Site Reliability Engineering- CTJ- Poly
Redmond, WA - USA
Job Summary
Microsoft has an exciting opportunity to join the Microsoft Sovereign Cloud organization as part of the Windows Cloud Experiences Sovereign team. This team supports Windows 365 Cloud PC/Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) technologies which are redefining how people work by bringing secure highquality Windows experiences to the cloud. Our work enables remote computing experiences that are more secure resilient and easier to manage for customers operating in highly regulated environments.
The Microsoft Sovereign Clouds organization is focused on delivering secure productivity solutions for some of the worlds most critical and sensitive customers. We tackle complex technical and operational challenges to deliver reliable highperformance services at scale. Our culture emphasizes a growth mindset innovation collaboration and inclusion.
On the Windows Cloud Experiences Sovereign team you will collaborate with engineers across disciplines to deliver and maintain Windows 365/Azure Virtual Desktop clients and infrastructure that power secure highquality remote work experiences. You will also take part in core SRE responsibilities such as improving service reliability enhancing monitoring and alerting assisting with incident response and building automation to reduce operational toil.
Microsofts 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
- Uses existing tools to troubleshoot problems or flaws affecting the availability security reliability performance and/or efficiency of components or features with guidance from other engineers. Suggests potential solutions to resolve and prevent recurring issues and brings them to the attention of other engineers or team leads.
- Develops an understanding of how to safely and reliably manage changes in production by using existing tools and automation including the safe deployment process (SDP) to enable product engineering teams implement changes across a defined range of components or features with direction from other engineers.
- Develops an understanding of the code features and operations of specific products at scale as required to contribute to incremental improvements in product availability security quality observability reliability efficiency observability and/or performance. Participates in on-boarding code/design reviews and regular meetings with the engineering teams that develop and/or manage those products.
- Supports ongoing engagements with product engineering teams by participating in code/design reviews regular meetings on-call rotations and incident responses throughout product development and operations cycles. Draws insights from product engineering teams and basic analyses of telemetry data to propose potential improvements to code and designs for a defined set of product components or features with guidance from other engineers.
Qualifications
Required/Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelors 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.
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
- Masters Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6 years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including but not limited to C C C# Java JavaScript or Python OR Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8 years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including but not limited to C C C# Java JavaScript or Python OR equivalent experience.
Site Reliability Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $102100 - $202200 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 $133800 - $219200 per year.
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position will be open for a minimum of 5 days with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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 with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process read more about requesting accommodations.
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