, GIT, Visual Studio, Eclipse

Databases

  • Oracle SQL, MySQL
  • NoSQL

Data Structures and Algorithms

85%

Software Development

90%

Distributed Computing & Cloud Computing

85%

Problem Solving Skills

90%

Timeline

2022

Microsoft

Senior Software Engineer, Mar 2022 - Present

  • Collaborate across teams to drive architectural improvements ensuring high availability and resilience for AzureExpressRoute.
  • Led and developed auto-healing feature for ExpressRoute gateway VMs, reducing downtime by 80% and significantly lowering on-call duties.
  • Identified around $100K/month of wasted COGS due to zombie Expressroute gateway VMs. Made changes to automatically delete the zombie gateway instances.
  • Technologies used: C#, .Net, XML, Azure stack.
2020

Nutanix Inc.

Member of Technical Staff 3, Feb 2020 - Feb 2022

  • Contributed to Nutanix Flow(Microsegmentation), designing and implementing policy-based controls using Open vSwitch (OVS) to securely segment data center.
  • Worked on revamping the policy model to policy model 2.0
  • Worked on securing the VDI (virtual desktop Infrastructure) using the flow.
  • Won Hackathon 7.0 under "Strengthen the Core" category.
  • Technologies used: Golang, Kafka, Cassandra.
2019

Nutanix Inc.

Member of Technical Staff Intern, May 2019 - Aug 2019

  • Worked with the Flow Team on security policies visualization.
  • Developed "Cadmus", a traffic visualization tool in the AHV hypervisor, aiding customers in configuring robust security policies.
2018

Ohio State University

Masters in Computer Science, Aug 2018 - Dec 2019

  • Completed Masters Degree in Computer Science from The Ohio State University; GPA: 3.53 (on a scale of 4).
  • I worked as Graduate Research Associate (GRA) in High Performance computing Research Labs under Prof. P Sadayppan.
  • As a GRA, I worked on a library called TTLG to transpose multi-dimension Tensors. I designed machine learning models to select the best model for a given tensor specification.
  • Related coursework: Communication Networks, Network Security, Advanced Operating Systems, Parallel Computing, Distributed Enterprise Computing, Machine Learning, etc.
2015

Oracle India Pvt Ltd

Software Engineer, Aug 2015 - Jul 2018

  • Contributed significantly to the implementation of ERP modules such as Joint Venture Management and Advanced Job Forecasting.
  • Fixed hundreds of bugs across various enterprise applications
  • Optimized application performance through code refactoring and improved database query efficiency.
  • Enhanced ERP modules to integrate IoT features via Orchestration Studio.
  • Technologies used: C/C++, SQL, Java, JS.
2015

ShoreTel Inc.

Software Developer Intern, Apr 2015 - Jul 2015

  • Worked on the migration of ShoreTel UC architectural components from private to public cloud.
  • Debugged and fixed compatibility issues between ShoreTel and AWS.
2011

BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore

Bachelors in Computer Science, Sep 2011 - Jun 2015

  • Completed undergraduate degree from BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore with a GPA of 8.88 (on a Scale of 10).
  • Member of Protocol Club under CSE Department; conducted various technical events and coding events.
  • Relevant Coursework: Computer Architecture, Operating Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Probability & Statistics, Computer Networks, etc.

Contact info

+1-614-717-8323 1266 Vicente Dr, Sunnyvale, CA 94086 rahkumar.770@gmail.com