Microsoft Software Engineering - Azure Networking Control Plane 

United States, California 

173495135

software and hardwareto create a highly programmable and high-performance chip with the capability to efficiently handle large data volumes. Thanks to its integrated design, this solution empowers Azure to develop solutions for solving the next generation problems with increased agility and performancethe DPU’s compute, storage, and networking capabilities.

As a Senior Software Engineer in the DPU Networking software team, you will design, develop,and support networkingcontrol planefunctions that enable highnew solutionsfor the Azure fleet,in the design ofnetworking solutions and hone your design and performance optimization skills.

the ability to deploy new offerings and hardware infrastructure on time, in high volume with high quality and lowest cost is of paramount importance. To achieve this goal, theDPU Networking Softwarenetworking softwareand industry knowledge to envision and implement future technical solutions that will manage andthe Cloud infrastructure.

Required Qualifications

• Experience insoftwaredesign and coding ofethernet/IP networkingnetwork control planefunctions withina programmable NIC orsmart NICornetwork switch/routersor a network appliance

• 4 years of programming skills inCorC++or RUST

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python

  o OR equivalent experience.

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

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in RUST programming

• Knowledge ofNetworking Packetforwardingplanefunctions within aprogrammableNIC orData center switch

• Knowledge ofpacketforwardingmethods within an environment ofSoftware Defined Network (SDN)

• Experience in developing networking software on DPUsorprogrammable NICs orother hardware offload architectures

• CI/CD Experience: Knowledge of Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) practices for streamlined software development and deployment processes

• Scripting for Developer Tools:Proficiencyin scripting languages to build and enhance developer tools, automating repetitive tasks and improving workflow efficiency.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:Microsoft will accept applications for the role until January 21, 2025.

• Collaborates with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a scenario.
  Drives identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform.
• Creates, implements, optimizes, debugs, refactors, and reuses code to establish and improve performance and maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI).
• Leverages subject-matter expertise of product features and partners with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project managers) to drive a workgroup's project plans, release plans, and work items.
• Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and guides other engineers by developing and following the playbook, working on call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions, alerting stakeholders about status and initiates actions to restore system/product/service for simple and complex problems when appropriate.
• Proactively seeks new knowledge and adapts to new trends, technical solutions, and patterns that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.