Are you looking to make a real difference in Microsoft’s mission to empower every person and organization to achieve more, with the power of cloud computing? Do you want to work at the forefront of Cloud Computing to design, deliver & operate cloud-scale systems that are the foundation of the World’s Computer which is Azure? Do you want to be part of a highly motivated and passionate team that works together to do what it takes for our customers to be successful while having fun and learning along the way?

Azure Core is Azure's most profitable business and growing incredibly fast! We, the Azure Core Compute team in IDC, pride ourselves in working without boundaries to deliver the cloud platform capable of running any workload. And we mean ANY! Think of any large Microsoft service; Teams, Bing, Exchange, Xbox, SQL Azure, Office 365, HDInsight, COSMOS DB…. Or customers such as Accenture, Adobe, Walgreens, Walmart, Flipkart, In-Mobi and the multitude of the large/medium/small shopping, banking, finance, gaming, logistics, enterprises, data analytics/management, storage services of the world. They run on infrastructure we build.

The Azure SAP Platform Team’s core mission is to build the platform that makes Azure the best cloud platform for running mission critical SAP workloads, which includes building first class experience for SAP workloads in Azure and providing migration story for SAP workloads running on-premise. We help our enterprise customers accelerate their digital transformation journeys and achieve seamless scale by providing a platform for running mission critical SAP workloads. We’re growing incredibly, so expect a fast-paced environment with ample opportunity to solve challenging problems and deliver great solutions to customers around the world. Our team manages a strong engineering partnership with SAP, including hosting SAP’s SaaS and PaaS services and integrating SAP software experiences with Microsoft and Azure tools. We are looking for a customer-focused, highly passionate, Principal Software Engineering Manager with enterprise and infrastructure as service (IaaS) experience to help drive the future of our platform. Come join us and help shape the next generation Azure SAP Platform for Azure.

Responsibilities

• Develop a deep understanding of customer requirements for mission critical SAP workloads and build a seamless experience to deploy them in Azure.
• Create long-term vision and roadmap for the team simplifying the user experience to setup their SAP workloads on Azure.
• Establish KPIs and successfully drive execution through collaboration and partnership with PM team and partners.
• Lead the team by bringing clarity, creating energy and driving results.
• Prioritize work for your team through collaboration with partner teams.
• Lead the design and implementation of next generation of services, features and developer tools that will define how SAP workloads are hosted on Azure.
• Accountability for design, implementation, quality, livesite & success of customers.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of industry experience in software development and building world class solutions. 
• 5+ years as an engineering manager
• Excellent communication skill and a passion for managing a diverse team of engineers and helping them grow.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience. 
• Experience/knowledge of cloud computing, enterprise computing, IaaS and/or SaaS products
• Experience/knowledge of SAP technologies and ecosystemExperience in technical leadership in driving engineering roadmaps, leading v-teams, mentoring and helping others grow technically.
• Track record of attracting, hiring, growing, and retaining top talent and working with distributed teams.

Preferred Qualifications:  

• Hands on experience with distributed systems and services in the cloud.
• Experience with public cloud services including Azure, AWS or Google Cloud.

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