Microsoft Senior Software Engineer Systems Engineering Administration 

United States, New York, New York 

586732559

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years writing scalable tools using scripting languages like Python, Perl, Go, and Shell
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 4+ years of experience in supporting Debian-based Linux distributions such as Ubuntu and operating container technologies, especially Kubernetes and Docker, in a distributed systems environment.
• 4+ years of working with Dell hardware such as the PowerEdge C and R systems.
• 3+ years of developing Infrastructure as code, execution plans, resource graph and change automation using Terraform, Puppet, and/or Ansible.
• 3+ years of experience in configuring and using observability and monitoring tools such as Nagios, Graphite, Prometheus, Grafana, tcpdump, Azure Data Explorer, and/or Splunk.
• 3+ years of configuring and managing different implementations NGINX and NGINX-plus.

Other Requirements:

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:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field or equivalent experience and 8+ years writing scalable tools using scripting languages like Python, Perl, Go, and Shell.
• 5+ years of experience in supporting Debian-based Linux distributions such as Ubuntu and operating container technologies, especially Kubernetes and Docker, in a distributed systems environment.
• 5+ years of working with Dell hardware such as the PowerEdge C and R systems. Familiarity with out-of-band management tools such as iDRAC or OpenIPMI is a plus.
• 5+ years of developing Infrastructure as code, execution plans, resource graph and change automation using Terraform, Puppet, and/or Ansible.
• 5+ years of experience in configuring and using observability and monitoring tools such as Nagios, Graphite, Prometheus, Grafana, tcpdump, Azure Data Explorer, and/or Splunk.
• 5+ years of configuring and managing different implementations NGINX and NGINX-plus.

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

February 21, 2025.

• Engineer solutions for various projects and operational needs required by our customers. Perform code reviews to changes to the infrastructure configuration files and updates to tools libraries and APIs (Application Programming Interface).
• Manage remote servers and configure hardware, peripherals, services, settings, storage, etc. in accordance with standards and project/operational requirements.
• Provide support to technical and non-technical customers from various constituencies. Investigate and troubleshoot issues with hardware failures, application performance and software debugging. Coordinate and engage with other teams during incidents or planned maintenance. Handle escalations on technical issues and operations from global team members.
• Maintain ZFS (Zettabyte File System) storage clusters to ensure data redundancy and business continuity.
• Provide mentorship, coaching and guidance to teammates.
• Maintain documentation for the infrastructure software stack.