Microsoft Senior Network Engineer 

Germany 

180759881

networking engineerSovereign PlatformTworking on mission criticaland highly assured distributed systemsSpecifically, you willdrive the creationand evolutionprovide criticaloperational and

specialised cloud environments, known as sovereign clouds, that are. You would be part of the

capabilities enable secure data transfer between platforms,have critical and demandingsecurity, sovereignty, monitoring and controlrequirements

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent and multiple years of hands-on experience indesigning andprovidingoperationalsupport to complexnetworkingenvironments.

• knowledge and experience deploying/configuring and maintaining Network environments (both in physical platforms and Azure) including: L2/L3 Routing (BGP) & Switching, Firewalls (NAT & ACLs), IPSEC VPN.
• Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) or any otherequivalentCloud Certification
• Very good German and English skills, with good communication skills in reading/writing of the German language

• experience in system and service administration of complex platforms.

• A passion for innovation in complex and constrained environments, to deliver advanced and progressive customer experiences.

• Understanding of the challenges of system and service management in high security domains.

• Systems shell scripting experience (Bash, PowerShell, Python) and Dev Ops suites such as Ansible or equivalent.

• working in broad domains including security, software, networking and service design.

• Extensive experience of service support, with on-call responsibilities.

• Expertise experience in problem solving and analysingdistributed systems and critical production service environments.

• DevOps experience, including continuous configuration automation.

• Azure deployment knowledge including Bicep and Arm templates.

Security Clearance Requirements:

Candidates must be able to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements 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.

• Customer or government screening requirements as needed over time.

Other Requirements:

• This role will require access to information that is controlled for export under export control regulations, potentially under the U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations or Export
  Administration Regulations, the EU Dual Use Regulation, and/or other export control regulations. As a condition of employment, the successful candidate will be required to provide either proof of their country of citizenship or proof of their U.S. permanent residency or other protected status (e.g., under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)) for assessment of eligibility to access the export-controlled information. To meet this legal requirement, and as a condition of employment, the successful candidate’s citizenship will be verified with a valid passport. Lawful permanent residents, refugees, and asylees may verify status using other documents, where applicable.
• This position requires verification of citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports German government agency customers and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement, and as a condition of employment, the successful candidate’s citizenship will be verified with a valid passport

Responsibilities

• ou’ll bea critical member of ageo-distributedteamresponsible fordesigning, implementing and supporting networkingcapabilitieswithin high-assurance, secure and highly-availableenvironments.Your role as a senior engineer will mean you are responsible for the outcomes the team delivers as well asensuring otherteam membersgrow and learnto deliverbetter outcomes

• ou’llbe responsible forchampioning, implementingand refiningDevOps practicesin ordertoimproveoperational efficiencywhile ensuring other requirements, such as security, are not compromised.

• You’ll l

• You’llunderstandthecapabilities and limitations of existing tools and resources, and thecustomer impact of design trade-offs and exceptions,to

• You’ll actively drive 24/7/365 support, which meansparticipating inrotating on-call duties. Your responsiveness and problem-solving skills will be crucial.

• You’llbe a contact point between teams,driving cross-team information sharing andprocessreusein order toenhance efficiency and consistency.

• Working closely with security teams, you’ll ensure adherence to security standards. This involves integrating security practices into all aspects of your work. By maintaining a strong security posture, you’ll protect critical assets.

• should expecttoneed totravel to thein-countrySovereign OperationsCentreson a regular basis. This physical presence is vital for effective coordination, monitoring, and collaboration within thecentre.Exact frequency to be agreed,but needs to be frequent enough to build strong relationships with thecustomer teams there.
• Expect up to 25% onsite travel