Microsoft Cloud Network Engineer II 

United States 

973265108

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years technical experience in network design, development, and automation
  • OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field AND 2+ years technical experience in network design, development, and automation.
  • OR Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 1+ year(s) technical experience in network design, development, and automation.
• Experienced in layer 2 analysis and troubleshooting TCP/IP routing & switching.

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:

• 3+ years Scripting skills (Perl, Python, PowerShell, and C# are preferred, but not a strict requirement) in both Linux and Windows environment.

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

Network Design and Implementation

• Applying Knowledge of Networks, Industry Trends, and Field Data towards implementation and operations.
• Datacenter or Network Site Development – Create bill of materials and translate high-level design into low-level design and collaboration.
• Design Reviews and Quality Assurance – Participate or contribute to network design or code reviews.

Maintain and Operate Networks

• Monitoring, analyze & debugging, and Troubleshooting network infrastructure;participatein on-call/DesignatedResponsible Individual (DRI) duties and create root cause analysis for network incidents.
• Continuous Improvement, testing and validation of network devices.
• Deployment Management - Work within a team of engineers to manage network deployments, work with a machine-readable definition of the network deployment.
• Troubleshooting of network routing protocols (e.g., IPv4, IPv6, OSPF, BGP), TCP/UDP/HTTP(s), and overlay technologies such as EVPN, VXLAN, MLAG.
• Network and Security managementexpertiseto drive compliance against securityobjectives

Supporting People and Execution

• an appropriate levelof detail for their audience; overcome obstacles by resolving conflicts and issues across interdependent teams and engage with partners and stakeholders so issues can be resolved, and mutualobjectivesare met.
• Mentorship / Development - Mentor and provide feedback to other engineers, while also proactively seeking mentorship and feedback from others; share ideas and insights for improving team-oriented behaviors, including DevOps and live site handling skills.