Shanker Choudhary

About Shanker Choudhary

Bridging Engineering Mastery with Operational Impact: With over 15 years of distinguished experience in network design, deployment, testing, and operations, I’ve grown from a hands-on engineer and technical troubleshooter into a trusted leader capable of guiding teams, shaping strategy, and establishing operational excellence. My ability to toggle between granular routing protocol analysis and big-picture team dynamics defines my leadership style: technically fluent, operationally strategic, and people-focused.What distinguishes me is the rare combination of deep, hands-on technical expertise and a proven capability to build, mentor, and operationalize high-performing teams. I\'ve been the \"go-to\" engineer when things go wrong—but more than that, I’ve become the architect of new initiatives, onboarding programs, and cross-functional collaboration frameworks that prevent issues before they occur.My mastery of multi-vendor environments—Cisco, Juniper, Huawei, Arista, and more—ensures robust, high-performance networks.But leadership isn’t just technical. I’ve built and onboarded new engineering teams from the ground up, crafting clear role definitions, onboarding plans, and knowledge-transfer systems. I’ve established new operations groups to support critical deployments, bridging the gap between design and delivery with structured communication, ownership models, and collaboration frameworks.Whether architecting scalable routing domains or enabling engineers to thrive in high-pressure environments, I lead through clarity, empathy, and strategic intent. I’m not just solving today’s problems—I’m enabling tomorrow’s teams.

Experience

1. Wan Network Design Engineering

   Microsoft

   Nov 2014 — Present · Hyderabad, IN

   Key Deliverables and Responsibilities• Core member of the Azure WAN team, accountable for the design, deployment, operations, and automation of Microsoft’s multivendor global WAN infrastructure.• Enabled efficient cross-functional execution by working within a unified WAN team model covering the full lifecycle of network planning and operations.• Designed Regional Network Gateways to increase redundancy and availability for Microsoft customers.• Developed Edge network architecture to improve external connectivity with ISPs and enterprise customers, enhancing service reachability.• Led capacity planning and provisioning efforts for terrestrial and subsea connectivity between DCs, RNGs, and Edge sites.• Delivered Live Site Emergency (DRI) support, responding to critical incidents across Microsoft’s WAN.• Contributed to ongoing network improvement initiatives through design reviews, testing, and deployment strategies.Projects – Design & Engineering• Authored high-level WAN designs and capacity plans for APAC and Oceania RNG and Gateway rollouts.• Performed qualification testing and onboarding of Juniper MX2010/PTX10K and Cisco NCS5K platforms.• Engineered RSVP-TE with auto-bandwidth and soft preemption for regional reliability and efficiency.• Led software upgrade cycles across Juniper, Cisco, and Arista routers to maintain platform stability.Deployment Highlights• Spearheaded RNG and Edge site deployments across APAC and Oceania regions.• Executed 5+ Tbps of backbone capacity migration from legacy to RNG architecture.• Refreshed over 100 legacy line cards to support 100G handoffs.• Turned up external peers and completed successful migration cycles.Operations & Escalation Handling & Automation Initiatives• Delivered tier-1 live site support during India business hours, ensuring rapid incident response.• Provided automation input to engineering teams based on recurring operational issues.

Education

• Sri Balaji College of Engineering & Technology,Jaipur

  Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Information Technology

• University of Rajasthan

  Bachelor's Degree, Information Technology

  2003 — 2007

• Board of Secondary Education Rajasthan

  High School, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates

  1991 — 2003

Skills

• Routing
• Mpls Vpn
• Border Gateway Protocol (Bgp)
• Ccna
• Cisco Routing & Switching
• Lan & Wan Technologies
• Bgp
• Quality of Service (Qos)
• Network Architecture
• Telecommunications
• Eigrp
• Cisco Routers
• Qos
• Vpn
• Juniper Technologies
• Ccnp
• Cisco Technologies
• Stp
• Virtual Private Network (Vpn)
• Ip
• Wide Area Network (Wan)
• Juniper
• Open Shortest Path First (Ospf)
• Vlan
• Wan
• Mpls Networking
• Juniper Networks Products
• Mpls-Tp
• Qinq
• Networking
• Ospf
• Cisco Systems Products
• Switches
• Internet Protocol (Ip)