Software Engineering

Azure is experiencing unprecedented growth, making it the fastest-growing business in Microsoft's history. It forms the foundation of Microsoft's commercial Cloud Services, distinguishing itself as the only hyper-scale, enterprise-grade cloud solution with a genuine hybrid capability. Azure's continuous momentum is recognized by customers and analysts. Microsoft Azure's primary goal is to become the most trusted, secure, and global cloud while fostering an exceptional work environment.

We are a vital part of the Azure Networking team, responsible for the design, construction, and operation of critical foundational network services. These services set Azure apart from competitors and open up new revenue streams. The Cloud buildout is a technically challenging field, involving a complex interplay of device commissioning and service deployments. The increasing demand for new Azure clouds necessitates the creation of scalable, intricate services and tools that expedite cloud buildouts while ensuring high security through role-based access control.

As a Software Engineer you will collaborate with a team of skilled engineers to plan, design, and implement distributed services, automation tools, and frameworks that accelerate new cloud buildout and operations. This opportunity will allow you to influence and collaborate with teams both within and outside Microsoft to create end-to-end scenarios and customer-centric products.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Responsibilities

• Works with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a set of features.
• Contributes to the identification of dependencies, and the development of design documents for a product area with little oversight. Creates and implements code for a product, service, or feature, reusing code as applicable.
• Planning and developing distributed software services, automation tools, and frameworks to expedite new cloud buildout and operations.
• Promoting the adoption of best engineering practices and processes within and across teams.
• Contributes to efforts to break down larger work items into smaller work items and provides estimation.
• Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) working on-call to monitor system/product feature/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions and gains approval to restore system/product/service for simple problems.
• Remains current in skills by investing time and effort into staying abreast of current developments that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.
  
  

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• OR equivalent experience
  
  

Other Requirements

• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: 
• Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
• OR related technical field AND 1+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript,
• OR Python
• OR Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field with proven experience coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• OR equivalent experience
  
  

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