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Microsoft · 4 hours ago

Senior Site Reliability Engineer - CTJ - Top Secret

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid, Senior Level

$120K/yr - $235K/yr

4+ years exp

Microsoft is looking for a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to join the Microsoft Defender engineering team, focusing on cutting-edge cloud security products. The role involves ensuring service reliability, supporting deployments, and collaborating with engineering teams to enhance system stability and performance.

Agentic AIApplication Performance ManagementArtificial Intelligence (AI)Business DevelopmentDevOpsInformation ServicesInformation TechnologyManagement Information SystemsNetwork SecuritySoftware

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Ensure 24x7 Service Reliability : Act as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) in an on-call rotation, leading incident response and resolution to maintain uptime and performance for Microsoft’s most critical services

Support and Automate Deployments : Execute and improve manual operations and deployments for our products, while designing automation to scale and streamline those processes across environments

Build Scalable Systems : Develop automation for monitoring, alerting, debugging, and deployment to reduce manual effort and accelerate safe, reliable delivery

Drive Compliance and Security : Ensure systems meet Microsoft’s standards for security, privacy, and accessibility, especially when onboarding new technologies

Lead Post-Incident Learning : Conduct postmortems, share insights, and implement solutions that prevent recurrence—fostering a culture of learning and continuous improvement

Collaborate Across Teams : Partner with engineering and product teams to align reliability goals with customer needs and deliver seamless user experiences

Stay Ahead Technically : Continuously invest in your technical growth to improve system availability, observability, and performance at scale

Qualification

Cloud SolutionsSite Reliability EngineeringSoftware EngineeringNetwork EngineeringSystems AdministrationLarge-scale SystemsSecurity ClearanceTechnical GrowthIncident ResponseCollaboration

Required

Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 2+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, or systems administration

OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 4+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, or systems administration

OR equivalent experience

Candidates must be able to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role

The successful candidate must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret Security Clearance

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role

Failure to maintain or obtain the appropriate clearance and/or customer screening requirements may result in employment action up to and including termination

This position requires successful verification of the stated security clearance to meet federal government customer requirements

You will be asked to provide clearance verification information prior to an offer of employment

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

Preferred

Doctorate Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 3+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, or systems administration

OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 6+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, or systems administration

OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 8+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, or systems administration

OR equivalent experience

3+ years technical experience working with large-scale cloud or distributed systems