Microsoft SOFTWARE ENGINEER - CTJ TS/SCI 

United States, Washington 

248898447

Required/Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience

Other Requirements:

Security Clearance Requirements: Candidates must be able 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:

• Candidates must have an active TS/SCI and be willing to upgrade to TS/SCI (with polygraph). This role will require candidates to maintain the TS/SCI (with polygraph) clearance. Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. Failure to maintain or obtain the appropriate clearance and/or customer screening requirements may result in employment action up to and including termination.
• Clearance Verification : This position requires successful verification of the stated security clearance to meet federal government customer requirements. You will be asked to provide clearance verification information prior to an offer of employment.
• Microsoft Cloud Background Check : This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
• Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of U.S citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local United States government agency customers and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement, citizenship will be verified via a valid passport, or other approved documents, or verified US government clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or GCP.

• Understanding of security principles and the challenges of securing large-scale systems.

• Background in working with high-scale, mission-critical SaaS products including service operations

• Knowledge of data processing frameworks such as Spark, Hadoop, or similar technologies.

• Experience with security data management, logging, or monitoring solutions.

• Expertise in cloud-native architecture, microservices, and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).

• Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive mindset in delivering high-quality solutions.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:

• Design and implement large-scale data pipelines and services to support security data ingestion, normalization, and storage.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product management, security experts, and data scientists to translate business requirements into technical solutions.

• Optimize platform performance to handle vast amounts of data across diverse digital systems while ensuring scalability, availability, and security.

• Work on cloud-native technologies and distributed systems to build a robust, resilient, and secure platform.

• Continuously improve the platform by leveraging new technologies and best practices in security, data governance, and cloud infrastructure.