Vishal Mishra
Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft
Redmond, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolVishal Mishra is a Principal Software Engineer based in Redmond with a decade of experience building secure, production-grade systems at Microsoft and Oracle. He specializes in back-end and DevOps work for cloud and security-focused projects, notably improving Azure Linux VM extensions and Azure Disk Encryption by adding automatic VM restarts, QoS improvements, and CI/CD resilience. His background spans enterprise security products—SSO, OAuth federation, and privileged access management—giving him a strong grounding in authentication, encryption, and operational hardening. At Microsoft he progressed through multiple engineering levels, demonstrating both hands-on implementation and architectural refactoring for cross-platform support. He combines a BITS Pilani computer science degree and a master’s-level mathematics foundation with a pragmatic focus on shipping reliable, auditable systems. Less obvious: he pairs deep security expertise with practical DevOps improvements that reduce downtime during complex operations like disk encryption.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
BITS Pilani, Birla Institute of Technology and Science
Github Skills (22)
python10
linux10
microsoft-azure10
azure10
devops10
encryption10
ubuntu9
centos9
apt-get9
vmware9
rhel9
shell8
sh8
script8
scripting8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Azure/azure-linux-extensions
Mar 2019 - Dec 2022
Linux Virtual Machine Extensions for Azure
Role in this project:
Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Back-end & DevOps EngineerContributions:51 reviews, 159 commits, 194 PRs in 3 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Vishal primarily contributed to the Azure Linux Extensions for Azure project by enhancing the OS disk encryption functionality. They focused on implementing automatic VM restarts after encryption and improving the quality of service (QoS) related to Azure Disk Encryption (ADE). The commits also involved refactoring the code to support new features and operating systems. Furthermore, the user worked on DevOps aspects by improving the CI/CD setup with time outs and crypttab migration.
hyper-vlinuxvirtual-machineextensionsazure
vimish/azure-powershell
Sep 2019 - Jun 2024
Microsoft Azure PowerShell
Contributions:6 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 9 months
microsoft-azure-powershellpowershellmicrosoft-azureazuremicrosoft
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