Subbu Kandhaswamy
Principal Escalation Engineer - Azure SQL
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSubbu Kandhaswamy is a Principal Escalation Engineer at Microsoft with eight years focused on Azure SQL and over a decade supporting Microsoft cloud services. He specializes in diagnosing and resolving complex SQL Engine, performance, corruption, replication, and HADR issues across Azure SQL, blending deep technical troubleshooting with customer-facing communication in multi-language contexts. As a technical and people lead within the supportability organization, he mentors engineers while driving cross-team solutions that improve global service reliability. His background spans hands-on service engineering, tiered technical support, and a Master's in Data Science, giving him a rare mix of operational rigor and data-driven problem solving. Colleagues rely on him to turn escalations into scalable processes that reduce future incidents and enhance customer outcomes.
7 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Bachelor of Science - BS at University of MadrasMaster's degree, Data Science, Master's degree, Data Science at Syracuse UniversityAnna University, Chennai
Tamil, English, Hindi, Kannada
Github Skills (11)
sql-server10
microsoft-sql10
tsql9
mssql9
ssms9
sql9
microsoft9
microsoft-sql-server9
data-tools9
azure4
microsoft-azure2
Github contributions (5)
subbu-kandhaswamy/mysppssample
Jun 2018 - Jun 2018
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 1 day
subbu-kandhaswamy/sql-docs
Apr 2020 - Apr 2020
Technical documentation for Microsoft SQL Server, tools such as SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) , SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) etc.
Contributions:1 push in 1 day
data-servertechnical-documentationsqlserversql-serversql-server-management-studio
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