Consider a world where unlimited storage is available and accessible to everyone. A place where everyone can access their books, music, photos, videos, and data from any device, anywhere, anytime. Have you ever envisioned a universally accessible storage system capable of recording all human knowledge, preserving every book, piece of music, and video ever created, or storing comprehensive data collected by scientists worldwide for collaborative purposes? Are you interested in joining a team that works towards these goals?
Then the Microsoft Azure Storage team is for you. Microsoft's cloud storage solution, Microsoft Azure Storage, is a scalable and highly distributed storage system designed to be accessible worldwide. From ExaBytes, to ZettaBytes, to YottaBytes and beyond, Azure Storage leads the industry in Advanced offloads and accelerations, powering high-performance Cloud scale Storage and Networking.
The Azure Block Storage team is hiring for agile and diverse engineering teams in Block devices, filesystems, Hardware offloads, Transports performance, and systems integration. As a Software Engineer, you will collaborate with organizations across Research, Storage, Compute, and more. Your work will encompass the entire software development lifecycle, including operation, scaling, training, and support. This position is suitable for individuals interested in working on a dynamic team with skilled engineers.
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Responsibilities
- Works with appropriate stakeholders to determine, implement and deliver the user requirements for a set of features
- Creates, implements and owns the accountability of the code for a product, service, or feature, reusing code as applicable
- 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
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- 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, 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
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, or Python
- OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 5+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, or Python
- OR equivalent experience
- Experience in systems programming, operating systems, cloud services and security including high-performance distributed storage and networking
- 1+ years experience in designing/implementing distributed systems, metadata management, databases and multi-threaded programming
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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 related technical field OR equivalent experience
- 2+ years technical engineering experience coding in C, C++, C#, Java, or Python OR equivalent experience
- Ability to meet Microsoft Cloud Background Check and other Microsoft/customer/government security screening requirements
- Master's Degree in Computer Science and 3+ years experience OR Bachelor's Degree and 5+ years experience (preferred alternate experience levels)
- Experience in systems programming, operating systems, cloud services and security, including high-performance distributed storage and networking
- 1+ years experience designing/implementing distributed systems, metadata management, databases and multi-threaded programming
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits are described as a standout, highlighted by a strong 401(k) match structure and immediate vesting, plus additional plan features for tax-advantaged saving.
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Parental & Family Support — Family-oriented benefits are portrayed as a meaningful strength, with substantial paid parental leave and added supports like back-up care and adoption/surrogacy assistance.
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