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Work type: On-site
Location: Redmond, WA
Salary: $119,800–$234,700 / yr
Posted: 56 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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This role $177k

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This role pays more than 59% of similar roles. Most pay $155,000–$207,350 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $177k versus about $181k 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 1103 open roles on FindRole.

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As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer on the Microsoft Defender engineering team, you will be responsible for ensuring the reliability and scalability of cloud security products used by millions of computers. Your day-to-day tasks include leading incident response in an on-call rotation, automating deployments to streamline operations, building scalable systems with robust monitoring and alerting capabilities, driving compliance and security standards, conducting post-incident reviews, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and continuously improving system performance at scale. You will work within a highly sensitive government environment, leveraging technologies such as Azure, Kubernetes, and DevOps tools like Jenkins and Git. This role demands expertise in software engineering, network engineering, or systems administration, along with a strong background in cloud security and compliance standards.

Skills

Azure Kubernetes Terraform Python Go Docker CI/CD Prometheus Grafana PostgreSQL Git Linux DevOps REST JSON

What you'll do

Ensure 24x7 service reliability by leading incident response and resolution.
Automate deployments to scale operations across environments efficiently.
Build scalable monitoring and alerting systems to reduce manual effort.
Drive compliance with Microsoft’s security, privacy, and accessibility standards.
Conduct postmortems to prevent recurrence of incidents and improve systems.

What we're looking for

Master's degree in CS/IT or 2+ years of relevant technical experience.
Bachelor's degree in CS/IT and 4+ years of related work experience.
Experience in software engineering, network engineering, or systems administration.
Ability to ensure system compliance with security standards.
Skills in automation for monitoring, alerting, debugging, and deployment.
Capability to lead incident response and conduct postmortem analysis.
Strong collaboration skills across multiple engineering teams.

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