Overview

Azure is a rapidly expanding and evolving cloud platform. The Azure Fleet Resource Lifecycle Management Team (formerly known as Capacity Infrastructure Service Team) is tasked with constructing the foundation and core of this platform using cutting-edge hardware and providing the infrastructure necessary for hosting worldwide customer applications. Our mission is to empower cloud services to obtain the resources they need reliably and seamlessly to successfully run their business at scale.

We have numerous exciting opportunities across different areas to grow the capabilities and scale of our platform by orders of magnitude. Our team fosters a collaborative environment and builds upon one-another's ideas, to deliver world-class customer value at a rapid pace. We empower our Senior Software Engineers to develop, deliver and own creative solutions. This is a fun environment and a great opportunity to work on something highly strategic to Microsoft!

Join the Azure Fleet Resource Lifecycle Management team and contribute to the backbone of Microsoft Cloud. Help us innovate and grow the cloud further!

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

Collaborates with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a scenario.
Drives identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform.
Creates, implements, optimizes, debugs, refactors, and reuses code to establish and improve performance and maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI).
Leverages subject-matter expertise of product features and partners with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project managers) to drive a workgroup's project plans, release plans, and work items.
Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and guides other engineers by developing and following the playbook, working on call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions, alerting stakeholders about status and initiates actions to restore system/product/service for simple and complex problems when appropriate.
Proactively seeks new knowledge and adapts to new trends, technical solutions, and patterns that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.

Qualifications

Required 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.
4+ years of software development and engineering skills proficiency.
3+ years of complex problem-solving and design skills, along with exemplary interpersonal and communication abilities, as a collaborative team player.
2+ years of focus on correctness, high availability, performance, and automation.

Other Requirements:

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.

This 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.

Senior Software Engineer_Azure Fleet Resource Lifecycle Management