Fikret Can
Principal Software Engineer Microsoft Azure
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolFikret Can is a Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft with nine years focused on Azure and over a decade in server and automation engineering. He leads work on the Azure Cloud Diagnostics team, blending backend and DevOps expertise to improve monitoring and agent infrastructure for Linux VMs. His open-source contributions to the widely used azure-linux-extensions repo include adding SLES/OpenSUSE support, refining DSC for Linux, and integrating Azure Monitor Agent enhancements—demonstrating deep operational knowledge of build, deployment, and diagnostics pipelines. Prior roles include developing Windows Server products and business process automation for pharmaceutical clients, giving him a pragmatic systems perspective across industries. Based in Seattle and educated in computer engineering at Middle East Technical University, he pairs production-grade coding with infrastructure design. Colleagues value him for solving subtle configuration and diagnostics challenges that keep large cloud platforms observable and resilient.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
BSc, Computer Engineering, BSc, Computer Engineering at Middle East Technical University
Github Skills (14)
system-administration10
configuration-management10
azure10
linux10
microsoft-azure10
devops10
python10
bash9
infrastructure-as-code9
powershell6
docker6
dockers6
kubernetes-pods5
kubernetes5
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
Azure/azure-linux-extensions
Oct 2018 - Jan 2023
Linux Virtual Machine Extensions for Azure
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & Backend Developer
DevOps Engineer & Backend DeveloperContributions:11 releases, 109 reviews, 53 commits in 4 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Fikret primarily contributed to the repository by addressing infrastructure and configuration issues. This includes updating the DSC (Desired State Configuration) for Linux, incorporating SLES and OpenSUSE 15 distro support, and moving LAD (Linux Azure Diagnostics) buffer paths. Moreover, they integrated code for the Azure Monitor Agent (AMA), enhancing its functionality. The changes demonstrate expertise in managing the build and deployment process and updating core infrastructure components.
hyper-vlinuxvirtual-machineextensionsazure
Azure/confidential-computing-cvm-guest-attestation
Oct 2022 - Mar 2025
Confidential VM Platform Guest attestation sample apps
Contributions:27 reviews, 24 PRs, 32 pushes in 2 years 5 months
sample-appsintegrityattestationconfidentialguest
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