Brandon Smith
Program Manager at Microsoft
Redmond, Washington, United States
Summary
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RockstarBrandon Smith is a Program Manager focused on containers and kernel technologies at Microsoft with six years of experience driving infrastructure and developer experience improvements. Based in Redmond, he blends program-level coordination with hands-on DevOps work, contributing scripts and automation for container runtimes like containerd and Docker on Windows Server. His background shows a practical strength in automating installation and configuration tasks via PowerShell, helping make virtualization documentation and deployable samples more reproducible for public consumption. Comfortable working at the intersection of product, engineering, and ops, he translates platform requirements into operational tooling that scales across Windows environments. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic solutions that reduce manual toil while keeping cross-team delivery on track.
6 years of coding experience
Github Skills (15)
powershell10
automation10
containerd10
automations10
docker10
windows-containers10
dockers10
scripting9
cicd9
virtualization9
installer8
github-ci8
installers8
githubaction-workflow8
networking7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
MicrosoftDocs/Virtualization-Documentation
Mar 2021 - Oct 2022
Place to store our documentation, code samples, etc for public consumption.
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:2 reviews, 36 commits, 5 PRs in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Brandon contributed to the repository by adding and updating scripts related to container runtime installation. Their work focused on automating the setup of container environments, specifically for containerd and Docker. The user's commits involved changes to PowerShell scripts for installing, configuring, and managing container runtimes on Windows Server, indicating a focus on infrastructure and deployment automation within a virtualization context.
placecode-documentationconsumption
microsoft/Windows-Sandbox
Mar 2020 - Nov 2020
Disposable, secure and lightweight Windows Desktop Environment
Contributions:41 commits, 17 PRs, 31 pushes in 7 months
windowswindows-desktopdeveloper-toolssandbox
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