Anil Akella
Transformational Software Engineering Leader with 25+ years of experience building and scaling global teams, delivering innovative cloud and security solutions for Fortune 500 companies.
- Role
- Principal Group Engineering Manager at Microsoft
- Location
- Bengaluru, KA, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Anil Akella
Experienced Tech leader with a demonstrated history of working in the computer networking industry with knowledge of Windows, Manageability, Security and Networking Technologies. Strong engineering professional skilled in Routing Protocols, Application Design. Networking, Software Development, Ethernet, Angular JS, Python, SDLC (Agile Technologies), IoT, Cloud Technologies and Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP).
Experience
Principal Group Engineering Manager
Mar 2023 — Present · Bengaluru, IN
Spearheaded Core Ring 0 Services for $7B Intune and Microsoft Defender for Cloud, driving business-critical innovation.• Built and led a team of architects, managers, and tech leads; supervised 56+ for Intune reporting.• Drove 3rd party integration of identity solutions (IGA, PAM, Identity) with AI, enhancing user experience and productivity.• Delivered intelligent manageability features via microservices architecture, improving reliability and scalability.• Integrated Okta, Ping, Cyberark and other identity providers with Defender stack, expanding security capabilities.• Achieved 99.99% uptime and reduced operational costs by 20% through strategic cloud adoption.• Leveraged Azure hyperscale infrastructure to optimize COGS and enable automatic scaling.
Education
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
Master of Science, Chemical Engineering
University of Southern California
MS, Chemical Engineering
1997 — 1999
University of California, Santa Cruz
Certificate Program, COmputer Network Engineering
1998 — 2000
National Institute of Technology Warangal
B.Tech, Chemical engineering
1993 — 1997
Regional Engineering Inc
Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering
Skills
- Tcp/Ip
- C
- Networking
- Software Development
- Ethernet
- Routing Protocols
- Open Shortest Path First (Ospf)
- Testing
- Linux
- Agile Methodologies
- Routers
- Switches
- Unix
- Internet Protocol (Ip)
- Security
- Firewall, Nat, Alg, Ipsec
- Python
- Angular Js Framework
- Broadband Technologies - Pppoe, Pppoeoa, Pppoa
- Iot
- Service Provider - L2vpn, L3vpn,Mpls
- Cloud Computing
- High Availability
- Routing
- Cisco Ios
- Eclipse
- Voip
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