Are you excited about working and dealing with the challenges of planetary-scale infrastructure? The Azure Compute team is looking for a highly motivated and talented leader to identify and drive improvements in the provisioning and deployment of datacenter infrastructure.  Datacenter Infrastructure Management plays an integral part in lowering the costs to operate the hyper scale public cloud. The right candidate would be comfortable working in an agile environment, balancing business needs and communications, while overseeing the overall rollout of new infrastructure -- server hardware, software upgrades, etc. This person would work closely with leading datacenter, hardware and networking experts, an exceptional software development team, and other internal and external partners in delivering all the components of our infrastructure on time. The person will also be working with executives across multiple teams.  The position requires strong executive communication skills, passion to replace operationally (people) heavy processes with software, and data-driven analytical ability.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in software development
• BA/BS or MS degree in computer science, engineering, or related technical disciplines OR equivalent work experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• 1-3 years of experience with cloud services
• Hands on experience with data analytic tools (Power BI, SQL)
  
• Demonstrated ability to define, drive and implement strategy
• Strong track record of self-directed execution and business results

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.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.  We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.