Chase Wilson
Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft
Greater Phoenix Area United States
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Top SchoolChase Wilson is a Senior Software Engineer with eight years of experience building cloud and automation solutions at Microsoft, currently focused on AKS networking and integrations. He blends product management experience for Azure CLI and AKS with deep PowerShell expertise, having authored extensive documentation and tooling that reached millions of monthly views. Prior work leading development of PowerStig — a widely used STIG automation tool deployed on tens of thousands of servers — highlights his strengths in secure automation, DSC resources, and test automation. A former network administrator in the Marine Corps, he brings operational rigor, customer empathy, and proven incident-driven problem solving to large-scale cloud products. Chase is passionate about empowering others through clear documentation and developer tooling, and often automates processes to make engineering and docs teams more effective. He pairs hands-on engineering with product instincts to turn complex requirements into reliable, auditable solutions.
8 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Coconino Community CollegeMicrosoft Server and Cloud Administration, Microsoft Server and Cloud Administration at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
English
Stackoverflow
1,487reputation
103kreached
20answers
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Github Skills (14)
stig10
powershell10
testing10
sql9
automation9
automations9
html6
css6
language-agnostic6
php6
javascript6
jquery6
joomla6
mootools6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/PowerStig
Jul 2018 - Jan 2021
STIG Automation
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:1 release, 125 commits, 77 PRs in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Chase's contributions primarily focused on maintaining and improving the `microsoft/powerstig` repository, which involves PowerShell scripting for STIG automation. Their work included updates for SQL STIG compliance, reflected in code modifications across various modules and test files. The user also reverted changes related to SQL integration and incorporated further updates to enhance SQL STIG support, incorporating SQL Stigs in PowerStigDsc. They demonstrated a strong understanding of the project's structure and testing framework.
windows-serverpythonpowershellstig-compliantpowershell-module
chasewilson/PowerShell-Docs
Jul 2020 - Sep 2021
The official PowerShell documentation sources
Contributions:581 pushes, 411 branches in 1 year 1 month
powershell-documentationdocumentation-generatorpowershellpowershell-modulesources
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