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Microsoft Senior Software Engineer - Azure Networking 
United States, California 
327303128

25.06.2024

As ain the DPU Networking software team, you will design, develop, deploy and support networking packet forwarding and control plane functions that enable high performant data processing within various network endpoints in Azure data centers. You will work as part of a dynamic, multi-talented team of engineers from across the world. This opportunity will allow you to develop new solutions for the Azure fleet, participate in the design of cutting-edge networking solutions and hone your design and performance optimization skills.


Required Qualifications

  • 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

    • OR equivalent experience.

  • Experience in software design and coding of Layer2/L3/L4 ethernet/IP networking packet forwarding and control plane processing functions within host OS or a programmable NIC or network switches and routers.

Other Qualifications

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.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience in developing networking data plane and control plane software stack involving technologies such as Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), User Datagram Protocol (UDP), Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA), RoCEv2 and Software Defined Network (SDN)
  • Experience in developing networking software on DPUs or programmable NICs or other hardware offload architectures.
  • Experience in developing In Service Software Upgrade(ISSU) of networking software modules
  • Experience in developing technologies for reliable data transfer across network with efficient fabric utilization and deterministic latency.
  • CI/CD Experience: Knowledge of Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) practices for streamlined software development and deployment processes.
  • Scripting for Developer Tools: Proficiency in scripting languages to build and enhance developer tools, automating repetitive tasks and improving workflow efficiency.

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Microsoft will accept applications for the role until July 1, 2024.

Responsibilities
  • 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.
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