Microsoft · 3 hours ago
AI Operations Engineer II
United States
Full-time
Remote
Entry, Mid Level
$101K/yr - $199K/yr
2+ years expMicrosoft is a leading technology company, and they are seeking an AI Operations Engineer II to build and maintain operational infrastructure for the Security AI Platform team. In this role, you will work on CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes deployments, monitoring systems, and incident response to enhance production operations and reliability.
Agentic AIApplication Performance ManagementArtificial Intelligence (AI)Business DevelopmentDevOpsInformation ServicesInformation TechnologyManagement Information SystemsNetwork SecuritySoftware
Responsibilities
Maintain and extend CI/CD pipelines within established patterns: Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions workflows, build automation, test integration, and deployment scripts
Manage Kubernetes deployments: Helm chart updates, deployment execution, pod troubleshooting, and resource configuration
Develop and maintain observability: Prometheus metrics collection, Grafana dashboard creation, alerting rules, and log queries (Kusto/KQL)
Participate in on-call rotation: respond to alerts, triage incidents, escalate appropriately, and document findings
Debug and diagnose issues: analyze logs, traces, and metrics to identify problems; work with senior engineers on complex issues
Maintain Infrastructure as Code: update Bicep templates, Helm values, and environment configurationsEnsure branch health: monitor PR pipelines, address build failures, maintain security scanning, and enforce merge policies
Execute production deployments: run canary rollouts, monitor deployment health, and perform rollbacks when needed
Write and maintain runbooks: document operational procedures, troubleshooting guides, and deployment checklistsCollaborate with Platform team: understand service requirements, validate deployment readiness, and provide operational feedback
Participate in post-incident reviews: contribute to root cause analysis and implement reliability improvements
Qualification
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 background and Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter
Preferred
Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 5+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience
2+ years technical engineering experience in DevOps, SRE, or platform operations
2+ years experience with CI/CD pipelines
1+ years hands-on experience with Kubernetes
Experience with Azure services: AKS, Event Hub, Storage, Key Vault, or Managed Identity
Infrastructure as Code experience: Bicep, Terraform, or Helm chart development
Scripting proficiency: PowerShell, Bash, or Python for automation
Experience with log analysis and querying: KQL/Kusto, Loki, or ELK stack
Exposure to incident response and on-call responsibilities
Understanding of distributed systems concepts and troubleshooting approaches
Experience with container technologies: Docker, container registries, and image management
Familiarity with ML infrastructure: GPU nodes, inference servers, or model deployment
Company
Microsoft
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