Marcelo Zambrana Villarroel
Software Engineer At Microsoft - Strategic Missions & Technologies
Centreville, Virginia, United States
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Top SchoolMarcelo Zambrana Villarroel is a cloud-focused Software Engineer with 15 years of experience, currently working on Strategic Missions & Technologies at Microsoft. He blends deep expertise in hybrid enterprise architecture, cloud migration, IaC and configuration management with hands-on DevOps automation using Terraform, Chef, Vault and Jenkins. At previous roles he cut provisioning and post-provisioning times dramatically and delivered serverless cost-optimization that reduced cloud spend by ~25%. Marcelo is also an active open-source contributor to hashicorp/terraform-provider-azurerm, adding Azure function app and HDInsight enhancements and PHP 8.3 support for Linux web apps. He routinely leads cross-border teams and technical architecture discussions with senior stakeholders, translating complex requirements into reproducible, documented solutions. Fluent in practical systems design, he combines engineering rigor with a track record of accelerating delivery and operational maturity.
15 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Systems Engineer, Bachelor of Science, Systems Engineer at Universidad Mayor de San SimonAdvanced English, English as a Second Language, Advanced English, English as a Second Language at CBA InstituteSystems Analyst, Computer Science, Systems Analyst, Computer Science at Catec InstituteBaccalaureate, High School, Baccalaureate, High School at San Agustin
English, Spanish
Github Skills (13)
azure-resource-manager10
terraformer10
azure10
go10
microsoft-azure10
terraform10
terraform-provider10
apidoc9
php9
api9
powershell9
githubaction-workflow7
github-ci7
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
hashicorp/terraform-provider-azurerm
Jul 2018 - Feb 2025
Terraform provider for Azure Resource Manager
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 25 PRs, 81 comments in 6 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Marcelo contributed significantly to the `terraform-provider-azurerm` repository, adding support for new features and functionality. Their contributions included implementing support for PowerShell Core versions in function app configurations and adding a `cluster_id` to the HDInsight data source. Furthermore, they worked on adding support for PHP 8.3 for the PHP version property in Linux web apps. Additionally, the user made several updates related to migrating Kermit endpoints, demonstrating proficiency in Azure services and SDK integration.
providerresource-managerazure-resource-managerterraformterraform-provider
Chambras/Chmbrs-NotePad
Mar 2011 - Jul 2013
Contributions:28 commits in 2 years 4 months
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