Manish Jha
Senior Software Development Engineer at Microsoft
Redmond, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolManish Jha is a Senior Software Development Engineer with over 15 years of deep firmware expertise, currently leading UEFI BIOS bring-up and reliability efforts for next-gen Azure servers based on AMD silicon. He has driven platform BIOS architecture and delivery at AMI and Microsoft, pioneering industry features such as Redfish, IPMI, telemetry and advanced RAS capabilities across Intel and AMD ecosystems. Comfortable working at the intersection of silicon vendors, ODMs/OEMs and cross-functional teams, he has hands-on experience with silicon reference code, platform bring-up and fleet-wide downtime reduction. His contributions extend into DevOps automation for Microsoft’s SDN stack, highlighting a practical focus on deployment automation and operational robustness. Known for mentoring and managing BIOS teams, he combines low-level firmware craftsmanship with systems-level thinking to improve server availability at scale. Based in Redmond, he blends deep EDK II/Aptio knowledge with real-world production impact across hyperscale environments.
9 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Electronics and Communication Engineering, A, Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Electronics and Communication Engineering, A at SRM University, Chennai
English, Hindi, German
Github Skills (7)
powershell10
sdn10
scripting9
automation9
automations9
virtualization8
deployment-automation8
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (2)
microsoft/SDN
Oct 2016 - Feb 2017
This repo includes PowerShell scripts and VMM service templates for setting up the Microsoft Software Defined Networking (SDN) Stack using Windows Server 2025
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:31 commits, 6 PRs, 10 comments in 4 months
Contributions summary:Manish's commits primarily involve modifications to PowerShell scripts and service templates related to the Microsoft Software Defined Networking (SDN) stack within a VMM environment. These updates include changes to deployment scripts, service template configurations, and certificate handling processes, specifically related to Service Load Balancer (SLB) and Gateway deployments. The contributions indicate a focus on automating and improving the SDN infrastructure's deployment and management, likely within a Windows Server 2016 environment.
networkingpowershellsdnwindowswindows-server
manishmsft/SDN
Nov 2016 - Nov 2016
Contributions:1 commit, 1 PR, 31 pushes in 1 day
windows-server-2016windows-serverwindowsdefinedsetting
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