Marcelo Bastos
Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft
Bellevue, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMarcelo Bastos is a Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft with over two decades of engineering experience and nine years in senior roles focused on architecture, test automation, and data visualization. He combines deep expertise in networking (DNS, DNSSEC, IDN), quality assurance, and software design with hands-on skills across C/C++, C#, F#, JavaScript and web visualization (D3.js). At Microsoft he has led test framework development, mentored teams, and driven DevOps-style automation for complex Windows Remote Desktop deployments, including DSC-based ARM template work for RDS. Trained as an electrical engineer with a master’s in computer science, he brings a systems-minded approach that bridges low-level protocol security and high-level application telemetry. Colleagues know him for pragmatic automation that reduces operational friction while keeping security and reliability front and center.
9 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de JaneiroEngineer, Electrical Engineering, Engineer, Electrical Engineering at Universidade do Rio de Janeiro
English, Portuguese
Github Skills (10)
system-administration10
powershell10
windows-administration10
dsc10
system-configuration10
admin10
autoconfiguration10
server-administration10
microsoft-azure7
azure7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Azure/RDS-Templates
Dec 2018 - Mar 2022
ARM Templates for Remote Desktop Services deployments
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:91 commits, 45 PRs, 105 pushes in 3 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Marcelo primarily focused on configuring and modifying settings within the DSC (Desired State Configuration) files, specifically targeting the deployment and configuration of Remote Desktop Services (RDS) environments. This involved modifying registry settings to manage FSLogix profiles, edge defaults, time zone redirection, and other system-level parameters. The user also made contributions to the deployment and configuration of RDS components.
remote-desktopremote-desktop-servicesdesktopdeploymentsarm-templates
mpbastos/rdstemplates
Oct 2018 - Sep 2020
Contributions:2 PRs, 18 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 10 months
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