Mohammad Arif Khan

About Mohammad Arif Khan

I am a System Software Engineer/Architect boasting 22+ years of R&D experience.I am currently working in Windows Filesystem & storage area primarily making it security Hardened. I worked Manageability firmware for Intel FNICs, including PLDM, MCTP, and NCSI, and have contributed to P4TC kernel drivers for IPU. Also worked on RDMA driver. Have written userpace network driver for Mellanox/intel Nics in Citrix netscaler.My tenure at VMware involved working on the Cloud operating system, specifically on APIs for storage filters, heap infrastructure, and other core kernel components like memory management and process infrastructure. Also written IOMMU driver and enabled PCIe ATS feature in ESX kernel.My background includes working on Unix-based kernels (ESX/HPUX/Linux) and the HPUX Server Virtualization product VPARS. Additionally, I have experience in developing EDA tools, such as Timing tools for ASICs and placement tools for FPGAs.I possess robust experience in Software Design/Architecture and am an expert in Algorithms and Data Structures. I have a proven track record in product innovation, having delivered complex products from concept to completion. My expertise extends to the development of high-performance, highly available, scalable distributed, and fault-tolerant products. I am well-versed in networking drivers within the Linux kernel, OOAD, design patterns, and graph algorithms, with substantial experience in distributed systems.Specialties include EDA tool development, timing & placement, Virtualization, Linux kernel, ARM, Device drivers

Experience

1. Principal Software Engineer

   Microsoft

   Mar 2025 — Present

Education

• Kendriya Vidyalaya Punjab lines Meerut

  HIGH SCHOOL/SECONDARY DIPLOMAS AND CERTIFICATES

• Aligarh Muslim University

  Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Engineering