Arun P Nair

Experience

1. Senior Software Engineer

   Microsoft

   Feb 2009 — Present · Redmond, WA, US

   Led the design and automation of dynamic infrastructure to enable secure, scalable provisioning of Azure container instances using templated deployments, enhancing multi-tenant isolation, container management, and developer productivity.• Enhanced the open-source Porter project by improving the ARM mixin with OAuth/JWT integration, resolving deployment reliability issues, and streamlining Azure resource provisioning—contributing to its global adoption.• Built secure, automated provisioning pipelines using Infrastructure-as-Code and CI/CD practices, reducing manual effort and operational risk across diverse environments.• Designed and delivered a Kubernetes-based Private SaaS platform, developing microservices across edge and cloud control planes. Led implementation of an intelligent placement service using real-time telemetry for automated workload deployment.• Improved security and production resilience by integrating Docker Content Trust for image validation, refactoring legacy Golang codebases with static analysis tools, and strengthening API contract enforcement in REST services.• Led development of secure and scalable forecasting APIs with a decoupled execution model with extensible datastore patterns, and custom load balancing via a repurposed health probe model in Azure Application Gateway.• Drove architecture and proof-of-concept initiatives to align technical strategy with business goals, delivering production-ready solutions adopted by enterprise customers.• Mentored engineers and played a key role in scaling systems and practices across hybrid, cloud, and Kubernetes environments, influencing long-term platform evolution.

Education

• Bharathidasan University (BDU), Tiruchirappalli

  Master of Computer Applications

• Mahatma Gandhi University

  Bachelor of Science, Physics

Skills

• Java Enterprise Edition
• Enterprise Software
• Enterprise Architecture
• C#
• .net
• Jquery
• Xslt
• Solution Architecture
• Databases
• Ssrs
• Sharepoint 2010
• Pre-Sales
• Fast Search for Sharepoint
• Web Services
• Oracle
• Requirements Analysis
• Agile Methodologies
• Cloud Computing
• Agile Project Management
• IT Strategy
• Sharepoint
• Soa
• Fast Esp
• Unix
• Pl/Sql
• Silverlight
• Software Project Management
• Asp.net Mvc
• Javascript
• Powershell
• Software Development
• Scrum
• Java
• Sharepoint Designer
• Enterprise Content Management
• Windows Azure
• Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server
• Xml
• Windows Services
• Sharepoint 2013