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Microsoft · 1 week ago

Software Engineer II

Microsoft is a leading technology company empowering individuals and organizations globally. They are seeking an Infrastructure/Site Reliability Engineer to improve and maintain Azure's networking and infrastructure, ensuring high reliability and performance for mission-critical workloads.

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Responsibilities

Design, build, produce and deliver software to improve the usability, reliability, scalability, performance, security and highly available infrastructure using Azure Networking services having independence, sense of ownership and drive for areas of ownership
Own / Troubleshoot End to End hardware/software issues across L2/L3 networking stack, device OS, telemetry, and infrastructure dependencies
Innovate on the Software-Defined Networking(SDN) platform to provide consistent connectivity for a heterogeneous mix of workloads
Proactively identify and resolve production issues, performing root cause analysis and implementing long-term fixes to reduce operational toil
Collaborate with multiple partner teams and gain broad exposure to core networking technologies end-to-end
Develop, set up, and execute tests before feature releases
Create monitoring and diagnostic tools to ensure quality of service
Participate in on-call rotations, incident response, and postmortem analysis to ensure continuous learning and resilience improvement

Qualification

CPythonCloud infrastructureL2/L3 networkingSQLJavaJavaScriptSoftware troubleshootingIncident responseProblem solving

Required

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python 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

Preferred

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science OR related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, OR Python OR equivalent experience
Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience
Prior experience as an infrastructure, systems, or site reliability engineer in large-scale or high-availability environments
Proficiency in cloud infrastructure concepts (compute, networking, storage, security) and in automating cluster or data center operations
Experience working with large-scale infrastructure, data centers, or cloud platforms and a good understanding of L2/L3 networking
Solid Understanding of Datacenter Networking and Cloud Environments
Experience with monitoring/logging platforms and strong problem solving and software troubleshooting skills
Understanding of system performance, incident response, and troubleshooting in production environments
Strong experience and knowledge working with databases such as SQL / KQL etc

Company

Microsoft

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Microsoft is a software corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services.

H1B Sponsorship

Microsoft has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2025 (9192)
2024 (9343)
2023 (7677)
2022 (11403)
2021 (7210)
2020 (7852)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$1M
Key Investors
Technology Venture Investors
2022-12-09Post Ipo Equity
1986-03-13IPO
1981-09-01Series Unknown· $1M

Leadership Team

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Satya Nadella
Chairman and CEO
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Vukani Mngxati
Chief Executive Officer - Microsft South Africa
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