Pooja Sharma — Senior Software Engineer
With ~15 years of experience in software development, I currently lead initiatives at Microsoft in the Azure Core Networking group. My work focuses on building scalable, resilient software services that ensure network safety and availability. 🔹 What I Do I’ve contributed to several core networking services, including: Internet Traffic Engineering: Monitoring network health, detecting congestion, and mitigating it—including DDoS attacks—via ML-based anomaly detection and intelligent traffic rerouting. Edge Traffic Distribution Tool: Designed a predictive system to simulate traffic shifts when links are taken down, aiding in anomaly detection and proactive mitigation. HawkEye: Enhanced this tool to monitor real-time network health and alert users to degradations caused by network activities. Router Configuration Services: Developed secure, safety-checked systems for configuring routers at scale. 🔹 Technical Expertise Strong hands-on experience in C, C++, OOP, Design Patterns, System Design, Data Structures & Algorithms. Deep understanding of Cisco core routers and L3 features (ACL, QoS, Stats, Policer, Traffic Management, MPLS, BGP), along with multithreading, sockets, message queues, and shared memory in Unix/Linux/RTOS environments. 🔹 Before Microsoft I worked across the full software development lifecycle—from requirement analysis and prototyping to implementation, testing, and documentation—delivering robust, production-grade systems.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Telecommunications Infrastructure Engineer with extensive experience in networking and software development.
Location: Delhi, India
Experience: 16 yrs
Skills
- Microsoft Azure
- Software Development
- Networking
Career Highlights
- 15 years of experience in software development.
- Expert in scalable and resilient software services.
- Led initiatives in Azure Core Networking at Microsoft.
Work Experience
Microsoft
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Cisco
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Education
Master of Computer Applications (MCA) at Panjab University
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) at Panjab University