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Work type
On-site
Location
WA
Salary
$119,800–$234,700 / yr
Posted
114 days ago
Closes
Aug 10, 2026

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Similar $184k
This role $177k
$106k most similar roles pay here $248k

This role pays more than 50% of similar roles. Most pay $151,106–$217,725 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $177k versus about $184k for comparable roles.

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Microsoft Corporation is a global technology leader producing software, hardware, and cloud services including Windows, Office 365, Azure cloud platform, Xbox gaming, and Surface devices. Industry: Software & Cloud Computing

Microsoft currently has 310 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $119,800–$234,700 across 285 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · | Microsoft Careers

As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer on Microsoft Teams’ Core Services Infrastructure and Security team, you will play a pivotal role in maintaining the reliability, security, and performance of mission-critical distributed systems at global scale. Your responsibilities include designing, implementing, and operating secure network and infrastructure services, enhancing monitoring and alerting mechanisms, and troubleshooting complex issues related to traffic routing, gateway behavior, and network security policies. You will also serve as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) on a rotational basis, participating in root cause analyses and driving continuous improvements through data-driven analysis. This role requires expertise in core networking concepts, cloud infrastructure, microservices patterns, and automation frameworks, with a focus on large-scale systems and active-active architectures. You will collaborate closely with security, networking, and compliance teams to deliver integrated solutions that enhance the reliability and efficiency of Microsoft Teams’ global communication experiences.

What you'll do

  • Design, implement, and operate secure network and infrastructure services supporting Microsoft Teams’ microservices environment.
  • Develop monitoring, alerting, and automated recovery mechanisms to enhance system reliability.
  • Troubleshoot complex issues related to traffic routing, gateway behavior, DNS, CDN interactions, and network security policies.
  • Serve as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) for incident management and root cause analysis.
  • Optimize service performance and availability through data-driven analysis using metrics, logs, and distributed tracing.
  • Identify automation opportunities to reduce manual tasks and increase engineering productivity.

What we're looking for

  • Master's Degree in Computer Science or 2+ years of technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, or systems administration.
  • Experience with core networking concepts including TCP/IP fundamentals, routing, load balancing, CDN, and firewalling.
  • Ability to diagnose and remediate performance or availability issues using logs, metrics, traces, and standard network troubleshooting tools.
  • Hands-on experience operating services in a cloud environment like Azure.
  • 3+ years of technical experience working with large-scale cloud or distributed systems.
  • Experience with network security, cloud security controls, identity-driven security policies, and certificate management at scale.
  • Familiarity with large-scale cloud infrastructure (IaaS), microservices patterns, API gateways, and global routing architectures.

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