System status: active @ Microsoft

Software engineer / Azure networking

Balaji Sivakumar.

Engineering reliable cloud infrastructure and AI-powered systems for Azure’s hyperscale network.

Explore project systems
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Cloud Infrastructure

Reliable backend components and network automation for Azure's hyperscale physical networking environment.

AZURE / NETWORKING
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AI Workflows

Intelligent assistants and LLM-powered automation that accelerate engineering workflows and issue resolution.

AI / LLM SYSTEMS
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Software Systems

Secure, scalable applications built across .NET, Python, JavaScript, APIs, and data platforms.

BUILD / SHIP / SCALE

01 / Profile

Background

Software Engineer on the Azure Physical Networking team, delivering reliable backend components and internal tooling. Skilled at transforming ambiguous problem statements into measurable MVPs, instrumenting changes end-to-end, and standardizing build readiness for faster, safer releases.

Actively expanding expertise in Artificial Intelligence and deepening knowledge of network engineering within Azure’s hyperscale networking environment. Maintains a lifetime quest of technological improvement.

02 / Career systems

Technical experience

Software Engineer, Azure Networking

Microsoft· Mar 2025 — Present
  • Led development and delivery of network automation and AI-powered platforms supporting Azure Physical Networking, improving operational efficiency and engineering productivity.
  • Owned the Cisco Nexus LinkTesting initiative from design through deployment, building automated validation workflows to enhance network device qualification and reduce manual verification.
  • Designed and implemented secure agent-based architectures using Zero Trust principles, threat modelling, and authorisation frameworks for cloud-scale automation platforms.
  • Drove production incident response and operational excellence during DRI rotations, collaborating across global teams to resolve complex networking and infrastructure issues.
  • Applied AI/LLM technologies to build intelligent assistants and automation capabilities that streamlined engineering workflows and accelerated issue resolution.
  • Translated business requirements into scalable technical solutions supporting Azure's global networking infrastructure across engineering, security, and product stakeholders.

Software Engineer, Solutions Team

Zinier Technologies· Sep 2021 — Aug 2023
  • Drove web application development for a fast-growing field service automation company, delivering optimised and scalable features for enterprise clients.
  • Built new pages, workflows, and platform customisations using ReactJS, AngularJS, Redux, JavaScript, and asynchronous request handling.
  • Collaborated directly with Solution Delivery and QA leads to translate customer expectations into shipped resolutions.
  • Maintained relationships with external partners including Midco, Black & Veatch, Community Fibre, and Toshiba.
  • Wrote maintainable code and reusable components, reducing debugging time by 25% and improving developer velocity.

Software Developer, Full Stack

Softura Technologies· Mar 2021 — Aug 2021
  • Owned end-to-end delivery of applications built with React, ASP.NET MVC, and MS-SQL Server, rapidly ramping across new technologies.
  • Contributed to architectural design, performance and security strategy, and third-party API/SDK integration.
  • Shipped 10+ Agile applications, achieving a 25% improvement in application performance.
  • Practised test-driven development with thorough unit tests and documentation, reducing bugs by 30%.
  • Introduced route-based code splitting and stack upgrades, cutting crash rates by 18% and doubling deployment speed.

03 / Deployed work

Selected project systems

Research and engineering projects focused on security, intelligence, and system efficiency. Filter by category.

Full StackSept 2024 — Dec 2024

E-Commerce Book Store ASP.NET Core (NET 9.0)

Full-stack e-commerce book store built with ASP.NET Core 9.0, featuring product catalog, shopping cart, order management, and SQL Server persistence.

.NETAlgorithmsC#SQL ServerWebApp
AI/ML / SecurityApr 2024 — Aug 2024

Microservices Security Analysis using Deep Learning

Identified OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities during monolithic-to-microservice decomposition using Mono2Micro, SonarQube, Snyk, and Docker Scout. Built VulDeepScannerMonoMicro, a deep-learning system that significantly improved detection of complex security issues across both architectures.

PythonDeep LearningSnykSonarQubeDocker
AI/MLFeb 2021 — Mar 2021

Sentiment Analysis using Machine Learning

Live Twitter data extraction, pre-processing, and feature extraction with Naive Bayes, SVM, and TF-IDF. Best-performing model was integrated into a Telegram bot that also answered COVID-19 queries from users.

PythonScikit-learnTelegram APINLP
Full StackNov 2020 — Dec 2020

TruckDesk

Replaced traditional paper records for logistics operators with a secure, automated system that calculates truck- and driver-related details and maintains all fleet data per service provider.

C#.NETSQL ServerWeb

04 / Capabilities

Technology stack

Languages

  • C#
  • Python
  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript

Frameworks

  • .NET Core
  • ASP.NET MVC
  • Web API
  • Spring Boot
  • React

Data

  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • KQL
  • MySQL
  • MongoDB
  • NoSQL

Others

  • Azure
  • CI/CD Pipelines
  • RESTful API Design
  • System Design
  • Agile Software Development Lifecycle
  • Postman

05 / Open channel

Get in touch

Interested in website development, software development, mobile app development, cloud security, or software engineering excellence? Let’s connect.

equinoxbalaji@gmail.com

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