The Azure Networking Team is growing and we’re looking for a creative and hard-working engineer who can combine networking experience with software development fundamentals to help build the world’s best private backbone network. We’re passionate about automating every facet of the network to converge on a self-growing, self-healing network. We want engineers that are equally passionate and can look at the problems with a Customer's perspective to create user experiences that truly enable and empower Technicians, Engineers and Planners.

Focusing on the global backbone network, and working closely with partner teams in Azure Networking, you’ll be a critical part designing, developing, and deploying networking and automation aspects for the Wide Area Network. This will include owning components from design through to development and operations. This is a high visibility position in an area of large and expanding investment for Microsoft Azure and offers a terrific opportunity for technical and career growth.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, scale and automate Microsoft global WAN network.
• Specializing on the WAN, the engineer will gather requirements, develop innovative solutions, pilot it in staging environment, document and operationalize the chosen solution.
• Perform network traffic and failure analysis to ensure the highest network availability.
• Actively participates in design and network/code reviews, defining essential details related to network implementation (e.g., physical connectivity, power, protocols), and sharing best practices in identifying and implementing solutions.
• Resolve live site issues by troubleshooting complex network components and features (e.g., device operating systems).
• Lead customer-facing and critical troubleshooting efforts under time sensitive situations.
• Writing drivers and abstraction layer for deploying new features across the network, enabling fast deployment and quality operations.
• Support innovation and cost management by developing new ideas for network systems and tools that meet customer and/or business needs.
• Take your ideas from design to production – own it end to end.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications: 

• 1+ years of network engineering experience in an online service, internet service provider or large enterprise environment.
• A minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering (or a related field), or equivalent alternative education, skills, and/or practical experience is required.

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience with routing protocols such as: ISIS, OSPF, BGP, and MPLS technologies.
• 1+ years of professional software development experience in the networking domain, including Python, YAML, C#, REST, Go, and workflow systems.
• Self-starter with proven ability to develop creative solutions that enable Customers.
• Interest and ability to research new and emerging technologies to better solve networking problems.
• Proven track record of fixing problems permanently.
• Experience with traffic engineering solutions such as RSVP-TE, Segment Routing.
• CCNA/ JNCIA Certification.