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Microsoft Principal Software Engineer - Cloud Platform Quality/Test Frameworks 
United States, Washington 
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In this role, you will work across teams and organizations of software engineers to innovate, engineer, and deliver Edge solutions including but not limited to deployment of on-premises computing clusters with Azure control plane in support of edge computing scenarios across industries and use-cases including AI, industrial transformation, retail, 5G + telecoms and financial.You will use your knowledge and expertise to evaluate, propose/design quality automation, test frameworks and practices to ensure overall product quality across various platform/solution components including Azure core services, Arc, Azure Kubernetes Service, Monitoring, Storage, Networking, Azure DevOps and Geneva Synthetics.


Required/Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limitedto GoLang, Python, Bash Scripting

o OR equivalent experience.

  • 4+ years’ experience in Kubernetes, creating Custom Resources and Operators
  • Background in Test Driven Development, Observability, Open Telemetry

Other Requirements:

  • Cloud Background check: 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.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 10+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, GoLang, Python, Bash Scripting
    • OR Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
    • OR equivalent experience.
  • Experience in building, shipping and operating reliable, distributed systems software.
  • Ability to engage in site-reliability engineering practices .
  • Knowledge of secure development practices and maintaining project compliance.
  • Experience in troubleshooting and remediating issues in production systems
  • Experience leading and mentoring engineers.
  • Experience designing and architecting scaled components.
  • Experience in one or more of the following Areas:
    • Microsoft Azure core services
    • Networking, Storage, and Compute (including virtualization)
    • Platform Monitoring, Logging and Alerting
    • CI/CD (Continuous Integration/ Continuous Delivery) to automate delivery stages with pipelines and control promotion with quality gates
    • Linux Operating systems
    • Kubernetes Cluster API (CAPI) and Providers
    • Cybersecurity with a focus on Cloud Infrastructure

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 1, 2025.

Responsibilities
• Lead and mentor a team of test engineers, providing guidance and support to ensure the successful execution of testing activities.

• Develop and implement comprehensive test strategies and plans for the Azure Cloud platform.


• Collaborate with development, product management, and operations teams to define testing requirements and ensure alignment with project goals.


• Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks and test scripts to ensure efficient and effective testing processes and tooling for automated validation and reporting.


• Conduct thorough testing of cloud services, including functional, performance, security, and scalability testing.


• Identify and report defects, track their resolution, and ensure timely closure of issues.


• Continuously improve testing processes and methodologies to enhance the overall quality of the Azure Cloud platform.


• Stay up to date with the latest industry trends and advancements in cloud testing technologies and methodologies.

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