Microsoft Senior Software Engineer 

United States, Washington 

580593183

Required/Minimum 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.

• Knowledge of TCP/IP networking fundamental, routing protocols (BGP), IP addressing (IPv4, IPv6), security (ACL, IPS, IDS), and network infrastructure (AD, DNS, DHCP)

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 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• OR Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• OR equivalent experience.

• 3+ years of hands-on experience with datacenter hardware (compute, storage, and networking) and related technologies (BMC, RDMA, IPMI, Redfish, VxLAN, SDN)
• 3+ years of programming experience with C#, Java, GoLang, C or C++ and scripting experience in PowerShell
• Knowledge of TCP/IP networking fundamental, routing protocols (BGP), IP addressing (IPv4, IPv6), security (ACL, IPS, IDS), and network infrastructure (AD, DNS, DHCP)
• Hands-on experience configuring network devices from Cisco, Arista and Dell is a plus.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Experience with Openconfig and gNMI is a plus.

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 December 20, 2024.

• Collaborate with peers to design, implement, and improve integration APIs, features, and automation to enable hardware device management and remediation scenarios (provisioning, health, monitoring, FRU)
• Work with OEM partners on hardware platform design, certification, software deployment, E2E solution lifecycle, and datacenter integration to support large scale cloud deployments.
• Instrument data and develop metrics to measure usage, effectiveness, and customer satisfaction, driving informed decision-making.
• Create and maintain engineering documentation, including troubleshooting guides and design documents.
• Debug and troubleshoot complex live site issues across a diverse network, compute, and storage technology stack.
• Ability to engage in DevOps engineering practices.