Software Engineer (Entry Level)

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Job Summary:

Microsoft is a leading technology company dedicated to empowering individuals and organizations globally. They are seeking a Software Engineer II to support and optimize Microsoft's Resiliency services within AirGapped clouds, focusing on reliability and performance of cloud infrastructure.

Responsibilities:

• Works with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a set of features.

• Contributes to the identification of dependencies, and the development of design documents for a product area with little oversight.

• Creates and implements code for a product, service, or feature, reusing code as applicable.

• Contributes to efforts to break down larger work items into smaller work items and provides estimation.

• Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) working on-call to monitor system/product feature/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions and gains approval to restore system/product/service for simple problems.

• Remains current in skills by investing time and effort into staying abreast of current developments that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.

• Embody our Culture and Values

Qualifications:

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.

• Candidates must be able to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role.

• 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.

• This position requires successful verification of the stated security clearance to meet federal government customer requirements.

• This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

• This position requires verification of U.S. citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions.

Preferred:

• Understanding and experience with CI/CD concepts and Git.

• Experience working with Docker, Kubernetes or other containerization technologies.

• 2+ years of Windows / Linux hands on system experiences.

• Experience debugging issues ranging from the operating system, application, and all the way to the cloud.

• Experienced in solving operational issues in a scalable way.

• Ability to thrive with the ambiguity associated with working in a fast-paced and changing environment.

• Support a 24x7 live site support model for the services the team owns.

• Some experience with building and supporting large-scale production services, including logging, monitoring, alerting, and measuring reliability and availability.

• Proficient in at least one scripting language but knows when to move solutions into managed code.

• Azure DevOps and GitHub tooling.

• Demonstrated ability to collaborate in a multi-disciplinary team consisting of Software Engineers, Program Managers, Security Researchers, and Data Scientists.

Company:

Microsoft is a software corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services. Founded in 1975, the company is headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA, with a team of 10001+ employees. The company is currently Public Company.