Carlos Cardenas
Principal Software Engineer - Azure Performance at Microsoft
Redmond, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCarlos Cardenas is a Principal Software Engineer with 15+ years of hands-on experience in cloud computing, cloud security, and high-performance computing, currently focused on Azure performance engineering in Redmond. He has a proven track record of translating academic research into competitive prototypes and production-ready solutions, having bridged roles in research labs, open compute initiatives, and industry at companies like Joyent, Cumulus, Smartsheet, and Microsoft. An active contributor to Open Compute Project tooling, he improved ONIE automation and testing to streamline hardware validation and deployment across NOS platforms. Carlos combines deep systems-level expertise with security rigor—shaped by a Masters in Computer Science with a security concentration—and a knack for coordinating diverse technical communities to drive practical, auditable outcomes.
15 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
University of Texas at San Antonio
English
Github Skills (11)
automation10
test-framework10
automations10
python10
testing10
build-system9
bash9
networking8
installers7
bootloader7
installer7
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
opencomputeproject/onie
Dec 2014 - Mar 2016
Open Network Install Environment
Role in this project:
Automation Engineer / Build & Release Engineer
Automation Engineer / Build & Release EngineerContributions:27 commits, 31 PRs, 11 pushes in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Carlos contributed to the automation and testing framework within the ONIE project. Their work involved creating and enhancing the test-onie.py script, including functionalities such as DUT logging, REST interface capabilities, and integration of new tests. They also modified build configurations, including adding mtree utility and NOS validation scripts, and made improvements to build-onie.py. These changes aimed to improve the testing and deployment process.
openflownetwork-automationinstallernetworkingansible
cobracmder/onie
Jan 2015 - Apr 2017
Contributions:39 pushes, 48 branches, 3 tags in 2 years 3 months
code-repository
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