Shivani Reddy

About Shivani Reddy

As a Software Engineer II at Microsoft with extensive experience in Azure CLI, software infrastructure, and software design, I focus on delivering scalable and efficient solutions for Azure Virtual Network Manager. My recent contributions include driving the public preview and general availability of Network Security Groups and User-Defined Routes in Azure Virtual Network Manager, enhancing connectivity and security for enterprise customers. With overall 8 years of experience in software engineering, I have collaborated with cross-functional teams to implement critical features, optimize workflows, and enhance deployment processes in enterprise cloud service providers. I am passionate about enabling seamless customer experiences while prioritizing system reliability and performance improvements.

Experience

1. Software Engineer Ii

   Microsoft

   Aug 2022 — Present · Redmond, WA, US

   Spearheaded the public preview and GA rollout of Network Security Groups (NSG) and User-Defined Routes (UDR) respectively in Azure Virtual Network Manager, improving network connectivity and security for over 1,00+ enterprise customers. Post-GA, reduced production incidents by 40% via proactive stabilization and bug fixes. • Delivered Terraform and Azure CLI support for UDR and NSG, partnering with 4+ cross-functional teams to ensure consistent API and SDK behavior across Infrastructure as Code tools. Accelerated customer onboarding and reduced support cases related to Infrastructure as Code by 30%. • Implemented Shoebox Logging for UDR scenarios, improving telemetry quality and reducing MTTR by 35%. Integrated advanced Kusto-based dashboards and Elixir pipelines, significantly enhancing operational insight across AVNM-managed resources. • Introduced scoped resource group-level RBAC role definitions for NSG/UDR, simplifying multi-subscription access management. Enabled automatic grouping of NSG resources into a shared AVNM-managed resource group, improving governance consistency across 100K+ resources. • Led Azure Resource Graph(ARG) onboarding for UDR/NSG and enabled discoverability of new AVNM resources as ARG entities, improving network visibility and compliance reporting for customers across 200+ Azure subscriptions. • Delivered key enhancements to Azure Security Center (ASC) diagnostics, reducing network misconfiguration related incidents by 25%. Designed and onboarded low-code and no-code tools (via Kusto/ARG/Elixir) to improve the CSS engineer experience and support customer self-service. • Served as SME for UDR/NSG within AVNM; led internal learning sessions, unblock reviews, and drove reusable design for network group routing, service tag enforcement, and append mode functionality. Guided V-Team efforts and consistently met delivery goals across 6+ feature milestones.

Education

• San José State University

  Master's degree, Computer Software Engineering

  2019 — 2020

• Narayana Junior College

  Intermediate, M.p.c

  2010 — 2012

• Manair High School

  High School

  2007 — 2010

• University College of Engineering, Osmania University

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Computer Science

  2012 — 2016