We are part of the Azure networking team responsible for designing, building and operating network connectivity, application load balancing and security. These services include ExpressRoute, VPN, Azure Firewall, Bastion, Application Gateway, Web Application Firewall, Virtual WAN and Virtual Network Functions platform. At the core of these services is a solid SDN and NFV infrastructure that we continuously innovate on to improve agility, reliability and cost effectiveness of our services. Our team's innovations are well recognized in the cloud and networking industry. 
  
We are looking for engineering talent to design, build and operate these hyper-scale services.  We own entire services end-to-end from user facing interface to management plane and all the way down to data path implementation. Our team is looking for software engineers who are searching for a challenge to design, implement, and operate large-scale distributed systems in an agile environment. 
  
The developer will participate in architecture, design of various components, and ensure a timely execution of the features with high quality. The developer will own the component end-to-end, including testing, managing cross team dependencies as well as monitoring and alerting for the deployed component. The position will involve extensive internal and external collaborations with other Azure/Microsoft teams as well as networking vendors.  
  
Our culture promotes diversity and inclusion and is clearly reflected in all of the things we do. Diversity is more than a commitment for us - it is the foundation of what we do. This is a high visibility position in an area of large and expanding investment for Azure and offers a terrific opportunity to innovate, influence, transform, and grow. We encourage you to apply to learn more!  

Responsibilities

Required Qualifications:  

• 3+ years of Software development experience preferably in a networking and/or distributed systems environment   
• BS or MS or PhD degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience or training 
• Expertise in one or more of the following areas:   

• C#, Golang, C++, gRPC and Linux/Unix/Windows systems programming.  

• Networking (TCP/IP, UDP, TLS/SSL, HTTP/HTTPS) 
• Distributed Systems  
• Virtualization (hypervisors; VM switching), performance optimization.  
• Designing and running large-scale fault-tolerant infrastructure services  
• RESTful Services 

• Solid Design & Programming skills 

Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience with Container platforms and technologies (Dockers, Kubernetes) 

• Experience with Networking technologies (SDN, NFV, BGP, Routing) & L4-L7 proxies (Nginx, Envoy, HAProxy)  
• Experience with Security technologies (IPsec, WAF, Firewall) 
• Contribution to open source software projects is a plus  

  

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.