Microsoft Senior Software Engineer - CTJ Poly 

United States, Virginia 

545768812

As stewards of a rapidly growing and evolving cloud ecosystem, Azurethe foundation ofthe Azure cloud platformcommodity datacenter hardwareand servicesWithin this space, tCapacity Infrastructure Service (CIS)n automationprovisioning functionsand global buildoutto meetincreasing and changingdemands in a consistent, efficient, safe, and secure way.

As aSenior Software Engineeryou willbe responsible forandthe capabilities of our platformandwithin anlearn what it takes to build and managecloud at Azure

Required/Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ 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:
  

  • The successful candidate must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) based on a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) with Polygraph. Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. Failure to maintain or obtain the appropriate U.S. Government 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 customer 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:

• Experience working with full frontend/backend web tech stack (e.g., .NET, REST, React.js, SQL, etc.)

• Experience working on large-scale distributed services

• Proven experience with problem solving/debugging skills (e.g., diagnosing logs, application errors, network errors, service authentication, etc.)

• Ability to provide rotational on-call live sitesupport(8x5 every 6 weeks) for governed services

• Experience collaborating with many partner teams

• Experience inowningproductlifecycleend-to-end (e.g., requirements, implementation, deployment,upkeep

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 August 8, 2024.

• Creates, implements,optimizes, debugs, refactors, and reuses code toestablishand improve performance and maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI).

• Applies debugging tools and examines logs, telemetry, and other methods to verify assumptions through writing and developing code proactively before issues occur and reactively as issues occur for products. Conducts retrospective debugging of solutions toidentifyroot causes of problems.

• Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and guides other engineers by developing and following the playbook, working on call tomonitorsystem/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions, alerting stakeholders about status and initiates actions to restore system/product/service for simple and complex problems whenappropriate

• Maintains operations of live service as issues arise on a rotational, on-call basis. Implements solutions and mitigations to more complex issuesimpactingperformance or functionality of Live Site service andescalatesas necessary. Reviews and writes issues postmortem and shares insights with the team.

• Drives identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform.

• Leverages subject-matterexpertiseof product features and partners withappropriate stakeholders(e.g., project managers) to drive a workgroup's project plans, release plans, and work items.

• Proactively seeks new knowledge and adapts tonew 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.

• Embody ourand