Microsoft's Azure Core team is looking to solve the problem of building and managing the foundational platform that powers compute, storage, and networking services for Azure, with a focus on delivering high-performance storage virtualization for Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Kubernetes Service, and containers.
Requirements
- 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, Rust
- 4+ years of experience in developing cloud scale production software
- 4+ years of experience with storage, NVMe and PCIe
- 1+ year(s) of experience in system design, algorithmic and problem-solving skills
- 4+ years of experience designing, building and running large scale and highly available cloud services or distributed systems
- 4+ years of experience working in Kernel Mode Drivers, Storage solutions
- 1+ year(s) of experience handling periodic live service on-call responsibilities and working in development and operations (DevOps) mode
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and delivery of next-generation Azure Boost solid-state drives (SSDs) for improved performance, availability, and reduced cost of goods sold (COGS).
- Mentor the team in developing performance specifications and throughput targets for next-generation Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) and silicon platforms
- Drive the identification of dependencies and the development of design documentation for products, applications, services, or platforms.
- Create, implement, optimize, debug, refactor, and reuse code to improve performance, maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI).
- Leverage subject-matter expertise in product features and collaborate with stakeholders such as project managers to guide project plans, release schedules, and work item execution.
- Act as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI), guiding engineers by developing and following operational playbooks, monitoring systems for degradation or downtime, alerting stakeholders, and initiating recovery actions for both simple and complex issues.
- Proactively seek new knowledge and adapt to emerging trends, technical solutions, and patterns to improve availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products, while promoting consistent monitoring and operations at scale.
Other
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements
- Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
- 4+ years of experience
- Ability to work in a team and collaborate with stakeholders
