Microsoft's Azure Networking Team is looking to define the future of Edge networks by fully automating Azure Edge Networks, creating a self-growing, self-healing infrastructure that supports all Microsoft Cloud Services.
Requirements
- coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C-Sharp, OR Java, or Python
- 2+ years' software development experience in one or more of the following areas: Networking: TCP/IP, BGP, Edge, UDP, TLS/SSL, HTTP/HTTPS.
- Fault-tolerant distributed systems.
- Docker containers or Kubernetes (k8s) clusters.
- Developing RESTful, SOAP, or gRPC Services.
- 4+ years' software development experience in one or more of the following areas: Networking: TCP/IP, BGP, Edge, UDP, TLS/SSL, HTTP/HTTPS.
- 2+ years' experience developing software-defined network services for a public, hybrid, or private cloud architecture at scale.
Responsibilities
- Design and deliver scalable software and network solutions that drive autonomy across our Edge infrastructure, Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), and related services.
- Lead cross-functional collaboration with partner teams across the Azure Networking organization to ensure alignment in design, implementation, and operational excellence.
- Own end-to-end delivery of critical networking components—from design and development to deployment, monitoring, and automation.
- Promote engineering best practices across the team, fostering a culture of innovation and technical excellence.
- Creates, implements, optimizes, debugs, refactors, and reuses code to establish and improve performance and maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI).
- Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and guides other engineers by developing and following the playbook, working on call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions, alerting stakeholders about status and initiates actions to restore system/product/service for simple and complex problems when appropriate.
- 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.
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.
- Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.
- If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.
