Nguyen Khoi Tran

Senior Software Engineer

Redmond, Washington (On-site)

Working on Azure Allocator Control Plane.

Software Development Engineer II

Greater Seattle Area (On-site)

Software engineer specializing in large-scale distributed systems, security infrastructure, and cloud services. Led critical initiatives across cloud desktop virtualization services.

• Technical Leadership: Led implementation of next-generation network protocol support across cloud desktop infrastructure, architecting end-to-end solutions for enterprise compliance requirements
• Security Excellence: Spearheaded credential modernization initiative, migrating from long-term to short-term credentials across 18+ AWS accounts and eliminating security violations
• Operational Impact: Reduced service provisioning failures, eliminated recurring operational issues, and improved system reliability through automated monitoring and recovery mechanisms
• Cross-Team Collaboration: Successfully coordinated multi-team initiatives across control plane, data plane, client, and security engineering teams
• Mentorship: Actively mentored junior engineers and interns, establishing best practices and accelerating team productivity

Technical Expertise: AWS CDK, Java, Python, PowerShell, network protocols, IAM security, workflow orchestration, monitoring & observability, infrastructure as code

Software Engineer II

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

• Design and implementation of an autonomous navigation system to control an H60 aircrewman trainer
• Design and implementation of a human lifeform simulation to emulate NATOPS procedures for scenarios such as Search-and-Rescue, Vertical Replenishment, and Helicopter in-flight Refueling
• Implemented PID controls for Air-to-Air refueling tanker to autonomously fly on the DIS network
• Implemented a weather server using NodeJS with ExpressJS for multiple trainers to query weather conditions from a central server

Flight Controls Engineer

Greater Salt Lake City Area

• Integration of PX4 Flight Stack on custom board for programmable consumer drone
• Created driver to interface with PGA460 Ultrasonic sensor for height above terrain measurement
• Heavily involved in board bring-up and testing of the Teal One main board that housed the flight controller and interfaced with the Nvidia TX1

Control Systems Engineer

Ann Arbor, Michigan

• Software development of an autonomous VTOL Fixed-Wing transition vehicle for medical aid delivery in third world countries
• Successfully operated a pilot project in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar to deliver stool and blood samples from a remote village to a central research facility
• Flew a total of six flights for a combined distance of 72km fully autonomously

Research Assistant: Unmanned Air Vehicle

Montreal, Canada Area

• Developed an autonomous UAV capable of flight in high wind environment using an LQR optimal controller
• Developed PID controller to take off and land on a moving platform
• Integrated an onboard wind sensor to reject wind disturbances acting on the vehicle