Sijo Jose Thommana

About Sijo Jose Thommana

Strong software engineering expertise combined with people management skills with a demonstrable track record of successful products to market. • Proven track record for driving and nurturing continuous improvement. • Strong proponent of Agile/ Lean Methodologies of software development like Scrum. • Extensive experience in building geo-distributed, horizontally scalable, high reliability services. • Proactive and result-oriented leader adept in mentoring and motivating the dynamic team to exemplary performance. • Effective communicator adept in bridging the business and technical communities.

Experience

1. Principal Group Engineering Manager

   Microsoft

   Apr 2024 — Present · Redmond, WA, US

   I manage a team that builds the Charge Onboarding Platform, which enables commerce platform capabilities for resource providers (RP) to integrate with Commerce. The SaaS API supports various RP models, including M365 RP, Entra RP, Billing Benefits (RI, Savings Plan), Subscription RP, Market Place SaaS (First Party and 3rd Party), and custom RPs. The Charge Onboarding Platform also handles recurring charges, processing millions of renewals and payment billing plans daily through a highly scalable Recurrence Engine.

Education

• University of Calicut

  2004, Computer Science

  2000 — 2004

Skills

• Azure Documentdb
• Windows Azure
• Azure Cloud Services
• Asp.net Web Api
• Wcf
• Software Development
• Hive
• Azure Traffic Manager
• Sql Azure
• N-Tier
• Threads
• Microsoft Commerce Server
• Ssis
• Sql
• Msi
• Agile Methodologies
• Rest
• Soa
• .net
• Azure Storage
• Azure Service Bus
• Microsoft Biztalk Server
• Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server
• Web Services
• Requirements Analysis
• Azure Api Management
• Azure Active Directory
• Azure Access Control Service