Be part of the team that keeps Azure's global server fleet thriving, driving innovation and efficiency to power the world's most advanced cloud. At Azure Core MCIS (Microsoft Capacity Infrastructure Services) Decommission, we play a critical role in maintaining the health and modernization of Azure's global server fleet. By safely, efficiently, and intelligently decommissioning legacy servers, we ensure Microsoft's cloud continues to deliver top-tier performance and reliability. Our work involves close collaboration with core backend and infrastructure teams to transition workloads to newer, more efficient hardware. We partner with backend service teams to safely release control of outdated hardware and work alongside datacenter teams to ensure compliant removal from facilities. This process is vital, impactful, and deeply rewarding as we enable Azure to evolve and thrive in a rapidly advancing world.
As a Senior Software Engineer in MCIS, you will drive the automation of Azure datacenter processes, enabling safe and efficient workload migration, logical and physical transitions, and intelligent planning and validation. Your role will involve large-scale orchestration, collaborating with various components and partner teams to streamline workflows. By optimizing Costs of Goods Sold (COGS) and enhancing operational efficiency, you'll directly contribute to maximizing the revenue potential of Azure's cloud services. This role offers a unique opportunity to accelerate your career growth, dive deep into the architecture and infrastructure of Azure, and deliver significant business impact in a high-visibility area. We offer flexibility with work location, including support for remote work.
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Responsibilities
- 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).
- Collaborates with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a scenario.
- 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.
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.
- Master's 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 Bachelor's 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.
- 1+ years of experience in Data Science, AI or Applied Machine Learning, including statistical analysis, predictive modeling, feature engineering, experimentation, and model optimization.
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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 $160,200 - $261,000 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
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.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field and 4+ years of technical engineering experience with coding, or equivalent experience
- Coding experience in languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements
- Pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter
- Master's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field and 6+ years of technical engineering experience, or bachelor's degree and 8+ years, or equivalent experience
- 1+ year of experience in Data Science, AI, or Applied Machine Learning, including statistical analysis, predictive modeling, feature engineering, experimentation, and model optimization
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