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Microsoft · 2 weeks ago

Site Reliability Engineer II - CTJ - Top Secret

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid, Senior Level

$101K/yr - $199K/yr

2+ years exp

Microsoft is a leading technology company, and they are seeking a Site Reliability Engineer II to work on cutting-edge cloud security products. The role involves building and delivering cloud solutions, providing on-call operational support, and collaborating with engineering teams to ensure service 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

Live Site Operations: Serve as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) in a 24x7 on-call rotation, monitoring service health and responding to incidents within SLA timelines

Automation & Deployment: Contribute to automation efforts and validate code functionality in non-production environments to ensure smooth deployments

Compliance & Security: Support compliance processes by verifying security, privacy, and accessibility standards during onboarding of new technologies

Continuous Learning: Stay current with industry trends and internal tools to improve reliability, performance, and observability at scale

Engineering Best Practices: Apply proven development and scaling practices to meet performance and customer requirements

Cross-Team Collaboration: Communicate effectively with engineering partners to align on goals and deliver user-centric solutions

Incident Response & Postmortems: Address complex live site issues, implement mitigations, and document learnings through postmortems

Qualification

Cloud SecuritySoftware EngineeringNetwork EngineeringSystems AdministrationLarge-scale Cloud SystemsIncident ResponseAutomationComplianceCross-Team CollaborationContinuous Learning

Required

Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 1+ year(s) technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, or systems administration OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 2+ 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

Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 3+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, or systems administration OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 5+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, or systems administration OR equivalent experience

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