Microsoft Principal Cloud Services Engineer - Gaming 

United States, Washington 

708382907

The Xbox Game Studios Publishing (XGSP)eam responsible for the recently releasedAra: History UntoldAs Dusk FallsOri and the Will of the WispsTell Me Whyis seeking aCloud Services

is responsible forbuilding andthe services that power our games – whether they were released years ago or have yet to be announced.looking for aengineer withhighly available

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 limited toC#, Python, or Go
  • OR equivalent experience.
• ASP.NET Core service development experience.
• Experience developing and operating applications within Kubernetes.
• Experience with a cloud computing environment (Azure or others).

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/Additional Qualifications:

• Operational experience with an observability stack, preferably Prometheus and Grafana.
• Demonstrable experience creating or contributing to Helm charts.
• Experience with Terraform, or comparableIaCtools.
• Operational experience with both Linux and Windows.
• CI/CD pipeline development experience (Azure DevOps or others).
• Experience with operating REST services.
• Website development and/or operations experience, especially with PHP/WordPress/Apache.
• Experience using the Kusto Query Language.
• Experience contributing toOpen Sourceprojects.
• History of game development experience or a passion for online gaming.
• Self-motivated and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellentverbal and written communication skills

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 14, 2024.

• Mentor and guide our partners in designing and developing robust web services on our platform that align with Publishing’s needs and Microsoft’s compliance requirements.

• Cultivate and managedeep

• Develop andmaintainlibraries, templates, practices, and documentation to ensure sustainable development and maintenance across our portfolio.

• Develop effective monitoring and alerting to achieve high availability.

• Troubleshoot and resolve service, website, and infrastructure failures.

• Participate in 24x7 on-call rotation.