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Our team is not only fun and supportive of each other, but we are also deeply committed to the success of the entire team. We play a crucial role in supporting Microsoft's Resiliency services within the AirGapped clouds, which include Azure Backup, Azure Site Recovery, Azure Resource Mover, Azure Migrate, and Azure Automation. Additionally, we manage the Microsoft Learn documents for these clouds.

Our dedication goes beyond mere support; we are focused on maintaining and optimizing these services to ensure their reliability and performance across our cloud environments. We are committed to continuous monitoring, proactive issue resolution, and implementing best practices to safeguard and enhance the resiliency of our cloud infrastructure. Come join us as a Senior Software Engineer:

Come join us and make an impact as a **Senior Software Engineer** —help shape the future of Microsoft’s AirGapped cloud resiliency services while empowering others to achieve more!

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Responsibilities

+ Lead by example in designing and delivering robust, scalable solutions for mission-critical resiliency services.

+ Mentor and coach engineers, fostering technical growth and promoting a culture of learning and collaboration.

+ Drive architectural decisions and influence best practices for secure, reliable, and performant cloud services.

+ Collaborate cross-functionally with product teams and stakeholders to ensure alignment on priorities and technical direction.

+ Champion innovation by identifying opportunities for automation, optimization, and continuous improvement.

+ Ensure operational excellence through proactive monitoring, incident response, and adherence to compliance standards.

+ CI/CD Pipeline Management

+ Design, implement, and maintain Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD) pipelines to ensure fast, reliable deployments

+ Automate build, test, and deployment processes across environments.

+ Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

+ Use tools like Terraform, ARM templates, or Ansible to manage infrastructure in a repeatable, version-controlled manner.

+ Ensure environments are consistent and scalable

+ Monitoring & Observability

+ Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to detect issues early and improve system reliability.

+ Work with metrics and dashboards for proactive performance tuning.

+ Security & Compliance

+ Integrate security checks into pipelines (DevSecOps).

+ Ensure compliance with organizational and regulatory standards during deployments.

+ Collaboration & Enablement

+ Partner with development teams to improve release automation and developer tooling.

+ Act as an enabler for DevOps practices across the organization.

+ Execute on End-to-End Software Engineering Tasks

+ Design, code, test, debug, build, and deploy across multiple endpoints.

+ Demonstrate understanding of algorithms, data structures, and system design.

+ Take on discrete tasks and align them to solve technical problems or end-to-end scenarios.

Embody our culture (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/culture) and values (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/about/corporate-values) .

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications:

+ 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.

Other Requirements:

Security Clearance Requirements: Candidates must be able 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:

+ The successful candidate must have an **active** U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) based on a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) with Polygraph. Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. Failure to maintain or obtain the appropriate U.S. Government clearance and/or customer screening requirements may result in employment action up to and including termination.

+ **Clearance Verification** : 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.

+ **Microsoft Cloud Background Check** : This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

+ **Citizenship & Citizenship Verification:**  This position requires verification of U.S. citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local United States government agency customer and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement, citizenship will be verified via a valid passport, or other approved documents, or verified US government Clearance

Preferred/Additional Qualifications:

+ Experience with cross team collaboration and has the skills to maintain harmony while driving results.

+ Possess technical curiosity and openness to new ideas and technologies.

+ Resiliency to thrive in fast-paced environments while keeping the team motivated and engaged.

+ Demonstrated experience balancing hard work with a fun, inclusive team culture.

Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $158,400 - $258,000 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October, 20, 2025.

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Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .