Microsoft Principal Software Architect 

United States, Washington 

941884981

Earning and keeping that trust has never been more important.

are responsible for

Technology and Product Strategywithin CSTE is entrustedwith defining theTechnical DirectionProduct Strategy

The CSTEfunction is actively seeking aSoftware Architectwith a background inSoftware DevelopmentSoftware and System Architecturearchitectural disciplines, a solid foundation in security focused engineering, whilethe insight to understand business functions and requirements,innovative working applications while adeptly managing competing priorities.

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#,C++, and JavaScript.
  • OR equivalent experience.

• 6+ years of experiencedesigning,buildingand supporting highly scalable,highly availableand fault tolerantworkloads in Azure.

• 6+ years of Engineering leadership experience in delivering complex, time sensitive initiatives across organizational boundaries.

• 5+ years of experience in Cybersecurity

Other Qualifications:

• Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of U.S citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local United States government agency customers and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement, citizenship will be verified via a valid passport, or other approved documents, or verified US government clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 0+ years of hands-on experience in Cybersecurity.
• 4+ years of experience with agile delivery methodologies using Azure DevOps.
• 2+ years of experience with Cloud Security and Controls
• Experience with deploying cloud security guardrails and controls
• Experience with one or more programming or query languages (PowerShell, Python, Java, SQL).
• Excellence in written and verbal communication and ability to partner for success across all levels of organization and technical depths.
• Understanding of the Software development ecosystem; frominceptionto delivery.
• Certification in one or more of the following technologies: Microsoft Azure Security Engineer, Google Professional Cloud Security Engineer, AWS Certified Security Specialty.
• Proventrack recordof improving reliability, availability, and performance of cloud services.
• Experience developing andmaintaininglarge scale distributed systems.
• Experience with Industry Compliance, Security, and Regulatory Standards: ISO 27001, NIST 800-53 Rev.
• 5+Experience in containerization, serverless, micro services and Kubernetes (ex. AKS, ARO, Docker)
• 5+ years of Expertise in Azure Stack (ex. API manager, Networking, Event Grid, Front Door, Logic Apps,ADLS ,Data Explorer, Cosmos, Cognitive services).
• Proven experience with real time or near real time data ingestion and analysis technologies (ex. Azure Event Hub, Stream Analytics, Data Explorer)
• Expertisein bringing together diverse stakeholders and perspectives, aligning goals between business and technology, and driving focused results with significant impact.
• Analytical skills with a systematic and structured approach to software design.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience working with distributed systems in a cloud environment.

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

• Lead the requirements, analysis, and development efforts for Engineering projects, solving complex business problems whileleveragingAzure technologies and Agile Scrummethodology

• Effectively manage tradeoffs between cost, schedule,roadmapsand business impact, incorporate seasoned and up-to-dateexpertiseinQuality, Cybersecurity, distributed services, infrastructure, and components, partner with and influence a multi-disciplinary stakeholder group to envision and formalize effective engineering system and solution architecture and deliveraccuratedesign specifications.

• appropriate acrossfunctional areas and drive the adoption and implementation of cohesive architecture patterns, designs, and best practices; perform technical architecture reviews and support security and risk assessment as a trusted advisor.

• Spearhead the development and evolution of architectural patterns for resilient,scalableand secure cloud services and solutions for CST and the CELA department

• Partner across CELA, Cloud + AI (C+AI), Experiences + Devices (E+D), Microsoft Security, other MicrosoftDepartmentsand teams to ensure coordinated management engineering dependencies, and to continuously foster alignment of long-term vision for system integration that drives and elevates Trust across Microsoft.

• Maintain in-depth knowledge of software industry and cross-company best practices, technologies, architectures, and emerging technologies, and how these can apply to our product, business, service, and technology stack.
• Manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously, prioritize workload effectively, and thrive in a dynamic environment.
• Embody our and