Do you want to be part of the team building Microsoft Azure? Are you passionate about cloud computing, distributed systems and working on bleeding edge technology at massive scale? Do you want to build the next generation of the fastest storage in the public cloud? Are you excited about the opportunity to drive innovation and product growth? The Azure Storage team delivers Virtual Disks for VM, Containers, Object Storage, SAN/NAS-in-the-cloud, and more. Disk is a fundamental building block for customers to migrate and transform their solutions on Cloud as well as the foundation for service offerings across Microsoft. You can be part of a strategic team with Microsoft-wide and make industry-wide impact.
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• Researching customer / partner scenarios and industry trends, listen and understand customer requirements, and translate them into viable product roadmaps, strategy, and motions
• Analyzing and tracking storage performance characteristics and requirements
• Innovate new capabilities or enhance existing processes to remove frictions in the customer experience
• Drive end to end product development including product specification, user experience, price-performance model, go to market plan and growth initiatives

Qualifications Req uired Qualifications:

• 3 years of related work experience in product management or software engineering; or equivalent transferable skills.
• BA/BS degree in computer science, engineering or related disciplines; or equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Excellent analytical problem-solving skills with the ability to work with virtual teams through ambiguity
• Dependable, self-motivated, self-directed, and able to lead and motivate a high-energy team
• Technical background and solid foundation in software engineering principles and architecture design. Knowledge of on-premises storage systems is a plus
• Knowledge of on-premises storage systems or storage performance is a plus
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and coordination skills
• Master's degree in computer science, engineering, or related disciplines

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.

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