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Senior Network Engineer II — Network Automation & AI. I build production-grade AI systems that turn hours of infrastructure investigations into seconds.

Senior Network Engineer at Microsoft building network automation and AI tooling for Azure ExpressRoute — the global private backbone connecting enterprises to Azure. Nearly a decade across the same product, shipping production-grade AI agents, MCP-based diagnostic tooling, and telemetry intelligence platforms that turn institutional ops knowledge into autonomous systems.

0–0×faster investigations
0+diagnostic tools shipped
0 yrsinfrastructure at scale
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Now

updated Jun 2026

Working on

Network automation + AI for Azure ExpressRoute @ Microsoft.

Building

Autonomous diagnostic agents and MCP tooling for enterprise infra ops.

Reading

Long-context eval harnesses, agent reliability patterns, ops culture.

Thinking about

How institutional ops knowledge becomes executable AI workflows.

AI & Intelligent Systems

8 capabilities

  • GPT-5
  • Claude Opus
  • MCP (Model Context Protocol)
  • AI Agent Architecture
  • Tool Routing & Execution
  • Prompt Engineering
  • RAG / Retrieval Systems
  • Conversational AI

Languages

7 capabilities

  • Python
  • TypeScript
  • JavaScript
  • PowerShell
  • SQL
  • YAML
  • C++

Frontend

7 capabilities

  • React 18
  • TypeScript
  • Chakra UI
  • Redux
  • Chart.js
  • XYFlow
  • Reaviz

Backend

8 capabilities

  • FastAPI
  • Async Python
  • Pydantic
  • Redis
  • JWT Auth
  • Serverless Functions
  • Docker
  • REST APIs

Network & Cloud

7 capabilities

  • Enterprise WAN
  • BGP Routing
  • Cisco ASR
  • Juniper MX/PTX
  • MACsec
  • DNS · DHCP · NAT
  • Network Automation

Cloud & Infra

7 capabilities

  • Hyperscale Cloud Platforms
  • Cloud Identity (SSO/OIDC)
  • Serverless Functions
  • Container Registries
  • App Insights / Telemetry
  • OpenTelemetry
  • Docker

Data & Analytics

6 capabilities

  • Database Clusters
  • Query Optimization
  • Cross-Cluster Analytics
  • Operational Analytics
  • Risk Intelligence
  • Redis Caching

Tools

7 capabilities

  • VS Code
  • Cursor
  • Wireshark
  • SecureCRT
  • Putty
  • Git
  • GitHub Actions

Selected category: AI & Intelligent Systems

Background

  • Jan 2026Present

    Senior Network Engineer II — Network Automation & AI

    Microsoft · Azure ExpressRoute

    Network automation and AI engineering for Azure ExpressRoute — Microsoft's global private connectivity service linking enterprises to Azure datacenters. Continuing to ship AI-native operational tooling, autonomous diagnostic agents, and MCP-based platforms that turn 30–90 min investigations into 1–3 min.

  • Jul 2018Jan 2026

    Senior Network Engineer / AI Platform Engineer

    LTIMindtree · Client: Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute

    Operated Microsoft's global Azure ExpressRoute WAN — hundreds of routers, BGP/routing diagnostics, MACsec, accelerated forwarding, and customer onboarding. Architected an AI-native operational intelligence platform: a 100K+ LoC full-stack system with GPT-5 + Claude Opus agents and 200+ MCP tools across 19 telemetry clusters — collapsing 30–90 min investigations into 1–3 min.

  • Mar 2017Jun 2018

    Infrastructure Management Engineer

    LTIMindtree · Client: Microsoft

    Built monitoring and alerting automation for Microsoft infrastructure environments. Wrote PowerShell automation, ASP.NET dashboards, and operational APIs that materially reduced manual monitoring effort.

Recognition

  • UNSTOPPABLE Award

    Extraordinary contributions to team operations

  • On the Spot Award

    Operational efficiency and delivery

  • Best Performer of the Year

    Impactful automation initiatives

Education

B.Tech — Computer Science Engineering

Bhubaneswar Engineering College

Contact

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