Microsoft's Azure networking team is looking to solve the problem of connecting worldwide cloud datacenters and enabling enterprises to connect their on-premises networks and devices to the cloud securely and performantly. They also need to build and support infrastructures for advanced AI datacenters, requiring larger-than-ever datacenters for increased compute power. The role specifically aims to define the technical direction for the next level of scale and performance of the control plane for these critical network services.
Requirements
- coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C, Java, JavaScript, or Python
- 3+ years experience in cloud computing or building large scale backend services.
- 3+ years experience with networking systems and proficiency of protocols at L2 and L3.
- 10+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C, Java, JavaScript, or Python
- Master'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
Responsibilities
- Partners with stakeholders to deeply understand user requirements and translate them into scalable technical solutions.
- Drives the design and architecture of complex systems, identifying dependencies and producing high-quality design documents for services and platforms.
- Leads by example and mentors others to produce extensible and maintainable code used across products.
- Acts as the technical lead across multiple teams, influencing project plans, release strategies, and engineering execution through deep cross-domain expertise.
- Serves as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI), owning the reliability and operational excellence of critical services, and mentoring others in on-call best practices.
- Proactively seeks new knowledge and adapts to new trends, technical solutions, and patterns that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale and shares knowledge with other engineers.
Other
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role.
- Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
- growth mindset, innovate to empower others and collaborate to realize our shared goals.
- values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
