We are looking for multiple strong engineers who are passionate about building new products while also managing a globally distributed service. An ideal candidate who can produce high quality solutions independently but will contribute to and benefit from a collaborative and diverse team environment both locally and across geo.  A candidate who can wear many hats, learn quickly and change direction when needed.

In this role you will help to build and deliver the next set of services, features and developer tools that will define how applications are developed and hosted on Azure. You'll be working on both open source and platform components written in a variety of programming languages. 

This is a unique opportunity to work on large scale distributed systems and implement initiatives that are key to Microsoft's cloud strategy.

In Azure Application Platform and Serverless team, you own features from the design phase through implementation to production. As part of this ownership, you are expected to help support your features by actively participating in an on-call rotation (DRI), which includes creating/updating SOPs, Troubleshooting Guides, monitoring systems, mitigating/restoring incidents, and deep-dive analysis of root causes of outages. This position is collaborative – requires working with many partner teams, learning and understanding how to use their technology.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• 3+ years of professional experience designing, developing, and shipping software using C#, Java, or similar.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Hands on experience with distributed systems and services in the cloud.
• Proven ability tracking complex technical issues for running online services.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Experience with .NET based systems is a plus.
• Experience using Linux, Docker, Kubernetes is a plus.
• Experience using public cloud services including Azure, AWS or Google Cloud.

Security Clearance Requirements: Candidates must be able 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:

·         Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of US Citizenship to meet federal government security requirements.

·         Candidates must have an active TS and be willing to upgrade to TS/SCI (with polygraph) or have an active TS/SCI and be willing to upgrade to TS/SCI (with polygraph). This role will require candidates to maintain the TS/SCI (with polygraph) clearance.

·         Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Candidates selected for this position must comply with Federal Executive Order 14042 mandating that federal contractors and subcontractors receive the COVID-19 vaccine by being fully vaccinated before their date of hire, or work with Microsoft to receive an approved religious or medical accommodation.

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.