Microsoft Azure is building the fastest network in public cloud. We are seeking candidates who live and breathe kernels, love to code and to build network systems and services, taking things from idea to production. Join us to build the world’s fastest public cloud and make a difference to millions of people across the planet. As a developer in the host networking team, you would be responsible for building, testing and deploying networking acceleration on Azure including SRIOV, DPDK for network appliances, Linux network acceleration, RDMA, containers, etc. You should be able to drive projects with other teams in Microsoft, our hardware partners and OS partners.

The Azure Host Networking team is where the rubber meets the road for Software-Defined Networking – we create the host platform that allows SDN controllers to perform arbitrary packet manipulations and virtualization, with very high speed. We build the Azure Virtual Switch where the action happens in software, and own the underlying hardware platform on the host that enables us to scale SDN as the network moves from 40Gbps, to 100Gbps, to 200Gbps!

Watch our director explain why Host SDN is at the forefront of the SDN revolution! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Kyoj3bKepY The host networking team created all the host network virtualization capabilities described, as well as the high speed RDMA platform mentioned here that scaled Azure Storage.

Responsibilities

Knowledge/experience in one of these areas is a plus:
Linux and Windows internals (networking stack and other OS components); Host network offloads; RDMA, and SR-IOV; TCP/IP; Reliable, high quality software development;
Switching and routing protocols; Virtualization (hypervisors; virtual machine switching); Performance optimization; Network hardware capabilities - NICs, switches, routers;
Network virtualization (NVGRE, VXLAN); Load balancing; Driver and Kernel development; Compilers and API design; QoS and scheduling

Qualifications

The successful candidate will have:

• 2+ years of experience in software development in C/C++
• Linux/Windows kernel and/or DPDK development experience
• Systems programming experience
• Kernel or driver development experience
• Solid System Design and Dev skills
• Passion and drive for profound impact
• BS or MS or PhD degree in Computer Science, or equivalent experience
  

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.

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